Burn Up is a 2008 BBC/Global Television Drama dealing with the issues of climate change and peak oil.
BBC Controller of Fiction Jane Tranter commissioned the film for transmission on BBC Two.
The film was produced by Kudos Film and Television in co-production with Canadian production company SEVEN24 Films.
Shot in Calgary, Alberta and London, England, the film is unusual for actually being set in Calgary, prompting Eric Volmers to write in the Ca...
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Burn Up is a 2008 BBC/Global Television Drama dealing with the issues of climate change and peak oil.
BBC Controller of Fiction Jane Tranter commissioned the film for transmission on BBC Two.
The film was produced by Kudos Film and Television in co-production with Canadian production company SEVEN24 Films.
Shot in Calgary, Alberta and London, England, the film is unusual for actually being set in Calgary, prompting Eric Volmers to write in the Calgary Herald that, while filming in the city is hardly unique, it's rare for a high-profile project to feature Calgary as Calgary.
Eric Volmers writing in the Calgary Herald states that, the opening scene is a suitably violent and tense intro that manages to conjure up both a sinister and international tone to the four-hour Canadian-U.K. co-production, and goes on to say that, Burn Up asks decidedly unsettling questions about big oil and political expediency, the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands and even American foreign policy,...
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