Five new episodes of the Sky Arts music documentary series, Guy Garvey: From The Vaults are available from today.

The Elbow frontman has curated a further five hours of his favourite artistes and songs from the Seventies and Eighties, with the new series continuing to uncover rare and previously unseen footage.

The first series, which aired in 2020, included unseen performances by music icons including Kate Bush, and the new episodes will also unearth rare concert and studio performances and revealing interviews that have stayed hidden on the shelves for decades.

Like series one, the second series is also centred around shows which were made by ITV companies around the country – from Central TV’s Revolver to Border TV’s Bliss and Tyne Tees Television’s The Tube - chronicling not just changing musical tastes but the evolution in the UK’s social and cultural history too.

This time the series features the musical sights and sounds of 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1987, featuring emerging musical genres including the British Ska Revival, Britfunk, gothic rock and the political pop sounds of the early 80s.

Meet Wise Owl Films' newest team member – Kariim Case, a Leeds-born graduate of Manchester School of Art and Leeds Arts University.

Kariim will be working closely with development executive Lucy Smith, having joined the team as trainee researcher as part of the Channel 4 Production Training Scheme.

While at the School of Art Kariim created a film called, Take Me To The Water,  exploring black masculinity. It was a project for which Kariim won three university awards and had its debut showing at the multi-arts centre HOME in Manchester as part of their FilmedUp Event.

Kariim’s work was also featured as part of Academy Award winning journalist, filmmaker and activist, Sharmeen-Obaid Chinoy's Manchester International Festival exhibition, Home1947.

His film, Home, explored the meaning of the word from the perspective of three different generations of one family. 

Wise Owl Films today announced its first Channel 4 commission, Second-Hand For 50 Grand, following the staff and customers of one of Britain’s leading companies in pre-owned luxury.

The 1x60 minute documentary goes behind the scenes at Xupes exploring how second-hand chic is the latest growing trend in the luxury goods industry – from Chanel handbags to rare Rolex watches.

Run by 33-year-old CEO Joe McKenzie, Xupes is a 35-strong team based at the company HQ in Hertfordshire. The documentary follows Joe and his dedicated team as they buy, sell, fix and find the rarest pieces of luxury items on the planet – for clients each with their own special personal reasons for owning, or wanting to own them.

Joe bought his first watch for £500, sold it for £1000 and was hooked. Today the business deals in watches, handbags and jewellery - turning over a neat £15m a year.

Lime Pictures non-scripted label Wise Owl Films has appointed Lucy Smith as Development Executive to head up their push into Formats and Features in 2021.

Lucy was previously senior development producer at MultiStory Media where her credits included The Big Flower Fight (Netflix) and You Are What You Wear (BBC1).

Before working at the ITV Studios label, Lucy was at betty where her development slate included Gone To Pot and £10k Holiday Home (ITV) before moving to Firecracker Films where she worked on Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over (W) and How The Other Kids Live (C4).

Wise Owl Films Creative Director, Mark Robinson, said: “Lucy is one of the most sought after development executives in the UK and we have been trying to persuade her to come home to Yorkshire and work with us for a very long time. We are absolutely delighted that she is now finally back in the North and able to help us expand and grow our output in Formats and Features”.