HISTORY Channel here we come!

It's 'Gooday!!' to Isis Media's series THE WATER BOATMAN as the History Channel launches the series across Australia and New Zealand.

Aussie audiences can follow the route of the Stourport Ring of canals in central England and discover the fascinating history of the Industrial Revolution along the way. Presenter Alan Herd visits boatyards, heritage sites and canal artists along this varied stretch of British inland waterway.

ANY QUESTIONS?

ISIS blog bunny may be obsessed with visuals.... but he's also a huge Radio 4 fan... so when Jonathan Dimbleby and co were in town for a live 'Any Questions', he sent Isis Creative Director Catherine off to join the audience at Arden Academy in Knowle, Solihull.

On the panel were Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, historian and Labour MP Tristram Hunt, Conservative MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng and director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood (see picture with Catherine) .

Questions ranged from the economy to nuclear power via fig trees at Portcullis House, and Murdoch's 'Sunday Sun'.

Shock of the night was that only one lone audience member admitting to have been a fan of the News Of The World....!

5* for CENTRAL STEAM

The DVD box set of our Discovery series CENTRAL STEAM is currently getting 5* ratings on Amazon and is flying off the shelves...

"Brilliant" .... "Excellent series"

Please email Isis Media to buy it direct from the producers - see our Contacts Page.

2012!!

Happy New Year!

2011 ended with a busy and really enjoyable few months of work producing a series of films celebrating creativity initiatives in schools. Sculpture, gardening, keeping sheep and dance were all on the agenda and (if we say so ourselves) made for some fab films!

Meanwhile, our international distributors Electric Sky have been busy selling our lifestyle titles to broadcasters across the world - and we're chuffed to say that our 15 part series for Discovery, CENTRAL STEAM has now been released on DVD in a super-dooper shiny box set!!

After our win at the Bridport Film Festival , Isis Drama is ready for more action later this month as we shoot in the Midlands and as soon as we're allowed to tell you more, we will! Until then... Happy 2012!

THE WATER BOATMAN Sunday 9th October!

Looks like Autumn's here so why not curl up with the telly and the glorious sights of Britain's canals. Alan Herd is on a journey round the canals of the Midlands, meeting fascinating characters and discovering the history of our inland waterways. THE WATER BOATMAN is on Discovery Shed on Sunday 9th October, starting at 10am and continuing on into the evening. He journeys on diverse water craft ranging from historic working boats to river cruisers, and shows us the route of the famous 'Stourport Ring".

Summer hols - what hols?

Norway, Spain, Leeds, London, Paris! - August may be chilling-out season for some, but Summer 2011 has seen Ben and Catherine and the team filming in locations across Europe and a little closer to home... in Herefordshire. With filming nearly over for August, the Isis Media team is now in post-production with a series of short documentary films exploring creativity and education. Watch this space for more info....!

Catherine's travels have also taken her to the 'Ways With Words' festival in Devon (highlights included guests Ben Okri and Margaret Drabble), as well as to a writing course run by the hugely talented writers Philip Hensher and Sam North.

Next stop, The Edinburgh TV festival....

SHEFFIELD 2011

Isis Media will be among the delegates at the 2011 Sheffield Doc/Fest celebrating the best in factual and documentary programming. Tonight opens with live Q & A with Morgan Spurlock after his film The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.