Clap your hands say yeah right

Currently I am on paternity leave which means I don’t have much time for anything really. But … since my son (finally) decided to take a nap (I really should too) I take this opportunity to push some things that I enjoy much for the moment:

• The BBC production “Planet Earth”. I have never ever seen anything even close to this. Their steady-cam-from-far-far-far-away-technique is just insane … and also the reason why they manage to show nature and animals as it never been shown before. Amazing.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu. Babel, 21 gram and Amores perros. Man. Wow.
• Several of the SVT (Swedish television) productions. Kobra, Babel, Arty, Musikbyrån (among several more) … makes the compulsory television-fee I pay to the Swedish authorities really seem like a bargin.

Third season of the entrepreneurial (well sort of) show Dragons’ Den is now broadcasted on BBC (and hopefully soon by TV8):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/


Follow up 2006-08-22
Got this from a representative at TV8:

Hej Tobias och tack för ditt mail,
Vi hoppas kunna köra även tredje säsongen av Dragons’ här. Men det finns inga beslut fattade ännu.

I’ve always been amused by good digging journalism and by people who have the guts to question some of the “truths” broadly accepted in society.

I was listening on a program on SR-P1 this summer which almost had me driving off the road (as we say in Sweden). Now I just found out that SR have this program available for streaming: Dom från andra sidan (in swedish).

The guy behind this is Daniel Velasco who got “Guldspaden 2005″ for it (being one of many other prizes his previous work has rendered him, “Stora Journalistpriset” 2003, “Stora Radiopriset” 2002 and 2003).

Put some headphones on and listen to it!

As mentioned in previous posts I claimed that the BBC production Dragons’ Den has its merits. To anyone who might be interested I just found out that Swedish TV8 is sending a repeat transmission of the two seasons starting yesterday … and weekly every monday at 22:00.

As described on the TV8 webbpage (in swedish):

Dragon’s den
Brittisk realityserie från 2005. I den här realityserien får entreprenörer, uppfinnare och visionärer chansen att förvandla sina affärssdrömmar till verklighet. Det handlar dock inte om någon välgörenhet. För att få den hjälp de behöver måste deltagarna nämligen genomlida “dragon’s den” där en fem man stark expertpanel ger tummen upp eller tummen ner för deras företagsplan. Det står stora pengar på spel och för att lyckas måste de vara både övertygande och kreativa. Må bäste idékläckare vinna!

To my surprise I really found the reality show (yes, a reality show, which is why I am a bit surprised) Dragons’ Den produced (actually over-produced) by BBC really interesting. The concept is simple but effective: Entrepreneurs looking for funding and in change offering an equity share meet a board of 5 investors. They get some minutes (as in very few) to present their sometimes brilliant but more often crazy ideas. Only very few succeed. Only the ones with a decent presentation accompanied with a clever and potentially lucrative idea.

Swedish TV8 just showed the last episode of season 2. The format could easily be copied and I heard that is exactly what is about to happen in the American production American Inventor. Looking forward to it … and another DD-season as well.