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Television company seeks Whit Friday images for Sky Arts programme

The company behind a forthcoming major series on Sky Arts is looking for some help in including historic images and film on it forthcoming series on Sky Arts.

Whit Fruday
  The company is looking to use historic images and film archive material for the series

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

        

The Twofour Broadcast Company is looking for archive, historical footage and photographic images of the iconic Whit Friday contests to include in its forthcoming Sky Arts documentary about brass banding in Britain.

Up to 1980s

This includes any film, home movies or images of the event from as far back as possible, up until the 1980s.

If any bands have anything that fits the bill and would be happy for it to feature in the programme, they should could you contact Leah Jones at Twofour at: leah.jones@twofour.co.uk

        

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