Features
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Behind The ScenesWhy Initial is opening the doors to the Big Brother house early
Before ITV’s Big Brother launches on Sunday, creators will livestream the show’s test-run in a bid to grab young viewers’ attention
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FeaturesShow of a lifetime: the final chapter of Up
70 Up concludes TV’s longest-running documentary. Heather Fallon finds out what made the project so special
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Behind The ScenesThinking inside The Box: how we made a celebrity game show with no rules
Twofour creative director Becca Walker on the logistics of keeping stars in the dark ahead of nail-biting and entertaining challenges
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CommentCécile Frot-Coutaz: The Sky-ITV deal is an investment in brilliant British storytelling
The Sky Studios chief on why the benefits of the deal will stretch far beyond the two companies involved
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CommentWhat can we learn from the timing of the Sky-ITV deal?
The Comcast NBCU-owned outfit could have bought the PSB at any time – Mathew Horsman explores why it’s happening now
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CommentMike Darcey: ITV has befriended an old enemy in a bid for digital prominence
ITV’s move to join Sky and eschew its PSB peers makes sense - but raises questions about what comes next
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FeaturesBest Sport or Live Event Coverage: Tour de France
‘It was executed with high production values and surely would have brought some new audiences to cycling’
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Programme: Celebs Go Dating
‘This fake setup shouldn’t really work, but does brilliantly thanks to the authenticity and honesty of the celebrities’
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FeaturesBest Specialist Channel: Time Team
‘A brilliant example of how to do big niche in the digital space, and of building a passionate fanbase around a legacy brand’
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FeaturesInterviewers assemble: How Rockerdale makes TV’s toughest hotseat truly accessible
Heather Fallon visits the set of ITV’s The Assembly to find out what goes into supporting and celebrating the entire cast and crew
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FeaturesSuppliers keep faith with BBC
Broadcaster is voted strongest and best to deal with for third year running, while C4 is again seen as weakest
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Behind The ScenesDouble bluff: How Lifted Entertainment created fake shows for famous faces to ruin
Director of unscripted and executive producer Diego Rincón on the elaborate subterfuge behind reality competition format Celebrity Sabotage
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Behind The ScenesThe challenge of making a reality show while climbing 8,500ft up a mountain
The Summit executive producer Mandy Morris on filming 14 ordinary Brits scaling New Zealand’s highest peak to win a share of £200,000
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FeaturesTelling it like it is: docs under pressure
Amid rising costs, narrowing audience demand and the rise of disinformation and AI, top documentary execs to discuss the genre’s future
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Behind The ScenesVivek Sharma: How a new location helped us reimagine ITV Daytime
The Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women editor on managing the seismic changes to some of ITV’s most beloved shows
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Behind The ScenesPlay Time: comedians, schoolchildren and 90 minutes to make a show. What could go wrong?
Robin Parker explores how Nanny Caddie set out to celebrate neurodivergence and creativity for ITV’s Fresh Cuts strand
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Behind The ScenesHow Frauds set out to put a female twist on the heist genre
Suranne Jones, Anne-Marie O’Connor and Katie Kelly talk toxic female friendships and keeping tension high in their new ITV show
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FeaturesGallery: Coldwater, ITV1
Six-part series from Sister starring Andrew Lincoln, Ewen Bremmer, Indira Varma and Eve Myles
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Behind The ScenesWhy ITV and World Productions doubled down on Karen Pirie
Heather Fallon As the second series of Karen Pirie rakes in younger viewers, exec Simon Heath and Emer Kenny reveal how two-hour episodes gave the show a boost