Productions

A parcel of time

A Parcel of Time

Hope Mansell is a rural Herefordshire village with a population of around two hundred.

Between the summer of 2017 and the autumn of 2020, people of all ages took part in extended interviews to produce a portrait of a village at a time of change - a change in the life of the village which might well be the most significant in hundreds of years. The resulting feature-length documentary, A Parcel of Time, will appear shortly. Additionally, since a film cannot hope to tell all the stories of the 26 hours of interview. The official site will eventually contain the full interviews, with transcripts and more, forming a kind of time capsule of the village as it was in that period and an oral history resource.

For now, Hope Mansell is still a village of farms, but this is the story of all villages in England. Of many it's the past, of some it's the future: the transition from a community of farmsteads, to a community of incomers.

Official website.

The film is produced by Ian Lewis with music arranged and performed by David Cooper Orton from traditional tunes collected in Herefordshire by Ella Mary Leather.

Children of the Lake

A pair of petty criminals on the run hide out in an isolated house. But the house is not empty, and soon it seems they might not escape alive.

Silver Remi Award Worldfest Houston

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Merlin and the Wise Woman

Enchantress

The legend prophesies that Merlin will be trapped forever in the crystal cave, betrayed by lust and beauty.

A magician extending his work offstage takes the wrong side in a local turf war and needs all his skills to resist violence, temptation, and unintended consequences - while his enemies fight to steal his secrets. Enchantress is a dark and compelling story of lust, desire, corruption and betrayal.

Silver Remi Award Worldfest Houston, Accolade Festival Winner

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coolcucumber tv

A fascinating continuing magazine programme for anyone interested in good food - as a visitor to great restaurants, or as somebody working in the hospitality business...

Sadly no longer online, but many items from the programme (most in HD) can be found on YouTube.