scholarly journals Bringing the Battle to Britain: Band of Brothers and Television Runaway Production in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-333
Author(s):  
Simone Knox
Keyword(s):  
Professional Experience ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Television Production ◽  
Tax Relief ◽  
Runaway Production ◽  
Production History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contractual Agreements ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This article explores the development and pre-production history of the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. It does so via a combination of original archive research (conducted at the BFI Reuben Library) and interviews with several industry figures with relevant professional experience, including John Barclay, the current Head of Recorded Media for the UK trade union Equity, and Roger Harrop, the former director of regional film commission Herts Film Link. Using these methodologies, the article identifies Band of Brothers as the first significant US runaway television production in the UK, and uncovers how this HBO programme came to benefit from British film tax relief. Here, close attention is paid to dubious practices concerning tax policy and contractual agreements for actors, especially Damian Lewis's pay. The article demonstrates the impact Band of Brothers has had on television production in the UK in terms of providing Equity with a useful precedent when negotiating for subsequent international productions such as Game of Thrones (2011–19). Band of Brothers offers important and timely lessons to be learned, especially given the recent growth of US television runaway productions in the UK.

The Film World’s Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Claire Thomson
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Early History ◽  
World War ◽  
International Context ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This chapter traces the early history of state-sponsored informational filmmaking in Denmark, emphasising its organisation as a ‘cooperative’ of organisations and government agencies. After an account of the establishment and early development of the agency Dansk Kulturfilm in the 1930s, the chapter considers two of its earliest productions, both process films documenting the manufacture of bricks and meat products. The broader context of documentary in Denmark is fleshed out with an account of the production and reception of Poul Henningsen’s seminal film Danmark (1935), and the international context is accounted for with an overview of the development of state-supported filmmaking in the UK, Italy and Germany. Developments in the funding and output of Dansk Kulturfilm up to World War II are outlined, followed by an account of the impact of the German Occupation of Denmark on domestic informational film. The establishment of the Danish Government Film Committee or Ministeriernes Filmudvalg kick-started aprofessionalisation of state-sponsored filmmaking, and two wartime public information films are briefly analysed as examples of its early output. The chapter concludes with an account of the relations between the Danish Resistance and an emerging generation of documentarists.

scholarly journals Social Frontiers: Estimating the Spatial Boundaries Between Residential Groups and Their Impacts on Crime

2021 ◽  
pp. 285-304
Author(s):  
Ivana Křížková ◽  
Meng Le Zhang ◽  
Dan Olner ◽  
Gwilym Pryce
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Poisson Model ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Short Run ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conditional Autoregressive ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

AbstractInthischapter, we highlight the importance of social frontiers—sharp spatial divisions in the residential make-up of adjacent communities—as a potentially important form of segregation. The handful of studies estimating the impacts of social frontiers have been based in the USA and the UK, both of which are free-market democracies with a long history of immigration, ethnic mix and segregation. There are currently no studies of social frontiers in former socialist countries, for example, or in countries where immigration and ethnic mix are only a recent phenomenon or non-existent. This chapter aims to address this research gap by estimating the impacts of social frontiers on crime rates in a post-socialistcountry, Czechia. We demonstrate how a Bayesianspatial conditional autoregressive estimation can be used to detect social frontiers in this setting, and we use a fixed effect quasi-Poisson model to investigate the impact on crime. Our results suggest that in new immigration destinations, social frontiers may not be associated with higher rates of crime, at least in the short run. Moreover, our use of cultural distance measures helps to promote a more nuanced approach to studying the impact of segregation and highlights the role of cultural diversity in understanding the link between immigrant segregation and crime. We reflect on how this approach could contribute to the study of segregation and inequality in the Chinese context.

scholarly journals About this title - United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume

10.1144/m52 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. NP.1-NP
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Reference Source ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Production History ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gas Fields

Geological Society Memoir 52 records the extraordinary journey of more than 50 years that has led to the development of some 458 oil and gas fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It contains papers on almost 150 onshore and offshore fields in all of the UK's main petroliferous basins. These papers range from look-backs on some of the first-developed gas fields in the Southern North Sea, to papers on fields that have only just been brought into production or may still remain undeveloped, and includes two candidate CO2 sequestration projects.These papers are intended to provide a consistent summary of the exploration, appraisal, development and production history of each field, leading to the current subsurface understanding which is described in greater detail. As such, the Memoir will be an enduring reference source for those exploring for, developing, producing hydrocarbons and sequestering CO2 on the UKCS in the coming decades. It encapsulates the petroleum industry's deep subsurface knowledge accrued over more than 50 years of exploration and production.

15. Evidence from Outside

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Defty ◽  
Hannah White
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
External Evidence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Oral Evidence ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers the UK Parliament's use of external evidence in the scrutiny of policy and legislation. Throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century, Members of Parliament (MPs) drew on their professional experience outside of Parliament to provide informed scrutiny of government policy and legislation. Since the latter part of the twentieth century, however, there has been a significant increase in opportunities for Parliament to draw on external evidence. Today, external evidence occupies a central place in Parliament's scrutiny and legislative functions. The chapter first examines how select committees scrutinize policy and administration, making a distinction between written evidence and oral evidence, before discussing the impact of evidence-taking on the legislative process for draft bills that are subject to scrutiny by public bill committees. It also describes formal mechanisms by which evidence and expertise are drawn into Parliament.

Safeguarding and Ethical Practice for People with Intellectual Disability

2020 ◽  
pp. 297-302
Author(s):  
Meera Roy ◽  
Ashok Roy ◽  
Priyanka Tharian ◽  
Ameeta Retzer
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
History Of ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Law

This chapter will outline the legal and practical principles that inform safeguarding and ethical practice for people with intellectual disability (ID) in the UK. The legal foundations for practice are discussed, drawing first on their foundations in international human rights law, the impact this has had on domestic law and the development of legislation to protect the rights of those with ID. Next, the current policy and principles that underpin ongoing practice are discussed, beginning with the particular history of people with ID and how understanding of ID has since evolved. Case examples are provided throughout to demonstrate these concepts in practice.

The Industrial Context of Inception: From Production to Premiere

Inception ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
David Carter
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Production History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Industrial Context

This chapter traces the production history of Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010). Nolan first tried out his treatment for Inception with Warner Bros. after making Memento (2000), but then realised the scope that would be required for the film and decided to gain more experience making large-scale films. After completing The Dark Knight (2008), Nolan finally decided to make Inception and spent the next six months completing the script. The filming took place in six different countries and on four separate continents, the main locations being in the UK, Morocco, Canada, Tokyo, Paris, and Los Angeles. Nolan has stressed that they deliberately filmed in six different countries, building enormous sets because he was interested in 'pushing the boundaries of what could be achieved practically, as opposed to computer effects'. Concerns for realism also governed Nolan's choice of cameras and film. Inception was released on July 10, 2010, and its opening weekend gross takings made it the second-highest grossing debut for a science-fiction film that was not a sequel or remake.

Involving Service Users in Professional Nurse Education in Wales

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fisher ◽  
D. Coyle
Keyword(s):  
Service User ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Nurse Education ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Service User Involvement ◽  
Professional Nurse ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Field

A small scale survey was conducted among nurse educationalists within Wales as part of the ongoing monitoring of Welsh Office targets for learning disability nursing. This survey showed that there has been very little service user involvement in professional nurse education in Wales. The authors discuss the possible reasons for such low level involvement. Examples of involvement of people with learning disabilities are compared to the much more favourable situation within the mental health field. Possible reasons for the barriers to progress in this area are discussed. The history of service user involvement and the development of advocacy both within the UK and other countries is also highlighted. The impact of various government initiatives on this situation is considered.

A New Estimation of Water-Drive Reservoir Production Performance Prediction Based on Radial Fluid Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 364-369
Author(s):  
Xiao Juan Liu ◽  
Rui Huang ◽  
Rui He Wang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Calculation Error ◽  
Fine Grid ◽  
Reservoir Evaluation ◽  
Vertical Heterogeneity ◽  
Production History ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Due to deposition sequence, reservoir can be approximately considered as formation vertically consisting of many small layers with different physical properties. Meanwhile, the property distribution of these small layers, e.g. heterogeneity of the formation, has a great impact on reservoir development and its production performance. No matter how fine grid to be used, it is always difficult for traditional numerical simulation to couple the impact of vertical heterogeneity of the formation, that will inevitably result in significant calculation error. Therefore in order to overcome this defect and deliver better calculation results which are consistent along with real production performance, this paper derives a math model combined both analysis approach and numerical approach, which has a better description for vertical heterogeneity of formation by overlapping small layers and could deliver better calculation results by fine-gridding strata profile. The model could be applied to either predict further field production performance or conduct history match based on production history of field. This method has applied in actual production analysis and reservoir evaluation, and good results have been achieved.

Personal social services for children and families in the UK: a historical review

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 72-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Bullock ◽  
Roy Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to chart the history of personal social services for children and families in the UK and examine the factors that have influenced it. Special attention is given to changing perceptions of rights, the impact of scandals and the contribution of child development research. Design/methodology/approach Analysis of historical documents and research reports using four methods: a timeline of milestones, demarcation of distinct developmental periods, trends in policy and practice and comparisons of children’s needs and experiences at different times. Findings The evolution of services has not been linear. In policy, there have been reform and retrenchment, amalgamation and differentiation. Practice has been shaped by the emergence of new problems and the disappearance of old ones as well as by legislation, extreme events, research and finance, all occurring in specific political, moral and economic contexts. Originality/value An analysis of developments in children’s services in their political, economic, moral and research contexts.

scholarly journals The UK out, Social Europe in? Rethinking EU social integration in the wake of Brexit

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-310
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Alexandris Polomarkakis
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Veto Players ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Europe

This article considers the impact of Brexit on the future of Social Europe. Through recourse to key moments in the history of European social integration, where Britain more often than not vehemently opposed any coming together, its role as an important veto player in EU social policy-making is established. With the UK set to leave the Union, the option for further social integration is no longer inconceivable. It is featured as one of the possible scenarios in the Reflection Paper on the Social Dimension of Europe, and recent developments, such as the European Pillar of Social Rights, together with its accompanying initiatives, appear to lay the groundwork towards that. The article concludes that, although the realisation of Social Europe is more likely post-Brexit, there are other Member States willing to take over the UK’s role and act as veto players on their own terms.

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