To finish 2013, members of the About the 成人论坛 team offer up their personal reviews of the year, revisiting blog posts, events and output from across the organisation.
What started as a daunting task, 鈥淲rite a blog about your 成人论坛 year鈥�, ended as a rather enjoyable one.听 Sitting down and looking back over all the events of the last 12 months proved therapeutic in helping me to come to terms with how quickly 2013 has flown by.
These are very much my abiding memories of the year 鈥� and as you will see from my colleague鈥檚 companion blogs, anyone tasked with this job would come up with a different list.
This has been a year of much change for the 成人论坛 with TVC and White City closing and New Broadcasting House becoming home to a huge portion of the 成人论坛. There was a real sense of nostalgia with the closure of TVC which was marked on 成人论坛 television (and by our own editor Jon Jacob in a fantastic tap dancing tribute 鈥� but I mustn鈥檛 tread on his toes 鈥� I鈥檓 sure he will talk about that in his review of the year).
White City鈥檚 closure was a quieter affair, but for me felt quite momentous as it was the first 成人论坛 building I ever worked in. Some days when I get off the tube and approach Media Village in West London I can recall the excitement, nerves and pride I felt walking up the road in my first week as a 成人论坛er. So I enjoyed very much.
It鈥檚 felt like a very woman-centric year in the best possible way. There was the across 成人论坛 TV, radio and online, which culminated in a . I wasn鈥檛 there but could almost feel I was thanks to the wealth of videos on the site. Fiona Crack, the season editor wrote a blog for us, and then I saw this inspiring video (below), it鈥檚 a series of interviews with women who attended the conference, giving a message to their granddaughter (real or imagined) for the future. I needed a tissue when I watched it and I expect you will too.
As an avid listener, I was thrilled that another woman, Mishal Husain (pictured below) joined the team, and impressed that from day one she took to the role like a duck to water and held her own with Today veterans like John Humphries.
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Mishal Husain
Strong women also feature in all of my on-screen highlights too. First there was The Fall, 成人论坛 Two鈥檚 runaway hit drama by Alan Cubitt, about a seemingly normal (and 鈥� shock horror 鈥� good looking) family man who is a serial killer. It starred Gillian Anderson as the steely DCI in charge, and was set in the beautiful city of Belfast.听 I loved it - though my nails suffered - and was thrilled that it was recommissioned. In the kitchen here at Broadcast Centre yesterday I overheard someone say Season Two starts filming in January 鈥� roll on 2014, I can鈥檛 wait to see if dashing but deadly Paul Spector (actor Jamie Dornan) manages to stay one step ahead of the law.
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Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson
My drama fix more recently has come from the fantastic Borgen (pictured below), another show with strong female characters at its heart.听 At time of writing I鈥檓 grieving the fact the last two episodes ever air this Saturday, and trying to take heart from Sue Deeks鈥� blog that reassures there will be with other great Scandi drama to come on the 成人论坛 next year.
Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg in Borgen
成人论坛 Films Saving Mr Banks was my film of the year, with another woman at its centre, the fiesty PL Travers (author of Mary Poppins) played by national treasure Emma Thompson. Her battle with Walt Disney (played by Tom Hanks) over making the book into a film proves a funny and moving tale, and is such an homage to Disney鈥檚 screen version it prompted me to听 dig out my VCR and dust off an ancient copy of Mary Poppins. Super鈥�
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This year, however, I鈥檝e enjoyed listening to drama as much as I have watching it. In the year when it showed itself to be in rude health with offerings like Dan Reballato鈥檚 witty and engrossing trilogy about Syria, 听and Katie Hims鈥� poignant family play for Radio 3, that had me sobbing in the aisles in Tesco.
Thinking about drama it鈥檚 impossible not to talk about and the impressive work they鈥檝e done this year to keep the 成人论坛鈥檚 intake of new writers healthy. Sitting in on the sift for the , where readers selected scripts to put forward for the prize, was a real honour and an insight into the care and reverence with which new writing is treated at the 成人论坛.
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Personally another important discovery this year was CBeebies, my toddler won鈥檛 allow us to watch anything else. I spend most days humming the ditties from Everything鈥檚 Rosie, or Mr Bloom鈥檚 Nursery and was thrilled the channel deservedly took home .
They also launched the which has improved my quality of life greatly by giving me another 10 minutes in bed every morning while my daughter pops bubbles on the Mr Tumble game, or, thanks to the , creates pictures on screen using the camera and digital paint pot. She鈥檚 not yet two and I鈥檝e never taught her how to use it, yet it鈥檚 so intuitively designed she finds it a doddle. This morning鈥檚 effort听is included above. I was so impressed I鈥檓 considering using it for next year鈥檚 Christmas cards.
is Digital Content Producer, About the 成人论坛 Website and Blog.
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