Drew S. Levin's TMC Entertainment Continues Faith-Based Programming Initiative with Return to Holy Land to Shoot Additional Footage for PBS Epic Television Production
"Walking the Bible" is a three-hour PBS miniseries based on the New York Times' bestseller.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) May 27, 2005 -- Emmy Award-winning producer Drew S. Levin's TMC
Entertainment announced today that as part of it's faith-based programming
initiative, the Emmy Award winning production crew will return to Jerusalem and
the Holy Land on June 8th to shoot additional footage on the forthcoming PBS
miniseries "Walking the Bible" based on the New York Times' bestselling book by
acclaimed author Bruce Feiler. "Walking the Bible" will be broadcast on PBS as a
major primetime event slated for early 2006. San Francisco PBS affiliate KQED
Public Television, has signed an agreement with TMC to be the presenting
station.
Filmed on-location in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Sinai, and Mt.
Ararat, among other locations in the Holy Land in high definition digital video,
"Walking the Bible" is one part adventure story, one part archeological
detective work, and one part spiritual exploration which describes author and
host Bruce Feiler's 10,000-mile inspiring odyssey by foot, Jeep, rowboat, and
camel through the greatest stories ever told. Viewers will travel to the
forbidding and hostile environment of the Mesopotamian highlands, the Nile
Delta, and the Sinai Desert to experience the travails of the patriarchs and the
dangers of Exodus.
"We are very excited to venture back to the Holy Land
to film additional scenes for 'Walking the Bible.' Already, we have captured
some of the most dramatic and extraordinary footage ever taken in the Holy
Land," said Drew S. Levin, Executive Producer.
"Walking the Bible" is
executive produced by TMC Entertainment's Drew S. Levin and his long-time
associate, Jim Coane. Levin and Coane each won an Emmy for their critically
acclaimed PBS series, "Future Quest." Levin also assembled an impressive
international production team which includes renowned British producer Rebecca
Dobbs, best known for the BBC/PBS miniseries, "Conquistadors" and "In the
Footsteps of Alexander the Great" and BAFTA award-winning director David Wallace
("In Search of Shakespeare"). Alex Gregory, a multiple Emmy Award winner ("The
Living Eden" and "The Secret Life of 118 Green Street"), served as co-writer
with Bruce Feiler on the miniseries.
In a natural progression from
"Walking the Bible," TMC Entertainment has a full slate of major religious event
programming in the pipeline as part of their faith-based programming initiative.
For additional information on "Walking the Bible" please visit www.walkingthebibletv.com.
About TMC
Entertainment:
TMC Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Emmy Award-winning
producer Drew S. Levin and is currently in production and co-production on a
full spectrum of television projects, including scripted and unscripted comedy
and reality-based and documentary series. "Walking the Bible," produced by TMC
Entertainment and based on the best-selling book of the same name by
award-winning author Bruce Feiler, is scheduled to air on the PBS Network during
primetime later this year. For additional information on TMC Entertainment
please visit www.tmcent.tv.
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