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Open Media is a British television production company, best known for the discussion series ''After Dark'', described by the ''Daily Mail'' as "the most intelligent, thought-provoking and interesting programme ever to have been on television".〔Jaci Stephen, ''Daily Mail'', 9 May 1997〕 The company was founded in 1987 and has produced more than 400 hours of television for all the main UK network broadcasters, including BBC TV, the ITV network and Channel 4. It has made entertainment series and factual specials which have sold all over the world. It also produces communications and corporate media for some of Britain's most important businesses. Open Media programmes have been nominated for many awards by the Royal Television Society and the British Academy BAFTA. Two different Open Media productions were featured during the 25th anniversary of Channel 4 in autumn 2007: ''The Secret Cabaret'' 〔''(TheDigitalSpy )'', accessed 3 March 2009〕 and ''After Dark'' 〔''After Dark''〕 were shown again on More4 during the celebratory season. In 2009 the British Film Institute announced that Open Media, in partnership with The National Archives, the (Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit ), FremantleMedia and the BBC, makes programmes available online through (''InView'' ) as ''"examples of how some of Britain's key social, political and economic issues have been represented and debated"''.〔(BFI website page ), accessed 14 August 2009〕 In 2010 the Open Media series ''Opinions'' and ''After Dark'' were praised as "two of the best talk-shows ever seen on British television" in a well-reviewed book of social and cultural history.〔Alwyn W. Turner, ''Rejoice! Rejoice! Britain in the 1980s'', Aurum 2010〕 In 2012 ''After Dark'' featured prominently in a number of two-page tributes in British newspapers on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Channel 4.〔''Just don't f * * * it up'', The Guardian, 1 December 2012, and The Sunday Times and The Observer, 2 December 2012〕 ==Stars== Stars of Open Media productions include Simon Drake, Ricky Jay, Andrew Neil, James Randi, Jerry Sadowitz, Sandi Toksvig and John Wells. ''After Dark'' featured appearances by such well-known figures as Buzz Aldrin, Harry Belafonte, Andrea Dworkin, Edward Heath, Patricia Highsmith, Shere Hite, David Irving, Bianca Jagger, Christine Keeler, Adnan Khashoggi, Eartha Kitt, Yehudi Menuhin, Sinéad O'Connor, Bruce Oldfield, Richard Perle, Edward Teller and Peter Ustinov. The two series of ''Is This Your Life?'' featured extended and in-depth interviews with Jeremy Beadle, Ian Botham, Morris Cerullo, Max Clifford, Germaine Greer, Olivia Newton-John, Albert Reynolds, Jimmy Savile, Peter Tatchell and Fatima Whitbread: ''"a must-see, the most incisive chat show on the box"''.〔A.A.Gill, ''The Sunday Times'', 6 August 1995〕 The interview with Jimmy Savile can be (viewed on YouTube ). Open Media has produced talks by such figures as Edward de Bono, Brian Cox, Linda Colley, James Goldsmith, Paul Hill, Dusan Makavejev, G.F. Newman, Andrew Roberts, George Soros and Norman Stone. One such - an ''Opinions'' talk for Channel 4 in 1993 by Alan Clark - was described in his diary (later published) as ''"It was good. Clear, assured, moving. I looked compos and in my 'prime'. Many people saw it. All were enthusiastic. Today acres of coverage in ''The Times."〔Alan Clark, ''The Last Diaries'', Weidenfeld, 2002〕 Another ''Opinions'' talk - by Dennis Potter, also in 1993 - was given a cinema screening by the BFI in July 2014.〔(''Dennis Potter: The Outsider Inside'' ), BFI website, accessed 4 July 2014〕 Among those appearing in a Channel 4 ''Opinions'' debate in Westminster Central Hall about democracy in Britain chaired by Vincent Hanna were Zaki Badawi, Christopher Hitchens, Paul Kennedy, Michael Mansfield, David Miliband, Geoff Mulgan, Vincent Nichols, Jonathan Sacks, Nancy Seear and Crispin Tickell.〔''The Opinions Debate'', transmitted by Channel 4 on 28 March 1993 (the eve of the 50th birthday of the then Prime Minister John Major)〕 Mary Beard made an early television appearance in 1994 on an Open Media discussion for the BBC, ''Weird Thoughts''.〔''(EOFF )'', accessed 15 April 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Open Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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