Underplayed Gems

First Cut

First Cut poster
Genre
documentary television program
Country
United Kingdom
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a UK documentary series that gives young directors a chance to make short films for prime time TV. It replaces an older show and lets new filmmakers show their work before moving on to bigger projects.

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What happens

First Cut was initially a strand of thirty half-hour primetime documentaries commissioned by Channel 4. The commissioning editor for documentaries was Sarah Mulvey. It was added to the schedule to replace Alt-TV, which launched the careers of documentary makers including Marc Isaacs, Olly Lambert, Emily James, Tina Gharavi, Paul Berczeller and Morgan Matthew. First Cut aimed to showcase new talent, allowing young directors to demonstrate their work before receiving further opportunities on Channel 4's flagship documentaries Cutting Edge and Dispatches. After the completion of the initial two series (30 episodes), First Cut was commissioned for a third series which began on Friday, 9 January 2009, with a documentary entitled "The Hunt For Britain's Tightest Person". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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