Legendary newsreader and TV presenter Angela Rippon dropped by to April Media Productions recording studios in Plymouth.
Angela was recording the voiceover for 13 episodes of ‘Rip Off Britain’ for the forthcoming series to air on BBC1 later this year.
Rip Off Britain is a BBC One series which exposes Britain’s rip-offs and helps consumers. It began on 30 November 2009, presented by former news journalists Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville.
Recording of series 1 of children’s animation series “The Crumpets” is complete and awaits it’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in October.
The Crumpets (formerly Les Crumpets) is a comedy animation about a family (of the same name) and their shenanigans of family life. April Media Productions won the contract to record the first series of 52 episodes of the English adaptation and auditioned for local young actors to perform the voices of 2 characters. The other characters have been recorded in other UK and New York studio’s.
Joseph Pollock, 12 from Plymouth (shown above) gained the role of the lead character “L’il One”, who’s the mischievous son. Joseph has recently performed on stage at Torquay and in Belfast as ‘Benji’ alongside Jason Donovan as part of the national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in An Inspector Calls.
The character of “The King” was played by Alex Luscombe, also 12 from Plymouth.
The series will have its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in October 2014 and should be hitting screens worldwide in 2015
The undeniable ‘king’ of the voice, Alistair McGowan dropped by to April Media Productions recording studios in Plymouth.
Alistair was recording voices for a series of TV adverts for Paddy Power to be broadcast shortly.
Best known and loved as the man of many voices, BAFTA award-winning Alistair is currently appearing at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth for a week starring as Henry Higgins in a major new revival in a centenary year production of Shaw’s enduring masterpiece, Pygmalion.
Acclaimed rapper Jman dropped by to April Media Productions recording studios in Plymouth to lay some tracks for his next album.
Known for his multi-faceted style, explosive energy, unmatched live shows and some of the best Hip-Hop music to have come out of the UK in recent years, Jman has come a long way since his days of hosting small shows in the South West and even further from his days in Croydon and his Grime roots.
Hosting Dubstep raves for some of the biggest names in the scene wasn’t enough for Jman, so he began focusing on Hip-Hop. He was signed by Greasy Vinyl in 2010, fast forward a few years and a critically acclaimed debut album later and its plain to see Jman is destined for great things.
“The time spent on perfecting this album is clearly highlighted when the eleventh consecutive listen still doesn’t seem excessive’’ Wordplay Magazine.
The debut album ‘Auranography’ is available to buy from greasyvinyl.com and all your favourite record stores, has received rave reviews and has sold all over the world.
Contact: greasyvinyl@hotmail.co.uk
Bookings: jmanmusic12@hotmail.co.uk
Non verbal autistic singer Kyle Coleman (27) from Cornwall who we have been working with for over 2 years is set to release a single “Standing on Solid Ground” with the aim of charting in the UK Top 40 to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April 2014…. Interestingly, the first time that a non verbal / autistic person… or even , unbelievably (to our knowledge) any disabled person will ever have done so, so history could be made.
Kyle’s remarkable ability to learn and perform songs but is unable to communicate verbally nor speak more than a few words is quite humbling and is fascinating to witness.
Producer John Carter from April Media Productions was commissioned to write Kyle’s second studio album ‘Beyond The Syntax’ for Kyle, which is to be released in April.
Kyle’s single Standing on Solid Ground is available for Pre-Order on ITunes now, and will be released on 2nd April 2014 with the aim of charting in the UK Top 40 on Sunday 6th April 2014.
- Pre-order Kyle’s Single ‘Standing on Solid Ground’ NOW!
- Visit Kyle’s Facebook campaign Autism For Number One
- Learn more about Kyle and his fascinating musical journey to date
- Order ‘Beyond The Syntax’ CD Album (digibook)
- Buy ‘Beyond The Syntax’ download
Acclaimed Falmouth based landscape gardener, shrub specialist and TV presenter Matt James dropped by to April Media Productions recording studios in Plymouth.
Matt was recording the voiceover for The Great British Garden Revival for an episode on “Shrubs” in the forthcoming series to air on BBC2 in December.
Matt is perhaps best known as the face of The City Gardener and Selling Houses, aired on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2006. Matt also contributes to Radio 4’s long running series, Gardeners’ Question Time.
The series brings together Britain’s biggest TV gardening talent in a bid to inspire viewers to save the UK’s garden heritage.
Great British Garden Revival will see Matt plus 13 of Britain’s other top TV gardeners including Monty Don, Carol Klein, Joe Swift, Rachel de Thame, Chris Beardshaw, Alys Fowler and James Wong – teaming up.
In each episode, two presenters will focus on an endangered aspect of gardens which they feel passionately about, and offer advice to viewers on how they can restore and look after their gardens.
Voiceover talent Tony Smith was at April Media productions Recording Studios in Plymouth this week recording the voiceover for the TV advert for the new Playstation game Injustice Gods Among Us, set for launch in November.
Devon’s finest axe bandits, ‘The Rock n’ Roll Outlaws’ were at April Media Productions recording studios in Plymouth a few weeks ago filming a series of 3 music videos for tracks taken from their forthcoming debut album ‘Boomslang’.
The 13 track album is now available on iTunes and also will be on CD from mid October. Get your copy from the band who currently perform throughout the South West. More details on the album on our Releases page
If you’re a fan of classic rock, then The Rock n’ Roll Outlaws could just be your new favourite band.
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Children’s French animation series “Les Crumpets” is coming to the English speaking world and April Media Productions will be recording some of the characters for the series.
April Media Productions recently won the contract to record the first 53 episodes of the English adaptation and having held auditions at the studio with suitable candidates from local children’s stage school company “Stagecoach”. Having discovered the right voices for characters (approved by the producers), recording has commenced.
The Crumpets (formerly Les Crumpets) is an comedy animation about a family (of the same name) and their shenanigans of family life. There are about 20 characters in all in the show, and April media will be recording a few of them. The other characters are being recorded in other UK and New York studio’s.
Joseph Pollock, 11 from Plymouth (shown above) gained the role of the lead character “L’il One”, who’s the mischievous son, and recording of the first episode (of 53) is now complete.
Joseph has recently performed on stage at Torquay and in Belfast as ‘Benji’ alongside Jason Donovan as part of the national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in An Inspector Calls.
The character of “The King” will be played by Alex Luscombe, also 11 from Plymouth.
Recording is expected to take 6 months, and the series will have its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in October 2014.