Contract Gain

Ten Alps Communications PLC
29 January 2004

FOR RELEASE                         7.00 AM                      29 January 2004

          Ten Alps Communications Plc: Contract gains with ITV and BBC2

Ten Alps Communications Plc ('Ten Alps'), the media group, announces that Brook
Lapping, its documentary production company, has won new contracts and awards.

NEW CONTRACTS

Brook Lapping Productions has been commissioned to produce....

  * A documentary for delivery in Summer 2004 on Harold Shipman for ITV, which
    will most likely be 90 minutes in length. Producer-Director is Carole
    Peters, whose series 'To Kill and Kill Again' on ITV in 2002 included
    programmes on 'Jack the Ripper', 'The Wests' and 'The Moors Murderers'.

  * A six-part series for ITV about life in a women's prison., working-title
    'Bulwood'.

Furthermore, Brook Lapping Productions is in agreement to produce....

  * Three one-hour films for BBC2 and international broadcasters, entitled
    'Elusive Peace', covering the recent history of diplomatic efforts between
    Israel and the Palestinians. The programmes are to be produced by Norma
    Percy, who most recently produced the multi-award-winning series 'The Fall
    of Milosevic.'


AWARDS

Producers Brian and Anne Lapping will be awarded two Gold Medals at the
International New York Festivals on Friday 30 January: Brian, for 'The Fall of
Milosevi' (BBC2), on which he worked with Norma Percy and Dai Richards; Anne,
for 'Maggie: The First Lady' (ITV) on which she worked with Jane Bonham Carter
and Nick London.


ENDS


For further details:

Ten Alps Communications plc               Binns & Co PR Ltd

Alex Connock  - CEO                       Peter Binns / Jacqui Graves

07900 886 529                             Tel: [phone]
Main switchboard 020 7089 3686

www.tenalps.com                           www.binnspr.co.uk




Editor's notes

Ten Alps bought the leading London-based documentary production company Brook
Lapping in November 2002. Brook Lapping has a strong history of documentary
production.

In 2002-3, Brook Lapping and its directors won five awards: the first
documentary award given by the annual television news journalists' annual
conference, News World; the International Current Affairs award of the Royal
Television Society; the Alan Clarke award given by BAFTA for its 'outstanding
creative contribution to television'; the Harvey Lee award of the Broadcasting
Press Guild for its 'distinguished and innovatory contribution to television
documentary'; and, a gold medal from the New York Film and Television Festival
for its programme 'I met Adolf Eichmann'.

In 2003, TV production by Ten Alps involved programmes for BBC1, BBC2, ITV,
Channel 4, Five, Bravo, Discovery and PBS. Last November, Brook Lapping signed a
contract to produce a pilot for Teachers' TV, a fully-funded TV channel for the
DFES. Brook Lapping owns 70% of the consortium producing the channel. Carlton
have 20%.

Other current TV production included the political show, 'The Sharp End with
Clive Anderson, 'I met Osama Bin Laden', 'Pax Americana', 'Spy Secrets' for
Five, John Thompson stands up for comedy, and a five-part series with Jeremy
Vine, featuring interviews with stars such as Sting.


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