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MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC is launching a brand new television marketing
campaign in the UK. This will demonstrate the extreme lengths its staff experience
daily to produce quality programming for its audience. The campaign
the first of its kind since 1997's Perfect Day - will feature real
life examples of BBC achievements, large and small. Each trail will feature a
different story demonstrating the passion and commitment of individuals working
for the organisation punctuated by the simple endline - This is what
we do. Four trails will launch tomorrow 25 March. Kabul tells
the story of John Simpson and his news team's struggle to broadcast the fall of
the Afghan capital when a lorry carrying satellite equipment broke down in the
mountains. Instead of assuming defeat the team dismantled the satellites
and put them on donkeys enabling them to arrive in Kabul 20 minutes before
they were due to go live on air. The Office asks the audience: "Who
would commission a sitcom from someone who had never written, directed or acted
in one before?", before showing a clip from the hit BBC Two sitcom. Wall
shows a BBC cameraman in action during a conflict between Iraqi and British troops.
Snow Leopard tells the story of the search for an animal rarely caught on camera
- and the efforts that were made to get it on film for BBC ONE's Planet Earth.
BBC head brand and planning Helen Kellie said, "What
truly sets the BBC apart is the extraordinary lengths our people go to to get
great content for our audience. This campaign shows the public some of that magic."
The campaign, which was developed for the BBC by Fallon, uses existing
behind-the-scenes footage no director or production company was required
or involved. |