IN DEVELOPMENT

Projects at an advanced stage of development include:

The Men of Duffy’s Cut

In 2006/7 Tile Films made the Ghosts of Duffy’s Cut, an observational documentary which followed the efforts of the Watson brother’s four men to uncover the story of the untimely death of 57 railway workers in 1832 and to find their remains.

In March 2009 after 5 years of searching the Watson brothers have discovered the mass grave of the victims of the 1832 tragedy. A major archaeological dig is now planned for summer 2009. A new documentary The Men of Duffy’s Cut will take up the story as the dig begins. Broadcaster commitment has been obtained in Ireland and the US.

Creation Nation

On the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth, this documentary takes a lively, revealing and entertaining look at the history of the creation/evolution debate in this country and the growing war between creationists and evolutionists here and abroad.

Supported by broadcasters in the UK and Ireland it is hoped to move this project into production shortly.

Who lived in my House/Cé a Chónaí i mo Theachsa

Cé Chónaí I mo Theacsa?/Who lived in my House is a series that tells the extraordinary stories of our houses and who lived in them before us.  Who was murdered in our basement, who made love in the back bedroom and who hid under the stairs during the Civil War?  How many children were born here and who did they become?

Broadcaster support in Ireland and international interest in the format.

Easter 1916 – The Soldiers Song

On 26th of April 1916, in the British army’s first major experience of urban warfare, two battalions of the Sherwood Foresters were marched into a withering fire of well defended enemy positions.  In a matter of hours 230 of these young men lay dead or wounded. These men were not supposed to die on British soil. 

In this unusual documentary we will tell the story of the Easter Rising through the eyes of the British soldiers, statesmen and the public.

Broadcaster interest in Ireland and the UK

Jack Lynch – Taoiseach on Trial

Jack Lynch is the Taoiseach that saved Ireland but lost his party. As Taoiseach he steered the country, with a steely nerve, through its greatest crisis since independence, when democracy in Ireland was under real threat.

This two-part documentary will trace the life of Jack Lynch, from his early days in Cork, his sporting triumphs to his first steps in politics and his turbulent years as Taoiseach.

Broadcaster interest in Ireland.

Peter Langan – The First Gordon Ramsey

Described by fellow Chefs and Restaurateur’s as a genius—he was the first real celebrity Restaurateur.  Langan's Brasserie With its steel and mirrored interior, parquet floor, tropical fans and an enviable collection of prints and paintings reminiscent of 'Casablanca' and La Coupole, set the perfect stage for Michael Caine, Claire Bloom, Ursula Andreas, Deborah Kerr, Thea Porter, Harold Pinter, David Bailey, Mick Jagger -- in fact, everyone.

The amazing story of Peter Langan’s life told through his own word and the words of those who know him supported by reconstruction and archive will create a visually stimulating and exciting documentary.

Broadcaster interest in the UK

BirthWrite – Irish Literary Genius

During the early 20th century, English literature underwent a revolution.  Over the course of half a century novels, plays and anthologies of poetry were written that modernized English literature. At the forefront of this revolution was a disparate group of Irish writers, led by Yeats, Joyce and Beckett.

Over the course of the series a well known writer will also uncover how and why this revolution came about as he delves into the unique set of circumstances that saw writers from an island on the edge of Europe dominate and transform the English literary landscape. 

Broadcaster interest in the UK

DREAM BUILDING

DREAM BUILDING is the story of the human imagination brought to life - one hundred centuries of glorious construction forged by a simple geometric clay shape.
Every significant period in history, every breakthrough in technology and industry was accompanied by a similar surge in brick architecture and engineering: from the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia to the mystical Hanging Gardens of Babylon; from the slender pagodas of ancient China to the art deco splendour of New York�s Chrysler Building and the skyscrapers of the early 20th century.

Each episode will be a spectacular visual odyssey through the intricate detail, science and history of the worlds most beautiful and ingenious structures and the story of the peoples who created them. 
Combining spectacular location footage with ancient illustrations, architectural schematics and CGI, the series will be filmed with cinematic attention to detail in a host of exotic locations; from the Middle East to Northern Europe, Russia, Thailand, China, Canada and the United States.

Dream Building is the story of the human imagination brought to life 
 Programme One � The Age of Discovery
Programme Two � The Age of Enlightenment
Programme Three � The Age of Industry

SAVING CIVILISATION

This groundbreaking new series will track the fall and rise of the civilised world after the collapse of Rome set against a backdrop of our contemporary world order to understand how civilisations can collapse and be reborn from the ashes.

Within the space of one hundred years, the glory that was the Roman Europe had been wiped off the map, replaced by a land ravaged by marauding bands, cities laid to waste, great libraries burnt, education, literacy, mathematics and medicine forgotten. How did this happen and could it happen again?
 From the last embers of the Roman world, modern Western Civilisation was born.
After the fall of Rome the economic and cultural capitals of the world were not London, Paris or even Rome; they were Cordoba, Baghdad, Iona and Kells. 

The fundamentals of civilisation, literature and the sciences are regenerated by the Arab and the Celt who will breed new life into a dark world and help to save civilisation. This is their story.