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The Stage 100 2023: Producers→
/Runaway Entertainment features in The Stage 100 2023. The commercial producers who were inspirational and influential in 2022 and continue with exciting projects this year include playwrights Runaway Entertainment, Underbelly, Playful Productions, Empire Street and Jamie Wilson and more.
How we made The Word
/Michael Hogan interviews Charlie for The Guardian about how the Word was made. “There were dangerous moments. One presenter, Alan Connor, got kidnapped by German pornographers….”
Read the full article at The Guardian. Photo Credit: Channel 4
How ‘Survivor’ Has Outplayed Its Competition for 25 Years
/Steven Clarke writes for Variety.com on the longevity of Survivor, October 14th 2022.
Only a handful of people are credited with changing the face of television. The mercurial Brit Charlie Parsons, creator of “Survivor,” is one of them.
As the reality behemoth celebrates its 25th anniversary, Parsons, who reinvented early morning TV in the U.K. by ditching the format’s staid conventions for the anarchic “The Big Breakfast,” reckons there are several reasons why “Survivor” has defied the odds and, well, survived for so long.
“Ordinary people’s stories are interesting. How they cope with the situations they find themselves in is interesting. Our big thing about ‘Survivor’ was that it was almost like a sport,” he says. “The show is extremely careful about its contestants, all of whom are heroes. It’s not exploitative and not watching and sneering.” Photo credit Nigel Wright.