Enquirer - Tonight!

BBC Radio is celebrating 90 years of broadcasting this week, and we can't think of a better way to showcase the relevance of radio than exciting radio drama Enquirer! Based on the recent scandals that rocked the newspaper industry, Enquirer is based on real interviews with over 40 journalists. Get the insider's perspective, tune into Radio 4 at 9pm!

Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan, the Enquirer cast includes Maureen Beattie, John Bett, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch. Produced for Hopscotch Films by Clara Glynn and Carolynne Sinclair Kidd.

New Radio4 Drama this week: Enquirer

Blending fact, anecdote and passionate opinion, Enquirer is a rapid response to the unfolding events in the newspaper industry. It is based on interviews with over forty journalists and was first performed in June as a site-specific piece of theatre performed in an empty media office block in Glasgow. Hopscotch Films are proud to have produced Enquirer for Radio 4 and it will be aired on Friday 16th November at 9pm. The Telegraph have chosen it as their highlight of the week here.

Enquirer, BBC Radio 4, 16 November, 9pm

Enquirer is produced by Clara Glynn and Carolynne Sinclair Kidd in association with the London Review of Books and the National Theatre of Scotland. Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan, the Enquirer cast includes Maureen Beattie, John Bett, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch.

Scottish Shorts- New initiative announced

Hopscotch Films are going into partnership with Digicult to create a brand new talent initiative for Scottish based short filmmakers.

Over the next five months, Scottish Shorts will develop up to ten teams with short film proposals before commissioning five high quality live action and animated films early next year.

For guidlines and announcements check the Digicult and Hopscotch websites. Scottish Shorts 2012/2013 is due to launch on Monday 10th September.

The Story of Film wins award

Hopscotch is delighted by the news that The Story of Film has been awared the Stanley Kubrick prize at Traverse City Film Festival! Michael Moore who founded the festival now in its eighth year, said Mark Cousins' documentary was "one of the greatest" and one "we'll be watching all our lives."

Well done Mark!

South China Morning Post features Story of Film

Mark Cousins was recently interviewed for the South China Morning Post. This lovely spread was featured on 20th May. Click here to download the PDF.

"The film is a dream come true."- Mark Cousins