Idiotlamp Productions

	Idiotlamp Productions Idiotlamp Productions is an independent production company based in London, UK, founded by the creative partnership of Jim Field Smith and George Kay. Credits Idiotlamp is the creative entity behind the multi-national Netflix series ''Criminal'', comprising the four mini-series '' Criminal: UK'', '' Criminal: Spain'', '' Criminal: France'' and '' Criminal: Germany''. Prior to that the company produced ''Stag'' for the BBC. The company was also behind the short films "Where Have I Been All Your Life" (2007, 20 mins), written by George Kay and directed by Jim Field Smith, and starring Imelda Staunton and James Corden, "Goodbye to the Normals" (2006), "Missing Moscow" and the mini documentary series "My Friend..." for Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en .... Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jim Field Smith Jim Field Smith (born 20 February 1979) is an English film and television director, writer and producer. Early career Smith was a member of the British sketch comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire, who were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award for their show ''Conspiracy'' in August 2005. The show transferred to the West End, and toured the UK. The following year, the group returned for a third year to the Edinburgh fringe and subsequently the Belfast theatre festival with a show entitled "Prison"'. He co-wrote and starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series '' Deep Trouble'' with Ben Willbond. As an actor, he appeared in various British TV comedies such as ''Coupling'', ''Snuffbox'' and ''My Life in Film'', and numerous commercials both on screen and as a voiceover artist. He also wrote several episodes of the MTV puppet sitcom '' Fur TV''. Directing career Smith got his break in Hollywood through directing short films such as ''Where Have I Been All Your Life?'' (2007) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Criminal (Netflix) ''Criminal'' is a series of four Netflix police procedural anthology TV series set in four countries. The four series are '' Criminal: France'', '' Criminal: Germany'', '' Criminal: Spain'', and '' Criminal: UK''. The series was devised by its showrunners George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and produced by their company Idiotlamp Productions. Although the showrunners are based in the UK, each of the local three-part series is written and performed in that country's native language by native actors, but all four individual local series were shot on the same set in Madrid, Spain. All four series were released simultaneously in September 2019. A second series of ''Criminal: UK'', consisting of four episodes, was released on 16 September 2020. Each episode is a stand-alone psychological drama, consisting of the interrogation of an individual by a team of police investigators. Every scene is confined to just three areas in a single location; a police interrogation room, a darkened viewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]