The writer - producer James Kingston has scripted, produced and directed factual
films for many of the world’s largest international clients and broadcasters. Awards
include two from the BMA in the production of promotional films for the worldwide
launch of a major new vaccine, and travel and health related projects. He has also
created and scripted original TV programmes for the BBC. The first, ‘Five Go Mad’
a light entertainment format exploring the mysteries behind traditional children’s
nursery rhymes, and a second ‘Bad Taste’ takes a light hearted look the more controversial
aspects of modern art.
Both were piloted in partnership with format guru and award winning producer/ writer
Justin Scroggie, during his period as creative entertainments head at Chatsworth
Television.
A pre- school stop frame animation series “Tatterjack” made in partnership with the
renowned film animators Cosgrove Hall Film received substantial support from The
European Media Fund in financing a broadcast pilot and proposed talking book.
With his wife, a celebrated portrait painter, he has also co- produced bestselling
titles for the art leisure industry which heave been translated into fifteen languages.
Three half hour formats for the Sky painting channel, will be broadcast early in
2010 and compilation DVDs and further titles on portraiture are planned.
Two comedy drama script formats, one written in partnership with novelist Sarah Harrison,
are currently under review with prospective production partners.
‘Chinese Puzzle’ is the first of three titles concerned with subjects extensively
researched during the author’s career as an independent factual producer. With a
high degree of actual event and prediction in its narrative this first full length
novel has undergone extensive adaptation over a period of years with editorial guidance
from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. The following is an extract from their last
report.
‘This is an important subject and an engaging topical thriller. With Global warming
as just one of its themes, the fiction is grounded enough in contemporary reality
to be both believable and deeply disturbing.’
