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Royal College of Art

The Chosen Few (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary
This first programme follows some of the many applicants, including Kirsten Glass and Andrew Richards, who know that two years at the RCA could change their lives. Over the weeks, we see lots of product design, with controversial professor...See moreThis first programme follows some of the many applicants, including Kirsten Glass and Andrew Richards, who know that two years at the RCA could change their lives. Over the weeks, we see lots of product design, with controversial professor Ron Arad in action, architecture with superstar professor Nigel Coates, fashion and mass-production metalwork. But where is the graphics, or the work of students on Gillian Crampton Smith's excellent computer-aided design course? Public perception will wrongly be of a college given to intellect and artefact, but not communication design. Written by BBC Two See less
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Writers
Robert Letts (screenplay) | Jill Nicholls (screenplay)
Producer
Jill Nicholls
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Status
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Updated Sep 14, 1999
Release date
Sep 14, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Christopher Frayling
Self / Rector Self / Rector   See fewer
Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror (1996)
Nigel Coates
Self / Prof. of Architecture Self / Prof. of Architecture   See fewer
Les Absents ont toujours tort (1991)
Ron Arad
Self / Prof. of Architecture and Design Self / Prof. of Architecture and Design   See fewer
Ron Arad: Not Without White Gloves (2017)
Gillian Crampton Smith
Self / Educator Self / Educator   See fewer
Royal College of Art (1999)
Kirsten Glass
Self / Student Self / Student   See fewer
Royal College of Art (1999)
Andrew Richards
Self / Student Self / Student   See fewer
Royal College of Art (1999)
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