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Bringing history to life | Consulting for historical film and TV, we help productions with authenticity and story-telling | Love having fun with old stuff

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@ARJ_Hawkins @theAliceRoberts @sparkliferous Delighted to see this art get the public attention it deserves!

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@ARJ_Hawkins @theAliceRoberts @sparkliferous My apologies! Crossed wires in the historical-biblical commentary. No doubt the larger figure is the Baptist, but the programme implied that this was typical of crucifixion scenes. The Evangelist is typical of crucifixion scenes, the baptist is an interesting symbolic anomaly.

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Collaboration over consultation @MaddyPelling @AnthonyPDelaney

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Delighted that on #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama day, SceneSpan has been asked to join a new Tudor drama project at the very early development stage. Change is certainly in the air re how period drama is made

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#WhatsNextForPeriodDrama Less Consultation but more Collaboration between historians and film/tv/media

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@AnthonyPDelaney @Freya_Gowrley The [love]story of King Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Fascinating mediaeval social dynamics at work, as well as a really human story.

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Thank so much @alexvtunzelmann @AnthonyPDelaney @MaddyPelling for a wonderful keynote & opening Q&A of #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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Young historians wanting to get involved in drama? "Don't wait to be asked to dance!" @AnthonyPDelaney #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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"can young historians get into film/TV work?" "is there room for consultants to get involved much earlier in the process?" @MaddyPelling HEAR HEAR!
Any of those people out there, get in touch with SceneSpan! #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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"Do historians have a responsibility to engage with period drama in a more positive, dialogical fashion?" @MaddyPelling excellent question
#WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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The public "are much better at distinguishing between fact and fiction than we give them credit for" - @alexvtunzelmann #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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"Changing perceptions of period drama is like turning a battleship" @alexvtunzelmann #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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"historians needn't be wary of historical fiction, or sceptical of its aims" @alexvtunzelmann #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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"We're not so different, you and I" historians and filmmakers - @alexvtunzelmann #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama

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Delighted to be attending the #WhatsNextForPeriodDrama conference today! Looking forward to hearing all these excellent speakers.

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Are the makers of period drama allowed to fib about history? To what extent? And under what circumstances? I address in my blog For Filmmakers
https://t.co/RIPqwTb6eX

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Giving away my no.1 Golden Rule for achieving
historical #authenticity in #perioddrama, in my blog for filmmakers

https://t.co/X2Ebgj09P5