London Eye. The story behind its design and development - 1994 - 2000. скачать в хорошем качестве

London Eye. The story behind its design and development - 1994 - 2000.

London Eye - "The Biggest Wheel in the World." In 1994, with the turning of the Millennium approaching, married couple and architects David Marks and Julia Barfield - Marks Barfield Architects - had an idea on how to celebrate - a giant Ferris wheel on the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament. I heard about it at the beginning and offered help with video promotions and thus I followed progress on video. There was equal opposition, derision and support across the media and among Londoners as well as local and central government. My goal was to make a TV documentary but all channels declined - BBC, Channel 4 twice and ITV London (Carlton) declined 3 times! I eventually persuaded the BBC with the help of Desmond Wilcox - the renowned documentary presenter and producer. However, half way through 1999 Channel 4, realising their mistake, commissioned another filmmaker. This led to a petty "race" to broadcast! Consequently the BBC broadcast the film before the "story" had ended - showing "if" the "Wheel" was finished and turning on Millennium Eve. C4's film was pretty thin but I had the Discovery Channel in co-production with the BBC which allowed me to continue filming until the end. At least the American audience got the full story! Broadcasters often make the dumbest decisions. Here are extracts from the full version. Sadly, David passed away in 2017. R.I.P. Marks Barfield Architects - Building the biggest wheel in the World. Extracts from "The Biggest Wheel in the World". BBC 2, 1999 to commemorate David Marks MBE, its co-creator. RIP David. 1952 - 2017 Around 30 Hours of non-BBC copyright material - 1995 to 2000 - available for commercial use.