Category: bbc.co.uk
Date: 15.10.2004
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Following the success of their first adventure, magical siblings William
and Tamara Swift return to bbc.co.uk this autumn in Ghosts of Albion:
Embers, the latest animated adventure from 麻豆社 Interactive Drama and
Entertainment.
The second installment of the Prix Europa-nominated drama begins on
the 1 November 2004, starring Jasmine Hyde (麻豆社 Carlton
Hobbs award-winner) as Tamara and Rory Kinnear (Second
Coming) as William.
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They battle zombies, necromancers and demon monkeys in a quest to find
the pieces of a mystical artefact scattered across the globe.
As well as being able to watch five new episodes, fans across Britain
will be invited to take part in a treasure hunt to win the golden crown,
as featured in the story.
A kind of Da Vinci code with demons, the treasure hunt has been developed
in association with Britain's foremost 'enigmatologist', Chris Maslanka.
Visitors to the site will be asked to solve a series of puzzles to
discover the location of five crown pieces.
Ghosts of Albion: Embers has been co-written by the original team
of Amber Benson and Christopher Golden.
Amber Benson is best known to cult fans as Tara in the hit TV series
Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She was also the writer, director and producer
of the award-winning independent film Chance and is currently working
on a second feature.
Christopher Golden is the LA Times best-selling author of such novels
as The Ferryman and Strangewood as well as a Bram Stoker Award winner.
"As usual, working with the 麻豆社 has been a wonderful pleasure,"
said Benson.
"Chris and I were delighted that we could bring our internet
fans the next installment of the Ghost's saga. I think that Embers will
be even better than our last effort."
As well as new storylines and characters the series will have innovative
animation from flash specialists Meafmania and post production provided
by audio drama specialists Big Finish.
Sophie Walpole, 麻豆社 Head of Interactive Drama and Entertainment, said:
"The original episode of Ghosts of Albion was a real success and
proved to be a great example of bbc.co.uk working together with talented
script writers, actors, actresses and production teams to provide really
great content on the web.
"Embers continues to develop a new form of 'webtainment' on bbc.co.uk,
fusing audio drama with comic-strip animation to enhance the internet
viewing experience.
"We hope that visitors to the site will enjoy the next episode
and we look forward to developing more great drama for everyone to enjoy
in the future."
The original Ghosts of Albion can be found at bbc.co.uk/ghosts.
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