YOU CAN'T MAKE
THIS STUFF UP.
TRUTH IS NOT ONLY STRANGER THAN FICTION. IT'S MORE INTRIGUING TOO.
We produce original stories from the real world through TV, film, podcasts and audio, digital and printed books.
CURRENT
PRODUCTIONS
PODCAST
Face the Attack
The Three Battles of Sailor Malan
Six part series
Bonus material
Original interviews, sound clips, film reels and more
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​​​One of Sailor Malan's Ten Rules of Air Fighting was to 'always turn and face the attack'. For him, this was not only true in a dogfight, it was true whenever injustice or adversity confronted you in life.
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Sailor Malan would fight three battles in his life. The first would end in victory against Germany in the skies over England and Europe. The second would end in defeat against South Africa's apartheid government. The third would end in death as Parkinson's Disease cut short a full, promising, yet humble life at the age of 52.
AUDIOBOOK
Monkey Weddings & Summer Sapphires:
South Africa to Nova Scotia
Stories, Recipes and Memories
Written by: Colleen Thompson
Narrated by: Colleen Thompson
Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Publisher: Protea Rose Originals Inc.
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“Monkey Weddings & Summer Sapphires” is a lovely telling of a childhood spent in Johannesburg, South Africa, and of settling into adult life and motherhood in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Recipes, collected from travels, family, and friends, are scattered through memories, which allows the story to be told with the foods and dishes as the conveyance. Part narrative, part recipe book, the changing seasons and natural beauty that surrounds everyday life serve as the inspiration to each chapter.
IN DEVELOPMENT
01.
Crossover Kitchens
Podcast / TV / Streaming
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02.
A Good Night's Sleep
Podcast
03. Podcast
Grandparents' Footsteps
Podcast
04.
Face the Attack
Book
05.
Benji & Russel
Children's book series
ABOUT
​Cliff Thompson
Creative Director / Founder
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Nic Fieldsend
Producer / Founder
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Protea Rose Originals was started in 2024 with the ambition to create compelling stories across multiple platforms.
Its founders, Cliff Thompson & Nic Fieldsend, have decades of experience in the advertising, marketing and production industries. They run a successful agency in Halifax, Canada, working with clients all over the world.​
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