CINEOLOGY LIVE - CANCELLED!

3-6 September 2010

Pontin's Holiday Park, Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Supporting the Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT CINEOLOGY LIVE! HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

The MINISTRY OF CINEOLOGY, the people who brought you the acclaimed CULT TV FESTIVALS, had been working together with holiday specialists Pontin’s to bring you a new way to celebrate the best in extraordinary fictional television.

Cineology was approached by Pontin’s in the summer of 2009 to format a joint venture that would be innovative, as well as recapturing the spirit of classic conventions that has seeped away from the British appreciation landscape.

Called CINEOLOGY LIVE 2010, it was to be a fun-packed celebration that represented great value. Meals and accommodation were included, so you could concentrate on the event’s programme and enjoying yourself. There would be no need to leave the action as you were right where it was all happening.

You could have met the stars of some of your favourite shows – from Action, Comedy, SF and Drama series. The different aspect was that we wouldfocus on three specific series.  Things had started so well when we announced the first of these as ASHES TO ASHES.

The successor series to LIFE ON MARS has been a favourite in the Cult TV Awards, and on 22 January 2010, Cineology went to the set of ASHES TO ASHES to present the Award for ‘Best Returning Terrestrial Series’. The decision was voted for by our website membership, and co-creators and writers MATTHEW GRAHAM and ASHLEY PHAROAH accepted the Award, which you can see on the YouTube clip above. 

While on-set, we took the opportunity to invite PHILIP GLENISTER (Gene Hunt) and DEAN ANDREWS (Ray Carling) to join us.  Matthew and Philip had previously joined us for the Cult TV Festival in 2007, and had been very happy to note what a great time they had.  Subsequently, both JOSEPH LONG (Luigi) and GEFF FRANCIS (Viv James) had also agreed to join us.  In addition, two of the Executive Producers, JANE FEATHERSTONE and SIMON CRAWFORD COLLINS, were also happy to accept our invitations.

There would have been two main auditoriums to entertain you.  The SPOTLIGHT STAGE was to feature the three series that we would focus on, one after another over the course of the weekend.  The FESTIVAL STAGE would feature star guests from other series, and we were delighted to announce that LEX SHRAPNEL, Jamie Cartwright in Minder was to be one of them. Hosting the Festival stage was to be Gary Slaymaker.  We thought that this formulation of venues was something unique – you would have been able to concentrate on a trio of shows, and also get a wider perspective in the same weekend break – the best of both worlds covering both those who specialise in their appreciation and those who are more generalist in their outlook.

Also on the Festival Stage were to be “Fact In Fiction” talks – these would have revealed that the truth is often stranger than what has been speculated in some of our favourite TV and movies. We were delighted to announce ANDY THOMAS and IAN R CRANE as guest speakers for this area of the programme.

There was also to have been an inter-active WORKSHOP programme that we were aiming to be very hands-on, which would give you insights into how the magic of television is created.

In the evenings there would have been live music, stand-up, theme parties, and even the Cult TV Awards, which we can vote for, too (and you still can, despite there now being no live event for them to be presented at).  There were even to be Production Workshops to find out what goes on behind-the-scenes.

Add to that Merchandise Traders, Auctions, Quizzes, Fun and Games, and the weekend was to be as packed and as care-free as you like.

It was all being done to raise as huge a donation as possible to the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund charity.