Serengeti Shall Not Die. Serengeti Shall Not Die (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben) is a 1959 German documentary film written and directed by Bernhard Grzimek. His son, the cinematographer Michael Grzimek, died on-location during the filming of the documentary when a plane he piloted collided with a vulture. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1959.[1] References[edit] External links[edit] Top 5 Must See Nature Documentaries - a list by CorbettCory. Sri Lanka's Killing Fields. Channel 4 to air live drug-taking | Media. Channel 4 is planning to air live footage of people taking class A drugs and alcohol to show their effects on the body as part of a drive to "bring a sense of mischief" back to the broadcaster. Science series Drugs Live will take place under strict clinical conditions, with programme makers working "closely with leading research institutes from around the world to bring much-needed clarity to a social issue often mired in controversy or confusion", according to Channel 4.
"The issue of class A drugs is something that I think is incredibly important and an area of social policy that Channel 4 can be on the front foot about and provide some interesting and useful data," said Jay Hunt, Channel 4's chief creative officer. Hunt added you "can legally test class A drugs on an individual" but warned there were "huge duty of care and legal issues" surrounding the show. "It will involve people taking drugs in a clinical environment live on TV," she said.
End of Britton's empire Brooker back in black. Charlie Brooker pens spoof crime drama for Sky1 | Media. Charlie Brooker has written a two-hour spoof crime drama for Sky1 starring John Hannah, Suranne Jones and Julian Rhind-Tutt. A Touch of Cloth has been co-written with Daniel Maier, a writer on ITV1's Harry Hill's TV Burp, and sets out to be a "spoof of every British crime drama made in the last decade". Hannah stars as DCI Jack Cloth, a "maverick, heavy drinking loner" who throws himself into his work after the death of his wife. He is teamed with a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick" played by Jones investigating a series of grisly murders. Rhind-Tutt plays their boss, Tom Boss.
It is the latest scripted TV project for Guardian columnist Brooker, who has also written comic drama series Black Mirror for Channel 4, described as a hybrid of The Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected. Brooker said: "After you've seen A Touch of Cloth you'll never be able to watch another detective show again. . • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857.