Wall
To Wall
Wall to Wall Television is the UK's leading independent producer of high
quality factual programming and drama. In recent years, Wall To Wall has
been behind some of television's most memorable and successful programmes,
including The 1900 House, A Rather English Marriage, Body Story and Wonders
of the African World.
A winner of almost every major international award, the company has built a global reputation for refreshing and challenging television. Its programmes now sell around the world. As well as a host of new TV programmes, Wall To Wall is developing new formats and ideas for the internet and other interactive media.
Wall
To Wall Television holds the Broadcast Magazine 2000 Best Independent
Producer Award.
Dr Paul
Pettitt
Paul is the Senior Archaeologist of the Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at
the University of Oxford. He is also a Research Fellow and Tutor in Archaeology
and Anthropology at Keble College, Oxford.
Paul has worked on numerous Neanderthal sites, retrieving samples to bring back to the lab for dating. The radiocarbon accelerator can accurately reveal the age of ancient bones and artefacts, vital to our knowledge of pre-history.
Paul's
research is focused on Neanderthal behaviour and extinction. He is also
an expert on Neanderthal tools, and an accomplished flint knapper.
Prof.
Chris Stringer
Merit Researcher - Hominids Natural History Museum, London
Chris is recognised as one of the world's leading experts on Neanderthals.
He was one of the founders of the Out of Africa theory of human evolution
and has published numerous books and articles on both Neanderthals and
the origins of modern humans.
Neanderthals have fascinated Chris since childhood. His interest was awakened by a radio broadcast that reconstructed a Neanderthal burial. He soon visited the Natural History Museum to find out more. 20 years later he returned to the museum, this time as a research scientist. He continues to work there to this day.
His
current research is based around his role as leader of the Gibraltar Caves
Project, which is examining the transition from Neanderthals to modern
humans in this region. He is also writing a book on human evolution with
his colleague Peter Andrews.
Crawley
Creatures
Established
in 1986, Crawley
Creatures & Associates have become one of the leading players in the
world of special effects, producing animatronic creatures, prosthetic
make-up and action models for an international film and television industry.
Their combined talents have contributied to creations such as 'Jabba the Hutt' in Return of the Jeddi, 'The Joker' in Batman and Judge Dredd. More recently, they produced all of the animatronics for the BBC's award-winning Walking With Dinosaurs. But for the series Neanderthal, providing full prosthetic make-up for 8 characters on a daily basis for 5 weeks proved to be their toughest challenge yet!