Steve tees off with Bavaria contract

Steve Orme Productions was commissioned by Dutch brewery Bavaria to capture this year’s Senior Open Golf Championship.

Bavaria, whose UK base is in Burton, was the official beer sponsor of the event, held at Walton Heath in Surrey.

Steve Orme photographed and filmed Bavaria’s activities during the four-day competition which involved tasting sessions for the public and entertainment by Jeremy Dale with his trick-shot show. It was Steve’s first commission for Bavaria.

Sean Durkan, UK Marketing Manager at Bavaria, said: “The brief we gave Steve was quite extensive. As well as filming Jeremy Dale’s two shows on the Saturday, Steve had to get shots of our branding around the golf course – we sponsored two of the holes – and people enjoying our alcohol-free beer.

“But Steve came up with the goods. We’re really pleased with the results.”

Steve Orme added: “It was a really busy day. I managed to watch Bernhard Langer practising after he’d finished his third round but that was the only golf we took in – we never got to see Tom Watson, Sam Torrance or Sandy Lyle.

“Still, the Bavaria team were all really helpful and made it a day to remember.”

Steve in final of crime writer contest

Steve Orme has been chosen as one of the eight finalists in the Alibi TV Search for a New Crime Writer 2011 competition.

His story Running into Trouble was picked as the Midlands finalist and the overall winner will be announced during the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate in July. 

Said Steve: “I’m absolutely flabbergasted to have been selected as a finalist. I owe everything to my wife Sue who spotted the competition and urged me to send in an entry.

 “I had only two weeks to write and submit the story before the deadline expired. The story was coming together well but I was struggling to finish it. Then a conversation with Mick Newbold, a friend and car mechanic, led me to the ending.

“Now I can hardly wait for the crime writing festival – some of the biggest names in the business are expected to attend.”

Steve’s and the other seven finalists’ entries can be viewed at http://uktv.co.uk/alibi/homepage/sid/8644. Members of the public are being asked to vote for their favourite.

The entry receiving the most public votes will be allocated one “judge vote”, with four more “judge votes” awarded from an expert judging panel made up of representatives from HarperCollins, Alibi, Harrogate International Festival and Swedish novelist Camilla Lackberg.

“I just hope that people like my story enough to vote for it,” added Steve.

Media training was just the job

Safe and Sound Derby, a charity which aims to prevent the sexual exploitation of young people, called in Steve Orme Productions to organise a media training day.

This was after the organisation was inundated with calls for interviews when a gang of men from Derby were convicted of systematically grooming and sexually abusing teenage girls.

Nathalie Walters, Safe and Sound Derby’s business manager, said:  “The media training provided by Steve was challenging, informative and fun. During the day I had to deal with some tough interview questions from the trainers in a number of mock interviews and a press conference.

“As the day went on, I found my confidence building, and will definitely use what I have learned for my next media interview.”

Panto declared a success (oh yes it was!)

A resounding success! That was the verdict of the Children in Need panto written by Steve Orme and performed by BBC East Midlands Today staff at East Midlands Airport.

The brief was come up with a script for reporters and presenters working on BBC Television and also three East Midlands’ radio stations.

“It’s one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done,” said Steve. “The director wanted as much cross-dressing as possible and it didn’t help with more people becoming available late in the day and needing parts written for them. That’s how we ended up with four dames and four principal boys!”

Bryan Sharpe, Children in Need producer in the East Midlands, said: “When I thought of having a pantomime as part of our BBC Children in Need coverage this year, I needed it to be written by someone who was funny, organised and would see it through to the end. This I got in the form of Steve Orme!

“His tenacity, flexibility and his openness in receiving new ideas was great. This finished product was hilarious and definitely achieved the goal of gelling staff in TV and radio together, along with working with the airport. I was very pleased with the finished article and was proud that it was put on the internet for everyone to enjoy. I’m so pleased I asked Steve – what a star!”

Here’s a link to the panto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_LgJB1LG9w

Inner Temple lays down the law!

Steve Orme has been retained as desk editor for the yearbook of the Inner Temple.

No, it’s nothing to do with the Freemasons, Dan Brown or Indiana Jones; it’s one of England’s four ancient societies of lawyers.

The 2010-11 yearbook contains articles by author P D James and historian David Starkey.

Steve Orme’s work includes sub-editing articles before publication and transforming lectures by Inner Temple members into pieces suitable for inclusion in the yearbook.