Mark Craig : Stopwatch Productions

09/07/2025

APOLLO 1 European Premiere!

We are happy to announce that the new feature documentary APOLLO 1 will be broadcast on ARTE in Germany and France, on Saturday 9th August at the following times:

20:15 (Germany) / 20:55 (France)

Additional broadcasts will take place on these dates:

Tuesday 19 August - 8:55 (Germany) / 9:27 (France)

Monday 25 August - 8:55 (Germany) / 9:25 (France)

It will also be available to view online: https://www.arte.tv/

It will be broadcast in the UK later in the year, and we are working on making it available in other worldwide territories also.

Details will follow as soon as they are confirmed.

09/07/2025

We are happy to announce news of our TV premiere in Europe next month!

It will be broadcast on ARTE in Germany or France, on Saturday 9th August at the following times:

20:15 (Germany) / 20:55 (France)

Additional broadcasts will take place on these dates:

Tuesday 19 August - 8:55 (Germany) / 9:27 (France)

Monday 25 August - 8:55 (Germany) / 9:25 (France)

It will also be available to view online: https://www.arte.tv/

It will be broadcast in the UK later in the year, and we are working on making it available in other worldwide territories also.

Details will follow as soon as they are confirmed.

25/03/2025

There's been lots of activity around the festival release of the new feature doc project... APOLLO 1.

Please follow news and links about the film on our dedicated page:

https://www.facebook.com/Apollo1film/

A documentary feature film about three pioneering astronauts who played a defining part in the race to reach the Moon

07/03/2025

APOLLO 1 festival screening news…

If you’re interested in our new documentary film, do visit our dedicated page for info and the latest updates:

https://www.facebook.com/Apollo1film/

A documentary feature film about three pioneering astronauts who played a defining part in the race to reach the Moon

22/02/2025

New film announcement!

It’s been under wraps for a while, but we can now proudly announce that the new feature documentary APOLLO 1 will have its world premiere at the Boulder International Film Festival on March 15th.

Produced with Ansgar Pohle and Keith Haviland, scored by Anne Nikitin and featuring a tremendous cast of characters, this is the personal story of a defining chapter in space history.

More details will follow soon…

MC

14/09/2024

As Strictly Come Dancing celebrates its 20th anniversary this evening, I'd like to celebrate the creative talents of Piers Helm - a motion graphic designer who has been designing and filming the show's opening title sequence during all that time.

A few years back I interviewed several BBC graphic designers from different generations about their work, and Piers was one of them.

In this short video clip he talks through a few examples of title sequences he's done - some of which you may remember - and gives us a glimpse behind the scenes on Strictly.

https://vimeo.com/video/706301952

As it happens, he also created the wonderful animated sequence in The Last Man on the Moon where Gene Cernan talks about the astronaut selection process.

Here's to the next 20 years, Piers!

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08/06/2024

18/03/2024

Sad to learn that a legendary astronaut has left this Earth for the last time... Tom Stafford, who I had the pleasure of interviewing a few years back, and who flew 4 times to space (including a trip close to the Moon on Apollo 10 with Gene Cernan.

He also commanded the Apollo-Soyuz flight in 1975, famously shaking hands in space with his Russian counterpart Alexei Leonov, and paving the way for international collaboration in space that continues today despite the politics.

The two became genuinely close lifelong friends, and enjoyed each others company immensely until the end.

Godspeed you to the stars Tom...