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Dear All, I am forwarding this to the list on behalf of Chris Beacock <[log in to unmask]>. Please include him in any replies as he is not a member of this list. Some of you maybe watching the discussion on Carto-Soc to which Chris has responded: "Many of you have suggested that there should an episode about cartography now and in the future- much as I would like to include this as well, the format of the show is quite rigid in that the BBC have commissioned a series specifically about historical maps of Britain." Best wishes Tinho .......................... Dear Members, I am a cartographer- for the past 5 years I've been working as one at Lancaster University- but now I have leapt into the world of television. I've just started work for an independent TV company in Glasgow- Tern TV have been commissioned by BBC2 to produce an 8 part documentary series about cartography. Nicholas Crane is the presenter; the format of each episode involves Nick investigating an important cartographer/ map/ atlas from UK history. He makes a journey, based on the map he is studying, and along the way he describes the cartographer's story, the methods used, the influence that the map had, perhaps tries to produce a map of his own in the same style. At the moment I am doing some initial research into subject matter for the 8 episodes. These are our initial ideas for the series: Christopher Saxton's Atlas of 1577 John Ogilby's road atlas 1675 Greenville Collins: The Coasting Pilot 1693 The origins of the Ordnance Survey- General William Roy and the mapping of the Highlands, 1746 William Smith's Geological map 1815 The London Underground Map- Harry Beck 1933 The retriangulation of Britain, MacLeod and the OS, 1935 Operation Sealion- maps for the possible German invasion of Britain, 1940 Would anybody like to comment on whether they think these subjects are feasible, irrelevant, or if we have missed some important subject out altogether? Are any of these topics a particular area of your research? Your thoughts and suggestions are most welcome. Please feel free to forward this message to anybody else who may be interested in the project. Thanks for your help, Chris Beacock Specialist Researcher TernTV RWF House 5 Renfield Street Glasgow G2 5EZ Tel.: 0141 243 5653 Fax: 0141 243 5684 Email: [log in to unmask]