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Jim Burge is a writer and maker of television programmes.  He tells stories using moving pictures, words and music. Because the stories are mostly true the programmes are called documentaries.
 
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    Heloise and Abelard His most recent project is not a film at all but a book. Heloise and Abelard: A Twelfth Century Love Story (Harper Collins, December 2004) uses newly discovered letters to tell the story of the medieval lovers who writings give us a very human insight into this absorbing story from a distant age - “Intelligent, clearly written ... lucid and perceptive” (Independent) “opens up this tale with sympathy and directness … beautifully explained” (Daily Mail). You can learn more about the book by clicking the button or, if you prefer, you can order it by visiting Heloise and Abelard at Amazon.
           
    Resume/CV He started his career as a programme maker with BBC Television but has been freelance for twelve years. During this time he has written and directed programmes for the BBC and Channel Four in Britain, SDR in Germany, and PBS and the Discovery Channel in the United States. If you would like to know more, click the button for his CV or Résumé.
               
      Writing He also occasionally writes about television for the Independent on Sunday. Because, like most programme makers, he got fed up with television reviews being about the content not the programme itself he started to write reviews from the point of view of a programme maker. You can see a few examples of his work by clicking on the button (or here). 
               
      Ideas Buffet Visit his, newly updated, PROPOSALS BUFFET (aka Salon des Refusés); - a website of programme ideas that have been proposed at some time but have not been made (yet). If you are in the business, or just curious about what people do in their spare time, why not take a moment to rummage through the skip parked in the street outside his career?
               
       
         
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