New Channel 4 Commission

16 Jan 2009 07:00



16 January 2009

MOTIVE TELEVISION PLC (the "Company" or "Motive") announces new Channel 4 Commission

Rumble TV Productions Limited, a company in which Motive has a 50 per cent. interest, has won its first Channel 4 documentary commission, entitled "My Dad: The Serial Killer". In the programme, 18 year-old Bobbie Belfield reveals how her life has been turned upside down since her father, Levi Belfield, was charged and convicted of a spate of murders near Heathrow, dubbed "The Bus Stop Killings". 

The programme is produced by Matt Rudge and the Executive Producer is Tony Moss. The documentary will be transmitted on Friday, January 24 at 7.30 on Channel 4.

For further information, please contact:

Motive Tel: 020 3086 9430

Mick Pilsworth

Bishopsgate Communications Ltd Tel: 020 7562 3350

Jenni Herbert/ Nick Farmer

motive@bishopsgatecommunications.com

Note to Editors

Motive Television (www.motivetelevision.co.uk) is a leading media investment company, specialising in television rights owners. Based in London, it is listed on the AIM and is led by television industry expert Mick Pilsworth. 

Motive's investments include:

A 49.9% interest in comedy production company Brown Eyed Boy, whose most recent hit show, "Little Miss Jocelyn" was broadcast on BBC2. It is in production on the second series of its sitcom for BBC3, "How Not to Live Your Life", starring Dan Clark.

A 50.6% interest in Manchester-based Scarlet Television, whose recent credits include "Diana's Last Summer", "Britney: Speared by the Paps", "50 Greatest TV Endings" and "50 Greatest TV Couples", all for SKY 1; Richard E. Grant's "Elementary My Dear Viewer" and "Roald Dahl's Revolting Rule Book", both for ITV2; "The Making of a Monster" for Crime & Investigation Network, and "Beefcake: A Very British Sex Symbol", for BBC2. 

A 50% interest in Luminous Productions, which has piloted a new family entertainment show, "Creche Test Dummies", starring Jason Byrne, for RTÉ

A 100% interest in Dublin-based production company Motive Television Ltd, whose recent credits include "No Place Like Home" and "Summer in the Sun" for Irish broadcaster RTÉ; "Part of What We Are", a major history of Gaelic games for Setanta Sports and 10 live GAA matches for Irish broadcaster TV3 in 2008 (in association with Asgard Media).

A 50% interest in London-based factual entertainment specialist Rumble TV Productions Ltd.