Radio 2 'Elvis' promo

This special edition of the upclose&digital podcast is about the making of the highly successful and much talked about BBC Radio 2 promotional ad featuring Elvis Presley introducing 'The Best Band In The World', see www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/elvis/ for more details.

The programme features interviews with Producer, Edel Erickson, Director Steve Cope (both of Red Bee Media), Editor Tim Hardy at Cut & Run, Blue's Head Of Visual Effects, Chris Mortimer and 'Munzie', Sound Designer, resident in Studio 9 at Grand Central Studios.

You'll laugh ... at how far 'Munzie' went to get the best out Elvis.

You'll cry ... when you find out who might have been playing bass.

And you'll be amazed when you hear how 'Sesame Street' nearly scuppered the whole project...

It's a tale of craft, dedication and fantastic attention to detail.

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The twelfth upclose&digital podcast features Part 1 of a two-part look at some of the new technology on show at IBC 2006 which took place in Amsterdam in September.

The first interview is with Rick Robinson and Phil Jansen of Vision Research who were demonstrating their high speed 4K and HD digital cameras outside North America for the first time.

There's the welcome return of Paul Bamborough to the media technology business through his backing of Delwyn Holroyd and the team at Codex Digital.

Steve Archbold reviews a new colour calibration tool for LCD monitors called 'Huey'

BBC Research and Development's Matthew Marks explains how they're developing production workflow systems using off-the-shelf hardware, open standards and open source software.

And, to close this programme, Liz McKenzie from Forbidden Technologies tells us how BBC News 24 are using their web-based editing technology to train journalists and keep those who work in the field in touch with the way news stories are being managed back in the studio.

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