Lion Interactive

Lion Interactive is a multi-purpose facility developing ideas and content for internet, mobile, broadband and interactive TV platforms. The department has produced sites for major clients including Channel 4 and PBS in America and received a number of accolades, including an RTS award, Learning on Screen award and BAFTA nominations.

The team's core specialty is creating non-linear content across all platforms. Their most recent project is Britain from Above (BBC), a major multiplatform series with a website featuring 20 unseen short films, behind-the-scenes material and aerial photography. The entire series is also made available as video on the website as a permanent resource.

Previously the team produced multiplatform content for Castaway (BBC) which included a stand-alone website, daily 10” red button programme Danny’s Diary, interactive game Castaway: Remote Control and video podcasts.  The location team in New Zealand also produced a 30” special for BBC Three - Castaway: Best of Danny’s Diary.

In 2006, Lion Interactive worked with UKTV to create all the non-linear content for their major heritage series, Britain’s Best which included bespoke short films, reversioned video and original content for the web and mobile.

Other work includes: relaunching the Egypt's Golden Empire and the Roman Empire websites for PBS, creating non-linear content for China Atlas (Discovery) and DVD material for PBS.

The team has also produced numerous other sites to accompany many of Lion's major television productions for a variety of clients. These include Medici: Godfather's of the Renaissance, Lawrence of Arabia, Martin Luther, Guns, Germs and Steel for PBS, and Castle and Playing it Straight for Channel 4.

Lion Interactive has also worked on some eTV projects such as producing an interactive version of Time Commanders (BBC2) called Couch Commanders for the BBC, which involved a separate stream where two viewers commentated the battle in real time and a live messaging feature.

The team also specialises in producing continuously updating and highly interactive websites from difficult locations around the world. They have produced sites to accompany Channel 4's coverage of both the Kumbh Mela - from the banks of the Ganges, the Hajj from Mecca in Saudi Arabia and Karbala from Iraq.

The Hajj website created for Channel 4 was recognised by the Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards winning the 2003 Lifelong Learning & Multimedia category. At the 2003 IVCA awards the Hajj also won Best Public Information Site and the overall Grand Prix Award beating out all other contenders. It was also nominated for an Interactive BAFTA for 2004 in the Best Online Factual category.

More recently the Karbala website won a 2005 Learning on Screen Award in the Interactive Multimedia - Life-long Learning category.

The team has also branched out into DVD production and bonus material namely for the Medici DVD, Lawrence of Arabia DVD and Martin Luther DVD.

Lion Interactive is also available to design, build and maintain corporate websites especially in the media sector. Past and current clients include: Hartswood Films, North One and All3Media.

For more information about Lion Interactive please contact Kirsty Hunter.

Kirsty Hunter Head of Interactive Kirsty Hunter is an experienced broadcast and interactive producer. A trained journalist, Kirsty holds a Bachelor of Business degree in journalism...Read more