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Random Acts of Kindness

7 minute drama

 ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ is a low budget but high quality drama made specifically for the Celebr8 Silver Screen festival. Celebr8 don’t Discrimin8 is nonprofit making organisation who aim to promote and celebrate the role diversity has to play in the North West.  

SEAL documentary for PSE Publications

The SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects for Learning) Programme is being rolled out across many schools in the UK. A short documentary explores the views of staff, students and parents at Newall Green High School in Manchester, one of the first secondary schools to adopt the programme. Two short dramas, based around SEAL issues, are for use in the classroom and aim to encourage understanding and discussion of SEAL amongst students.

Libra's Production Credits to Date

TX 2006

Road Safety

Our first corporate projects relate to road safety for teenagers. Greater Manchester Police commissioned TIME OUT a 10 minute drama while Salford City Council wanted us to work with two groups of young people who devised their own 15 minute DVDs to be distributed amongst their peers.

TX 2005

Curriculum Bites RE

2 x 60 ' for BBC Children's Education

A series of different multi faith strands to be used as flexible classroom resources.

CHALLENGING FAITH for KS3

EXPLORING BELIEFS for KS

TX 2004 

SORTED.

13 x 15' for Discovery Kids

How things work for 6- 9 year olds with a cast of all-star kids from Lancashire. Computer Games, Toilets, Mobile Phones, and Girls are just some of the subjects in this entertaining series

TX 2003

How To Be A Bully
2 x 15’: Key Stage 1 Citizenship

BBC Education for children.
2 sketch shows that use comedy to address the difficult topic of bullying with very young children.

TX 2002

CopyCat Kids
6 x 25’: CiTV
A reality documentary series about children who impersonate pop acts in an end-of-the-pier show in Blackpool.

History Busters

History-Busters: 20 x 4’: Discovery Kids
A series of shorts examining quirky moments in history presented by Mark Speight.

TX 2001

Looking After The Penneys
3 x 25’: Key stages 3 & 4 Citizenship 4Learning
A soap-style drama series for 11 - 16's promoting Financial Capability through the Penney family's financial dilemmas, made in association with the Financial Services Authority.

SMASH

(Shakespeare mashed up)

A collaboration between Libra Television and Ymogen, a Social Media Production Company

The Big Shakespeare Mash up is a website that aims to engage secondary school students in Shakespeare.

 On-line, interactive, mashed and flashed. Using Ymogen’s bespoke technology, a platform has been created where students can produce and share their own interpretation of the Shakespeare plays they are studying. Libra scripted and produced.

 SMASH is a pilot project that Libra scripted and produced. The project is being tested out in Salford schools.

SORTED 2.

13 x 15' for Discovery Kids

A second series of this popular series on how things work for 6 - 9 year olds.  Some of the things to be 'sorted' this time are Baked Beans, Weather, Sleep, The Internet and Mums!

Teachers TV

 Teachers TV is a new channel for which Libra is one of the preferred suppliers. We will be making programmes for them for the next two years.

GROSS!

13 x 15' for Discovery Kids

Rude bodily functions for 6 -9 year olds

presented by Jason Bradbury

Citizen Power
8 x 25’: Key Stage 2 & 3 Citizenship 4Learning
A monthly magazine show tackling Citizenship issues presented by Jon Snow and made in co-production with ITN.

Kids On...
3 x 3’: Channel 4’s The Slot
3 programmes in which children give their views on violence, crime and punishment.
First Edition: 25 x 15’ (2 series): Key Stages 2 & 3 Citizenship Education 4Learning.

First Edition Series 8 & 9

Continuing news and current affairs series.

TX weekly during term time.

Being Different
5 x 10’: Key Stages 2 & 3 Citizenship 4Learning
A compilation of short video diaries in which children aged 9 - 14 explain why they feel different to others.

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Projects Continued