'Jo Brand's Big Splash' is a mixture of stand-up and short documentary features on Jo's experience with various water-based activities.

We went down to the recording of the stand-up gig at the Hackney Empire earlier this year, so there's a chance that some eagle-eyed viewers may spot James and Gareth in the audience!  From what we've already seen, it's a really funny show, and Jo really does throw hereself into the challenges set her, roping in comedy pals such as Sean Lock and Bill Bailey.

You can see 'Jo Brand's Big Splash' on Dave at 9pm on Thursday, repeated at 8pm on Sunday, and then for the next 5 weeks.

It's for UCLAN, and sets the style for the rest of the campaign which MC2 are spearheading for attracting students to the university.

The focus of the commercial is to highlight the advantage of studying at UCLAN, with subjects being taught by people with experience in the disciplines they teach, and opportunities and support to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge.

You can see the 30s commercial here on Youtube.

www.uclan.ac.uk/advantage

The documentary tells the story of 12 part-time Territorial Army members serving in Afghanistan, having been given exclusive accessby the Ministry of Defence.  It follows them as they enter war zones to fight alongside British soldiers, and also focuses on the families back at home.

'The TA and the Taliban' can be seen tonight at 9pm on Watch, and continues every Thursday for the next six weeks.

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On the evening before the official opening, there was a VIP reception with invited guests and we were there to capture the fun, and then we were back at 5.30am the next morning to witness the queue that had been camped out all night with the intention of winning free dougnuts and prizes!

At 7am, the doors officially opened and people we let into the store to sample free hot original-glazed dougnuts, and to also choose from the massive collection of Krispy Kreme doghnuts and toppings.

You can see the video we produced here on Youtube.

We shot a variety of people on greenscreen - some on a motorised turntable - and these will be used as the basis of producing rotoscoped silhouttes for the final commercial.

We'll post some images from the finished commercial once it's been premiered.

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We gave them much more information than actually ended up in the final piece, but you can read what was written about us at the end of this article on the Manchester Evening News website.

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Tenants and invited guests saw the official handover from the project managers to Manchester Council, who are owners of the complex which houses a host of digital media companies, as well as studio space for television and film projects.

We've actually been here for nearly a year now, and parts of the site have been very much a building site, but it's great to see it all near to completetion now.

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doodledoMOTION have just completed another DVD prospectus for North West agency MC2, this time for Accrington Academy.

We spent 2 days filming staff and pupils on greenscreen at the academy, as well as classes, sports and activities such as rock-climbing, horse-riding and civil engineering.

This was all put into a 3D environment using graphics reflecting the academy's current branding of mapping out the students' 'Journey to Success'.

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Last week, James and Gareth headed down to London to be at the recording of the stand up part of the programme at the Hackney Empire, and had reserved seats on the front row of the circle, so there's a good chance of them appearing in the audience reaction shots in the show!

Featuring all-new material, Jo's set was based around the documentary part, which takes a look at loads of different aspects of water, from diving to white-water rafting, and from bits of the show we've had a sneak peak of, it looks really funny!

The 5-part series will be going out on Dave sometime this autumn - we'll post details of broadcast nearer the time!

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It's presented by the BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson, and produced by North One Television, and looks at what happened when they removed all the services from a typical UK street.

doodledoMOTION were asked to produce an animated title graphic for the programme, and the font style was used for the name captions.

Nick and some of the residents featured in the documentary appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning, and the title graphic was used as a background for the interview.

If you miss the programme, don't forget that it's available for the next week on the iPlayer!

The Street That Cut Everything
Monday 16th May, 9pm and 10.35pm, BBC1

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