THE MOUNTAIN
A 6 x 24 minute series for ITV
Wales filmed in 2014 for TX in early 2015
This
series brings you a year in the life of Snowdon …capturing the beauty of 4
glorious seasons and the drama of real life stories.
Filmed
through the four seasons – this is the life cycle of the men and women who are
the guardians of this incredible mountain.
·
Rob Johnson - Llanberis Mountain Rescue
Team
A professional Mountain Instructor and key
member of the MRT.
GoPro footage “on board” will take the
viewer with the Team onto the mountain – capturing the weather conditions and
the element of danger and pulse racing excitement. A balance of a multitude of story lines and
portraits of characters – will showcase training and fund raising days and
emphasize the educational elements of mountain safety.
·
Dewi Davies - Head Warden Snowdonia
National Park - – a
portrait of his work and the role of the National Park
· Steff Owen – Track Maintenance Foreman on
Snowdon Mountain Railway
– 3rd generation worker on the mountains main Tourist Attraction/
Business.
·
Helen Mai Jones – Gwastadanas Farm, Nant
Gwynant. A young family
of mountain sheep farmers and their battle to raise a family and earn a living
on the mountain. Their farm land extends to the summit of Snowdon and takes in
the rugged and breathtaking horse shoe.
·
Alwena
Jones – Half Way Café (1,870 ft) – Portrait of a family business earning a living half way
up the Mountain.
These are epic stories from the edge of
nature, from the edge of a world that is forever changing and forever
interesting. Their tales
reveal the mountains moods - that can be cruel, kind, beautiful,
treacherous, magical, mysterious ......sometimes life forming....sometimes life
threatening....
The
beauty and danger of life on the busiest mountain in the world.
Background :
Slam Media Ltd is a boutique independent media production company
with a
reputation for excellence in delivering;
·
Complex and
ambitious Sports, Events & Reality programming
·
State of the
art insightful Documentaries
·
Bespoke
Corporate commissioned projects.
Created by award winning Producers Geraint Lewis & Aled Llŷr,
Slam is a fully
fledged, technically equipped independent production company
whose output can
be seen on BBC Network, BBC Wales, S4C, Sky, ESPN, Channel 4.
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