Footie and gongs

A late session came in from The Fox Soccer Channel in the US A late session came in from The Fox Soccer Channel in the US who were wanting some British promos for the big Liverpool-Chelsea game in London last weekend, which had been given additional spice by the  £50m transfer of star player Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea just before. We set up a Friday evening ISDN session to LA and knocked out a raft of high-octane promos and teasers for broadcast across the US in the runup to the game. Football/soccer fans won't need reminding of the result...

Meanwhile, great excitement at the BAFTAs, where The King's Speech triumphed with seven awards, including deserved recognition for all three main actors. Having voiced the trailer campaign,  loyalty naturally dictated that I had  voted solidly for Speech in all the main categories, but the competition is stiff this year and without home advantage the Oscars may be a tougher ride. The Social Network is a very sharp and superbly scripted piece of work which is packing a lot of heat and there is a groundswell of support for True Grit though personally, much as I enjoyed it, I found it a  fairly conventional film, given its Coen Brothers pedigree...

who were wanting some British promos for the big Liverpool-Chelsea game in London last weekend, which had been given additional spice by the  £50m transfer of star player Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea just before. We set up a Friday evening ISDN session to LA and knocked out a raft of high-octane promos and teasers for broadcast across the US in the runup to the game. Football/soccer fans won't need reminding of the result...

Meanwhile, great excitement at the BAFTAs, where The King's Speech triumphed with seven awards, including deserved recognition for all three main actors. Having voiced the trailer campaign,  loyalty naturally dictated that I had  voted solidly for Speech in all the main categories, but the competition is stiff this year and without home advantage the Oscars may be a tougher ride. The Social Network is a very sharp and superbly scripted piece of work which is packing a lot of heat and there is a groundswell of support for True Grit though personally, much as I enjoyed it, I found it a  fairly conventional film, given its Coen Brothers pedigree...