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'A Day to Remember' - follow the sculptor Paul Day as he creates the London Monument

Available for £14.99 (inc P & P) from:


ASA Productions (UK) Ltd
Ashleigh House
42, Hammelton Rd
Bromley
Kent BR1 3PY

web: www.asa-uk.tv

Please make cheques payable to:

ASA Productions (UK) Ltd

(Order now for early October delivery)

Would you watch a programme that interviewed Michelangelo whilst he created his David ? Imagine if there had been a film crew around when Nelson’s Column was being built. Imagine the huge public interest there would be even today.

Opportunities like these don't come around everyday.  It was while making a programme about the construction of the Battle of Britain London Monument that ASA Productions came across probably one of the most promising young British artists of the 21st Century, Paul Day, and realised the great potential in a programme about the artist himself.

This art/history programme explores Paul’s career to date and describes the techniques he used to create the two friezes and ‘Scramble’ centrepiece of the Monument. It document his first thoughts on what would prove to be a life-changing commission.  Exploration will take place into his work up until the point of the unveiling in September 2005 by HRH the Prince of Wales.

Interviews with his admirers and supporters who include Jilly Cooper, Sir Jeffery Archer, Lord Tebbit, Dame Vera Lynn and many more will shed further light on his abilities as one of Britain’s most talented, up and coming new sculptors.

Paul’s college tutor, art critics, art collectors and gallery owners like Alexandre Grosjean of the Galerie de la Reine in Brussels will expand upon the flair exhibited in Paul Day’s work and delve into the factors that makes his output unique.

The programme will also explore the history of the Battle of Britain and how this was portrayed in the finished sculptures. Historical background to the project will include the previous use of the chosen site on the Victoria Embankment as a smoke outlet for early steam-pulled trains of the District Line of the London Underground and how this line was only made possible by the construction of the Embankment itself by the renowned engineer Joseph Bazalgette.

The artist takes us through the intricate sculpting process and we follow him through all the challenges he faced meeting such a pressured deadline. The race to be ready in time is paralleled by the struggle of the Battle of Britain London Monument Committee to raise sufficient funds to complete the project.

This exclusive footage of such a significant piece of work commemorates a turning point in world history and is a tribute to all those who died by all those who were saved.

“This is Paul Days work that has come out of the lives of others.” - Paul Day

DVD Extras:

Extended programme not seen on TV

- Scene Selection

- Extended interview with Paul Day

- Extended Interviews with Battle of Britain airmen

- Stills taken during production 

E Exempt from classification

Colour PAL

Length 100 minutes approx

Aspect Ratio 16:9

Region: All

**** ****

'Last of the Few' - the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

 

Available for £12.99 (inc P & P) from:


ASA Productions (UK) Ltd
Ashleigh House
42, Hammelton Rd
Bromley
Kent BR1 3PY

web: www.asa-uk.tv

Please make cheques payable to:

ASA Productions (UK) Ltd

‘The Last Of The Few’ takes a detailed and in depth look at the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight as it prepares for its 50th year of display & commemorative flying including a display at the Biggin Hill International Air Show 2007.

As Spitfires and Hurricanes undergo servicing and maintenance, the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber of the Flight is stripped back to its skin for a major in-depth overhaul. ‘The Last Of The Few’ follows the work involved as these aircraft are reinstated in the markings and colour schemes of machines flown by the courageous aircrew of WW2.

Exclusive interviews with personnel of the Memorial Flight reveal the passion and enthusiasm that lies behind the expertise of those who maintain and fly these magnificent aircraft. Pilots who have previously flown the latest jet fighters describe the excitement, as well as the challenges, of flying these classic warplanes especially the huge Lancaster bomber.

And in stark contrast, interviews with veteran aircrew of Fighter and Bomber Command provide a chilling reminder of the reality of operational flying in hostile skies.

Dramatic archive footage from WW2 illustrates differences and similarities with the Flight of today while new material, shot with the full cooperation of the Memorial Flight, on the ground and in the air, allows us to participate in the Flight’s preparations for the display at Biggin Hill and the display itself.

 “The Last Of The Few” is a salute to the aircraft of the Flight, the men who fly them today and the memory of those who flew them in the past. Produced in association with THE HISTORY CHANNEL

DVD Extras:

Extended programme not seen on TV

- Scene Selection

- Lancaster Flight Deck explanation

- Extended Interviews with BBMF Crew

- Extended Interviews with Veterans from 100 Sqn.

- Stills taken during production 

E Exempt from classification

Colour PAL

Length 180 minutes approx

Aspect Ratio 16:9

Region: All

**** ****

 

   

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