Second Draft

13/03/2025

A little behind the scenes action on our film with the fantastic volunteers at Northumbria Blood Bikes for BBC Morning Live

17/12/2024

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29/10/2024

Thank you for having us!

A real treat for our Derek Bagnall to be interviewed this morning by Mark and Glen from the fabulous Second Draft. It's a part of an exciting feature for the amazing Sunderland Culture Culture Start project and we're privileged to be a part of it.

Thanks for being patient with us, Mark and Glen. Come back and see us soon. 😀



Diocese of Durham

22/04/2024

19/11/2023

🎉📽️ Our new documentary captures the pressures and the pleasure of performing at BBC Proms at The Glasshouse in Gateshead, and how it feels to welcome one of the world’s greatest music festivals to your home town. 📽️🎉

15/11/2023

Filmed over 3 days, we take a look at what being a part of one of the biggest events in the musical calendar feels like for those who take part - both the performers and people who just want to experience some amazing music.

Music is for everyone

08/06/2023

Imagine you stumbled across an undiscovered site of significant archaeological interest… in your spare time…from a laptop on your sofa!

That’s what happened to a furloughed wedding photographer, who located a new “Henge” monument via DigVentures - a company that makes archaeology more accessible to the public, through crowdsourced surveys and virtual digs.

“It’s the stuff of archaeological dreams!” says founder Dr Brendon Wilkins.

LiDAR makes scans using laser-equipped aircraft which can reveal structures that would take years to discover on foot. And DigVentures puts this technology in the hands of the general public.

Now, rather than archaeologists producing knowledge which is given to the public, the public are producing knowledge which is given to archaeologists.

“It's an absolute about-phase revolution of the archaeological workflow and it still boggles me today,” says Brendon.

06/06/2023

It’s a pretty extraordinary innovation that can revolutionise the efficiency of an organisation like the NHS, and at the same time positively transform patients’ personal experiences of their care.

And Health Call in Gateshead /are/ extraordinary.

They combine new, but accessible, technologies - like wearables, bluetooth and video calling - to allow medical conditions to be remotely monitored at home. And that continuous monitoring gives patients comfort and reassurance, whilst also empowering them to be more aware and involved in their own care.

“There’s some real evidence around patients recovering better at home,” says Clare Graham, “If we can give the clinical team the tools to remotely manage patients who are stable, it’ll allow the clinical teams to then spend more time with the patients who need that extra care.”

05/06/2023

This week we want you to - some of the brilliant people we’ve worked with who are inventing game-changing technologies right on our doorsteps here in the North East!

In Newcastle, SPARK EPoS are modernising the hospitality industry (and yep, they’re the people behind those cute robots in Yo Sushi…)

What really surprised us when filming with the team was learning how AI can be used as a tool to actually make our experience of customer service MORE human, more personalised.

“The problem is the restaurant manager can't remember thousands of different customers and their preferences,” says Dr Yang Long, “But AI can pop out and remind them: Who are they? What do they want and what do they LOVE? And this way the human manager can maintain a genuine relationship with a thousand or more customers.”