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21st February 2012 If your looking to entertain clients during the Olympics contact us about out exciting Gala evening where top names of British sport will be attending with the likes of Daley Thompson, Sally Gunnell, Dame Mary Peters and Kriss Akabussi plus many more. 2nd February 2012 The full Olympic Gala Evening flyer is available to download here Great names such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sir Matthew Pinsent and Steve Backley to name a few will be attending. It really is a fantastic event so to make sure you don't miss out contact Lucy Binns at lucybinns@bigapemedia.com Tel:01460 30151 31st January 2012 We have recently completed the production of 'Seisen! The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire'. It is a 2x1 hour series for Discovery Asia currently being broadcast. Programme one focuses on the rise from 1905-1936, Tsushima and the conquest of Korea, the Coronation of Emperor Hirohito and expansion in Manchuria. Programme two then focuses on the fall 1937-1945, where there was all-out War in China and the fleeting glory of Pearl Harbour, defeat at Midway and the humiliation of surrender. With a significant amount of footage used that has never been broadcast before, this high production will make for compelling viewing. 24th January 2012 Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace started their sensational 'Midnight Tango' tour this week. If you are interested in booking them for endorsements, Corporate events etc.. contact Lucy Binns at lucybinns@bigapemedia.com Tel:01460 30151 24th January 2012 Looking for corporate entertainment during the Olympics? Do you want to offer client entertainment and feel involved in the Games? Do you not have any tickets or not enough? Look no further. We are organising 3 amazing Gala evenings on the 3 Saturdays of the Games. For more information go to our Events/Communications section of our website. 23rd January 2012 Remember if your looking for a high quality production company then come to us. We can offer the highest production values but with West Country prices! To find out more you contact us at lucybinns@bigapemedia.com Tel: 01460 30151. 19th January 2012 BAMI has now joined Facebook and Twitter! you can follow us on twitter: @Bigapemedia or 'Like' our Facebook page. You can find the links on the bottom of the Home page. We will be tweeting updates or posting on Facebook forthcoming events and what BAMI is up to. 9th January 2012 BAMI is proud to announce that it will hold three fantastic Gala Evenings during the London 2012 Olympic Games. On each of the three Saturdays during the games - July 28th, August 4th and August 11th some of the greatest British Olympians will gather at a Grade 1 listed venue to celebrate the most important sporting event in history. With the host being former tennis player Andrew Castle and with the company of Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sally Gunnell, Chris Boardman, Steve Backley, Rebecca Romero, Tessa Sanderson, Dame Mary Peters, Allan Wells, Kriss Akabussi, Lynn Davies, David Hemery, Steve Batchelor, Stephanie Cook, Derek Redmond, Richard Faulds, Sean Kerly, they will be nights to remember. For information on this event look at out Events/Communications page on our website. We look forward to welcoming you next summer. For more information contact Lucy Binns on 9th January 2012 Meet the Author Lunch at the Alexandra Hotel, Lyme Regis has been organised for Thurday 2nd February 2012 from 12.30pm-3.00pm. It is a chance to meet Stewart and get a signed copy of Conquest. £26.50 per head. There is also a great opportunity to attenda Creative Writing Course with Stewart at the Alexandra Hotel, Lyme Regis. This will take place on Monday 20th February 2012. Prices from £865 includes full board, champagne reception and the three day course. To book a place for either of these days contact Hannah at events@hotelalexandra.co.uk Tel: We hope to see you there! 10th October 2011 Read the below blog from Stewart Binns andthen click on the following link (Historical Novel Society in order to have a chance to win £50 worth of Amazon tokens! http://hnscompetitions.wordpress.com/ 9th October 2011 Some thoughts from Stewart Binns on Edgar the Atheling: The Great Survivor Edgar the Atheling and 1066 It is difficult to decide whether Edgar the Atheling was fortunate to be only fourteen during the dramatic days of autumn, 1066. His tender years meant that he survived the cull of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy executed by the Norman victors, but it also meant he was denied a prominent place in history as the last King of the Saxons. Edgar was born in Hungary, where his father, Edwarsof Exile, son of King Edmund II (Ironside), had spent most of his life, having been sent to exile after Edmund's death andthe conquest of England by the Danish King, Cnut in 1016. He was Edward's only son, but had two sisters, Margaret and Cristina. He returned to England with his father around 1057, but his father died in mysterious circumstances within days of setting foot on English soil, making Edgar the direct heir to Edward the Confessor. Several people have been blamed for the sudden death of Edgar's father, including the Earl of Wessex, Harold Godwinson, who would eventually succeed Edward the Confessor. Natural causes may well have been the reason, but rumours abounded about the unexpected death. Not for the first time, Edgar's life must also have been in danger at this time. Little is known of his life until the events of 1066, but it is presumed he spent his time at King Edward's court perfecting his English and familiarising himself with his native people. When Edward the Confessor died, there seemed to be no real appetite within the Witan to make Edgar King; pragmatism suggesting that the warrior prowss of Harold, Earl of Wessex, was a better bet, given the threats posed by the Normans, Danes and Norwegians. Following King Harold's death in the slaughter of Senlac Ridge (Hastings), Edgar was proclaimed King. But as soon as England's new master, William Duke of Normandy,approached London, Edgar.s support melted away and he had no choice but to submit to the Normans. His life the unfolded in a series of paradoxical, prehaps opportunistic, relationships with the Normans. He rebelled more than once, possibly including the rebellion of 1069, was reconciled; befriended William's first born, Robert Curthose, and twice acted as intermediary between the Normans and his brother-in-law, Malcolm Canmore, King of the Scots. He travelled to Norman Italy and Sicily, where he may well have fought in the campaigns against the Muslims and Byzantines and Orderic Vitalis tells us that he accompanied Robert Curthose on the First Crusade, although there is some confusion about dates in the accounts. Nevertheless, he was still close to Robert and fought with his at the Battle of Tinchebrai in 1106, when the Conqueror's surviving sons fought for his legacy. Roberts' defeat consigned his to confinement for the rest of his life by his younger brother, Henry I, the third Norman King of England. But Edgar was spared yet again. It is known that Edgar, the last of the great Cerdician Dynasty of Wessex and England, was still alive well into the 120's living in obscurity somewhere in England. There is no record of any offspring, nor is there any record of the location of his grave.
7th October 2011 Stewart's first novel 'Conquest' was published by Penguin in February 2011 and has to date sold over 60,000 copies making him the leading historical fiction debut author this year! He has just completed the sequel 'Crusade' to be published by Penguin on 26th April 2011.
7th October 2011 We are now providing Broadcast and Development consultancy services to WISPA - the Women's International Squash Players Association. Great organisation and squash is such a fantastic sport!
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