Talent TV recently teamed up with Becta (the UK Government agency for technology in education) and it's Next Generation Learning initiative to help create the National School Quiz.

Talent was responsible for bringing 'Test the Nation' to BBC One prime-time audiences and so we are delighted to bring our production experience of interactive testing to this new and exciting initiative.

The first ever nationwide online schools quiz saw thousands of primary school children up and down the country compete simultaneously in a pioneering, interactive competition.

Pupils were guided through the quiz by Ruby & Spike – an unlikely pair of school friends united by a passion for adventure; Ruby in the pursuit of knowledge and Spike in the pursuit of fun! Dr Deshi, a genius inventor, challenged Ruby and Spike to collect knowledge to fill his prototype creation the Evolutionary Enhancer (EVE). The EVE is a personal IQ boosting device - anyone that wears one becomes instantly clever! In fact, the prototype invention is currently in the form of a top hat, worn by Dr Deshi's feline companion Claude. This makes him the cleverest cat on the planet! Ruby and Spike needed the help of school children across the country to help fill the EVE with all the knowledge the world has to offer.

Schools entering the quiz, which took place live online on Friday 12th March, were aiming to win up to £3,000 worth of IT equipment or training for their school and fantastic spot prizes for successful individuals and teams.

 
The Krays by Fred Dinenage 
 

Before they died Ronnie and Reggie Kray wanted to tell their story and publish an autobiography. They needed someone to write it. The man they chose to do this was at the time a top children's TV presenter, news anchorman and generally thought of as one of the nicest men in the business ... Fred Dinenage.

'The Krays by Fred Dinenage' is a new one-hour Hi-Def documentary for the Crime and Investigation Network produced by Talent South. It was premiered on the channel on Monday 15th March 2010 at 9pm.

In this extraordinary documentary Fred, for the first time, reveals the truth about his time with the twins and their famously brutal lives - their childhood, heyday and demise - and about his own involvement with the infamous duo. 
 
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How Clean Is Your Crime Scene?   
 
Neal Smither runs a cleaning business in San Francisco – a very successful, 24 hour cleaning business. His fleet of vans bear the simple legend ‘Homicide, suicide & accidental death’ – and that’s exactly what Neal and his team clean up.

From the simple mess left by a decomposing corpse to the more complex clean up required after a gunshot to the skull, no job is too small, too big or too bloody for Crime Scene Cleaners.

How Clean is Your Crime Scene? is a 'fly on the wall' documentary series following operatives from Crime Scene Cleaners as they go about their work in the San Francisco Bay area of the USA.

The company attends to several hundred calls per month, and offers a 24 hour, 365 days per year service. Each one-hour episode follows Neal and his team as they go about their gruesome daily business.
 

 
Best Of Friends       

'Best Of Friends' is our hit children's entertainment reality format - having completed five series in the UK, together with five specials filmed in South Africa - a total of 56 editions of the programme.

The theme of the shows is that 'friendship matters' and it features groups of ten year olds taken to task to prove just how much their mates really mean to them. Of course, there are also plenty of opportunities for the kids to get their own back on the two regular presenters, Abs (Michael Absalom) and Rani (Rani Khanijau) who join them on a wide range of Tasks and Treats such as Karaoke singing on a Rollercoaster and pressing the explosive plunger at a quarry.

'Best of Friends' has become a firm favourite with British kids, regularly making the Top Ten programming list. The shows are regularly re-broadcast on CBBC, BBC1, and BBC2.
 

A:3K football brings you six of the world's greatest footballers to compete in gladiatorial games of football skills to discover who will be the last man standing.

Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Steve Gerrard, Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Villa will go head to head, stripped back to their raw talent and stand alone to compete in a series of skills based challenges which will test their technique and nerve in ways they have never encountered before.

The A:3K football format is unique. Set in a futuristic arena the challenges combine technology and theatre to create a breathtaking spectacular of lasers and special effects.

The programme will cover the live event from the 02 Arena in London (now re-scheduled for June 2011).

 

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