Filmbank now offer a wide range of TV Shows for single title screening by episode or series.

Through our new FDLR Licence, we offer a range of 'issues led' factual programmes which are both entertaining and can be used as a learning and teaching resource. The annual Licence is available per title and allows the organisation to screen the programme/s on multiple occasions in the licensed premises.

There are a number of factual TV shows which have an education/training element. They will generally have an obvious target audience and market as well as being entertaining. They can form part of a training session or lecture or they can be held by the organisation as a reference tool for staff and/or students. Some organisations may wish to build a Digital Resource Library containing a wide range of ‘general/ specific interest programmes’.

We have developed the FDLR Licence to allow multiple screenings on the licensed premises during the licence period (12 months). The FDLR Licence is available for non-commercial screenings (where no ticket price is charged for the screening) in a variety of Non Theatrical venues.

To register your interest in any of the TV series available through the FDLR licence, please contact us via email at tvshows@filmbank.co.uk

Would your Service win Gold?

This summer, the UK plays host to holidaymakers and sporting enthusiasts expecting high quality service and an exceptional customer experience.

Following its successful launch in November 2011 and with a view to this year's activities, Filmbank Distributors, in partnership with The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AWFS), are delighted to announce the availability of a special DVD set of the acclaimed TV series Michel Roux’s Service at a brand new ‘Going For Gold’ rate.

This fascinating series is not only highly entertaining; it is a fantastic blue print for anyone in the Hospitality industry striving for excellence in service. It is also an extremely useful resource for Training Managers, Teachers, F&B Managers, General Managers and Students.

The programmes can be used as part of a formal teaching session or discussion group as well as a reference source for students and staff.

Made up of eight one-hour programmes, the series follows eight young candidates as they are mentored by two-star Michelin chef Michel Roux Jr and a number of industry experts, including Fred Sirieix, in the art of good service.

The series follows the inexperienced recruits struggle as they learn basic customer service skills, the theatre of service, the importance of matching food and wine, team work, discipline and coping with pressure as they build the skills necessary to achieve success within the hospitality sector.

Filmbank can provide your organisation with a one-year copyright licence which allows multiple screenings of the programmes within your establishment.

Pricing for the series starts from £250 + VAT for commercial enterprises with up to 100 employees, £150 + VAT for educational institutions with up to 100 students and £200 + VAT for not-for-profit organisations for a 12 month licence.

An order form, including full terms and conditions, is available in our Download section.

For full details on pricing alongside any additional information, please feel free to contact Filmbank on 020 7984 5971 or via tvshows@filmbank.co.uk.

The Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS), which was instrumental in the making of the series, has produced a special training pack to work alongside each episode of the programme. For further information go to www.afws.co.uk/training. Filmbank can provide you with a one-year copyright licence which allows multi-screenings of the programmes within your property. For more information on the addition training pack supplied by the academy of food and wine, please visit www.afws.co.uk/as-seen-on-tv/

For more information regarding The Institute of Hospiltality, please visit http://www.instituteofhospitality.org

What is the real price of Fashion?

The critically acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated Blood, Sweat and T-Shirtsfollows the journey of six young fashion addicts as they swap their UK lives for the sweat shops and cotton fields of India. The young fashion lovers trade high street shopping for the factories and backstreet workshops of India to learn how the clothes they buy are manufactured.

Living and working with Indian workers, the six young adults sleep alongside their sewing machines, harvest cotton and discover the reality of India’s child labour force producing bargain products for the West. This emotional and insightful journey leads them to question the true price of disposable fashion and its place in modern society.

As the series unfolds these young Brits start to re-evaluate their lives as they learn priceless lessons from their Indian co-workers about life, family values, working as a team and respect for each other.

This BAFTA nominated series is an excellent learning resource for anyone interested in studying ethics, fashion and/or culture. The 4 x 1 hour episodes offer an honest portrait of those working within the Indian garment industry, consequently seeking to encourage Western consumers to question the morality at the heart of consumer society.

New for 2012, Filmbank Distributors are pleased to announce the availability of Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts as a special DVD set inclusive of a 12 month screening licence for you to legally screen the programme at your premises.

Introductory special offer... Order the series before 1st May 2012 and receive 15% off!

Pricing for the 12 month multi-screening licence starts at £100 + VAT for commercial organisations with up to 100 employees, £90 + VAT for educational institutions with up to 100 students and £90 + VAT for not-for-profit organisations.

For full details on pricing alongside any additional information, please feel free to contact Filmbank on 020 7984 5971 or via tvshows@filmbank.co.uk.

*Please be advised that this is the full programme as broadcast which may contain language inappropriate for a younger audience.

Is ageing inevitable or just a state of mind?

Based on a pioneering ground breaking Harvard University study, The Young Ones examines the psychological and physiological effects of re-introducing seasoned celebrities to their hey day.
 

“The Young Ones is a fantastic programme which will provide a focal point for reminiscence and discussion in many care homes.This programme is both educational and entertaining and will be viewed and enjoyed by both residents and staff .”
MARTIN GREEN, Chief Executive, English Community Care Association; Independent Sector Dementia Champion, Department of Health; Chair, Care Providers Alliance

What if it were possible to think yourself young again? Could it be possible to turn back time?
Drawing inspiration from Dr Ellen Langer’s pioneering 1981 Harvard University Counter Clockwise study, The Young Ones seeks to observe the mental and physical impact of re-introducing six well-loved celebrities of the 1970s and 1980s Sylvia Syms, Derek Jameson and Kenneth Kendall agreed to turn back the clock to live, work and eat in a 1975 bubble in an exploration of renewed youth.The group were prohibited from discussing post-1975 events and were required to refer to themselves, their families, and their careers as they were during the Seventies.

Through the mental embodiment of their younger selves, the study aimed to evaluate improvements in psychological and physiological performance.The original ground-breaking 1981 Counter Clockwise study illustrated the power of positive thinking as Dr Langer saw her subjects’ hearing, grip strength and manual dexterity improve. Memory and IQ scores also improved. With their minds actively engaged in living 20 years earlier, their bodies seemed to follow.

The BAFTA nominated series presented by Mariella Frostrup and guided by Dr Michael Mosley and Harvard Professor Dr Ellen Langer is an excellent and intriguing learning resource for those working with the elderly in the care community and those studying Sociology, Pychology and medicine.

Episode Synopsis

Episode 1 - 60 minutes
Overseen by BBC’s man of science, Dr Michael Mosley, and Harvard Professor Ellen Langer, the celebrity volunteers move into their country retreat,lovingly restored to be an authentic 1970s home. Our celebrities settle into the past, hoping they’llachieve their personal goals to turn back the clock -and within the first 24 hours there are already extraordinary changes.

Episode 2 - 60 minutes
In Episode 2, each of the celebrity volunteers mustcome face-to-face with the lives they led in theirheyday and take back control of their lives. For Lionel, the most resistant to the experiment, a trip to the London Palladium ends in tears while Dickie’s trip to Lord’s Cricket Ground brings the man he used to be back to life. However, just as the experiment seems to be working, a surprise visit from a group of carers shows Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Ellen Langer just how far the volunteers still have to go...

Episode 3 - 60 minutes
In an emotional closing episode, each of the volunteers must say a sad farewell to 1975. A dinner party provides an opportunity to test how far each of the celebrities has come in terms of achieving their goals and to see whether they really have managed to turn back the clock. The episode also reviews how the celebrities’lives have changed since the end of the experiment - has it given them a new lease of life, or are they back to being just another old person in modern Britain?

Episode 4 - 45 minutes
In this special episode, Dr Michael Mosley explores the science behind the series and tests the idea that we have control over how we age. The programme puts Britain under the microscope to see how our environment, our pre-conceptions about old people and how we behave ourselves can have enormous impact on how we feel about the elderly and how we ourselves age.

Pricing for a 12 month multi-screening licence starts at £90 + VAT for educational institutions with up to 100 students, £90 + VAT for not-for-profit organisations and at £100 + VAT for commercial organisations with up to 100 employees.

Book your licence now through contacting us on 020 7984 5971 or email us on tvshows@filmbank.co.uk