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TV & RADIO
COVERAGE OF OUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES...
Peak Activities Ltd's UK products & training events for individuals
& for groups have been extensively featured & highly recommended
on national TV travel programmes & documentaries, as detailed below...
We hope the high levels of coverage on UK radio and television will give
our web visitors an index towards the high quality and value for money
of Peak Activities Ltd's excellent people, products and services.
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Above : Presenter Ian Wright filming with us for his new
BBC1 Saturday evening television programme in 2003.
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- Peak Activities
Ltd's management development training & team building
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popular sporting
activities have
frequenly been featured in National
- TV &
Radio travel programmes, plus several BBC & ITV documentaries,
- training
films and drama productions.
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- Popular BBC television
sports reporter Damion
Johnson spent
- an informal weekend at
our popular base
in Hathersage, Rock Lea,
- with a BBC Look North film
crew shooting for the "Breakout"
- BBC TWO lifestyle, travel & holiday television programme.
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- Above : BBC
Sports Presenter Damion
Johnson abseiling, cycling & canoeing
- with Peak
Activities.
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VIDEOS...
Broadband enabled visitors can click on Damion's abseiling picture
above or the canoeing picture below to try out two video links and
see some footage shot whilst Damion was abseiling and canoeing
with us. These are 4 to 5 Meg mpg files so is not suitable for people
with slower dial up web connections. Expect a loading time for broad
band lines of c. 30+ secs. per clip.
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- Damion tried out
abseiling, canoeing, caving
and
- mountain-biking
on this popular multisports weekend.
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- This programme
was later broadcast several
times
- on BBC TWO
& was also syndicated elsewhere.
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- Above : Celebrity Cheryl Baker introducing another
travel
- show feature
on Peak Activities' activities on BBC ONE
- television's
"Eleventh
Hour"
Travel & Hobbies Programme.
- This 20 min
piece highly recommended our caving, cycling
- treasure-hunts, climbing & abseiling activities for individuals.
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- Over the past 20+ years
Peak Activities Ltd have been
- operating from our base
in Hathersage we've often
- been involved with helping many visiting filming crews.
- Some of our staff have
also been involved in filming
- projects overseas too.
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- Filming for
the BBC on location on the Nevertindsbreen Glacier in Arctic Norway
- in 1974 during
a 6-weeks scientific and personal development training expedition
- for Sixth
Formers. The ice camp for the expedition was organised &
led by our
- centre Manager
Dr. Iain Jennings, who at the time was a Member of Council of
- the Young
Explorers' Trust at the RGS and a Member of Council of the British
- Schools Exploring
Society. Cameraman Mike Sclater had previously worked with
- Iain filming
on glaciers on expeditions to Iceland including a documentary
film
- shown on
the BBC's popular "Horizon"
television series.
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- Below is an outline of
just some of the numerous
BBC1,
- ITV and other projects Peak
Activities Ltd has been involved
- with. Our team of
personnel includes many with
personal
- successful experiences
organising and producing
- commercial filming projects
with directors &
producers
- from BBC1, BBC2, Mentorn
Films, Yorkshire Television,
- Horizon, NBC, & many other commercial
film & television
- production organisations.
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- During filming
at Rock Lea of the pilot & launch show for
- BBC ONE's
"I'll Do Anything" with Ian Wright & Mohammed Ali.
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Media coverage of Peak Activities Ltd's events
has included a major Yorkshire TV "Edit Five"
documentary on Gilders car dealership's
sophisticated team-building & staff training initiatives
(outlined in more detail below); a BBC1 "Eleventh Hour"
television programme on team and personal development
courses with staff from Birmingham Cable Ltd; several
BBC Radio Four features on business courses with
Alex Lester and a BBC Look North TV documentary
with well known Sports Presentator Damion Johnson.
Recently we were in charge of the health and safety and
underground filming again of the pilot of a new Saturday
night BBC1 television challenge programme with Ian
Wright and starring sports superstar Mohammed Ali.
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- Above : Filming at a local crag
with a BBC1 Film Crew for the
- Eleventh
Hour Programme presented by Cheryl Baker et alia.
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- Other broadcasts
from the local crags we have arranged have
- included
a live broadcast by BBC Radio 2's popular presenter
- Alex Lester.... who was broadcasting
live on BBC Radio 4 from
- a ledge 90
feet up
in the air interviewing Iain - our MD. Our director
- Iain later
did some
more live work with Alex for the very popular
- BBC Radio
4 "Breakaway" Travel Programme.
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NATIONAL BBC RADIO COVERAGE ...
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Radio features have included pieces recorded and live for programmes
such as BBC Radio 5, the "Today" Programme, BBC4's Breakaway and
BBC4's Freewheeling travel and holiday programmes... plus numerous
interviews of outdoor centre safety with local radio stations such as
Radio Derby, Radio Hallam and Radio Sheffield. We've even broadcast
live radio interviews 90 feet high up on a crag rock climbing with popular
( and very brave ) BBC Radio 2 & Radio 4 presenter & travel expert
Alex Lester. Other live interviews and features have been undertaken
with Radio Five Live.
Other well known characters who have appeared on film whilst
out on location with us include BBC sports and travel presenter
Damion Johnson and Matt Dickinson. We are proud that
Peak Activities Ltd is often the first choice for many film & radio
crews wanting a safe and 100% reliable professional service.
Click here to see what the Travel Writer of the Year Steve Bleach
& expert Travel Writers such as Michael Woods of the Sunday Times
have also had to say about our people, products and services.
We are very grateful for their kind endorsements of our efforts.
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- During filming
for a BBC1 Holiday Programme.
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- Peak Activities Ltd has
numerous highly flattering press
features over the
25 years
- we've been designing and
running sports & training events. It's very pleasing that
- we're now so often approached by film crews who appreciate our capability to look
- after their safety in
tricky locations (e.g. deep
inside caves ) - and
our skills in getting
- complex technical things planned
and executed safely right first
time.
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- Our professionalism
& our safety culture as well as our exciting locations explains
- why so may professional
film crews film with us here. In recent times when
- risk assessments are so critical for Health
& Safety Purposes, our
safety director
- has been personally very closely involved with
helping film crews select,
risk assess
- and supervise health & safey for technical operations
at suitable locations for
- filming underground, on crags, in the air, on mountains
and afloat in canoes
- and dinghies.
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- Whether you're shooting
numerous POV's at the same time with a big production
- team - or are
just shooting a piece with a small commercial crew, we may be
able
- to assist you.
Production managers &
directors may wish to call Dr.
Iain Jennings
- on 01433-650345
to discuss any projects
you may need assistance with.
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Our base Rock Lea has also been highly acclaimed on NBC Superchannel's
"Ushuaia" & on BBC2's "Breakout" television programmes....looking at our
excellent courses using us for team development & enjoyment. Other media
coverage include a live broadcast from local crags on Radio 5 Live and
numerous interviews on local radio stations.
Other projects we have been involved with providing failities & support for
have included BBC Drama's "Tales of Narnia" & various schools education
programmes.
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Our staff filming in a snowstorm at the start of a caving trip
with Everest Mountaineer Matt Dickinson who presents NBC's
cable television's "Ushuaia" Outdoor Adventure Programme.
This filming was syndicated and also broadcast on ITV 1.
Travel Feature Writer of the Year 2004, Steve Bleach wrote articles
about caving with Peak Activities in the Sunday Times Travel
Magazine & also in the Sunday Times Travel Colour Supplement.
Click here please to see more details.
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Much of our company's successful tailored training & team
building work will, for obvious reasons, always remain client
confidential. However, details of some outdoor training events
with companies such as Northern Foods, Lucas, the NHS, Bosch
& the Department for Employment have been published by the
clients themselves or by us with their permission in training
media such as "Works Management" , " Management Today",
"The Manufacturer" & "Training Tomorrow".
Click to see other published articles on our people,
products and services.
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The success of assignments with many companies has
also led to items being published in their "in-company"
media. Examples include features in "Land Rover News",
"Northern Foods News" Powergen News, "Lucas Life"
and "Bosch People".
Some particularly successful team building projects have
been featured in the national press and several have been
featured on national television & on national radio.
In addition we have also enjoyed very favourable coverage
of our sports and leisure events in popular national media
such as The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mail,
Footloose, YHA News, Company Magazine, Great Outdoors
and Country Walking.
Click here for more notes & samples of the kind
comments we've received in the national press :
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A management training film we made with
Volkswagon and Audi personnel with a
Yorkshire Television film crew for their
"Edit Five" series. The programme was
broadcast as an ITV documentary on
outdoor development training called
"A Walk on the Wild Side"
Televised Case Study #1 : Gilders Staff Development Event.
When Gary Scotting, Operations Director of car dealership
"Gilders Group" based in Sheffield wanted a training
programme to help members of his new Peugeot Car dealership
to blend in with - and work to the same high standards as
his existing Audi and Volkswagen dealerships, the first
choice for a tailored outdoor training course was Peak
Activities Ltd. Gary knew we would take great care to make
sure the event was relevant and tailored to elicit the
training outcomes the company needed - and would also produce
a FUN event everyone would enjoy...even though there was snow
on the ground for some of their stay !
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Outdoor training is a particularly good way of accelerating the process
of people getting to know each other, appreciating each other's strengths
and weaknesses, understanding the importance of teamwork processes
and sharing visions and hopes for the future over a beer in the bar at the
end of a busy day.
The Gilders group, ( illustrated above with Ops. Director Garry) enjoyed
a series of indoor & outdoor based task-based problem solving exercises
to get the group working together - and to get the delegates into the habit
of reviewing their individual and team performances in a constructive,
humorous and caring way.
The event was such a success that the team later volunteered to come
back in their own time and repeat parts of the course on camera for
Yorkshire Television's "EDIT FIVE" documentary series. The film
was a great success too ...and the filming process itself proved to be
an excellent way of getting people of different grades from different
departments, sites and teams working all together on an unified task.
UPDATE : In Jan 2000 Gary became Gilders' Managing Director.
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Televised Case Study #2
: Birmingham Cable
A BBC1 film crew spent some time here filming a ligh-hearted social
TEAM BUILDING outdoor activity weekend with a team of people from
Birmingham Cable Communications. This was shown on BBC1's
"Eleventh Hour" TV programme presented by Cheryl Baker.
Case Study #3 : Team-Building
with 
Alan Gruar MBE, formerly Senior Training Manager, Lucas Aerospace
in Wolverhampton (bottom left) has been to Rock Lea with many training
parties over the years. Here he's with some volunteers on a lighthearted
charity fund raising event. Click photo for details. See Lucas endorsements.
CLICK to links to more case studies of other successful development
training and staff development projects with firms such as Transco,
Norwich Union Healthcare, Rolls Royce, Boots, Barclays Bank,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Robert Bosch, Rover Group,
the NHS Supplies Directorate & many other successful UK and overseas
organisations.
LIST OF
SOME OF OUR MANY CORPORATE CLIENTS...
MORE
CASE STUDY SUMMARIES...
Comments from Lucas : Comments from BCL...
Published Case study - Range Rover & Discovery Managers...
Weekend away for a Christian Men's Fellowship...
Further endorsements and kind customers comments...
Obtaining quotations & booking corporate events...
Main index : IPD Registered Consultancy Service ...
Tel 01433-650345
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Peak Activities Ltd.
Rock Lea, Station Road,
Hathersage, The Hope Valley,
The Peak District National Park,
Derbyshire, England, S32 1DD.
Press & Publicity Officer : 07774-112204
Film Crew Facilities Management : 01433-650345
Bookings & Training Enquiries : 07771-855105
SCHOOL & COLLEGE FILMING ASSIGNMENTS :
Our small team of staff are chartered professionals who's time is much in demand.
Due to pressures of work we regret we're unable to assist with non-commercial filming
projects such as any amateur filming / editing or other college media assignments.