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The interactive CHALKHILL concept was piloted on the Internet where it received rave reviews between 2004 and 2008. Read below to find out what the mainstream media said about the pilot show:
April 2008
This article appeared in The Guardian on Monday April 21 2008 in the News & Features section.
A product that is streets ahead of any other online drama
Unlike shows such as Kate Modern, which are made up of sporadic scenes, CHALKHILL is real episodic drama in half-hour chunks that enable viewers to engage with characters at a deeper level... While Bebo's Kate Modern is picking up awards for its eight-minute segments of poorly produced drivel (CHALKHILL) owes much to its terrestrial counterparts, both in terms of structure and quality.
JACI STEPHEN - TV CRITIC - MEDIA GUARDIAN
Also available to read on the The Guardian website
March 2007
The News of the World chose CHALKHILL as its TV Pick of the Day
August 2005
The Sun Online found the CHALKHILL pilot online and had this to say about it:
Net soap takes on giants
Watch out Corrie, there's a new contender in the battle of the soaps. It's called CHALKHILL and its the worlds first Internet soap.
March 2004
'CHALKHILL LIVES' also featured on Channel 4's 'Richard and Judy Show'.
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Episodes of the pilot series - entitled 'CHALKHILL LIVES' - also broadcast on the BBC's Community Channel during 2004 to 2007, where it attracted an audience of over 1.5 million.