All Behind The Scenes articles – Page 57
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Behind The ScenesRestoration Home, BBC2
The Restoration strand has itself been renovated, says Annette Clarke, with no public money or viewer vote, and more focus on the human stories.
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Behind The ScenesMagician Impossible, Watch
When filming a TV magic show, prepare for the unexpected - and shoot again and again until you get the right reaction, says Debbie Young.
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Behind The ScenesSirens, Channel 4
This comedy drama for Channel 4 took its inspiration from real-life tales from the frontline of the NHS, says director Victor Buhler.
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Behind The ScenesTerry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, BBC2
If you want to end your life, should you be allowed to? It was a difficult subject, but a very personal one for Sir Terry Pratchett, says Charlie Russell.
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Behind The ScenesPoor Kids, BBC1
Returning to the subject of child poverty 12 years on, film-maker Brian Woods witnesses how risk-averse society - and TV - have become.
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Behind The ScenesOur War, BBC3
The soldiers who had fought in Afghanistan gave us thousands of hours of footage. Watching it all left everyone involved shaken, says Colin Barr.
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Behind The ScenesFixers, ITV
Helping our Fixers tackle the issues that matter to them meant giving them the microphone, but not editorial control, writes Nigel Swettenham.
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BBC Radio 1: Our Big Weekend with Lady Gaga
We wanted more live coverage than ever before, says Neil Wyatt. But what do you do when your headline act won’t stop playing?
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Behind The ScenesFour Rooms, Channel 4
No old brown furniture and teapots for this C4 antiques series, says Claudia Lewis. We wanted mummified mermaids and stuffed polar bears.
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Behind The ScenesThe Street That Cut Everything, BBC1
With 20 households and 52 residents taking part, our most crucial task on this series was making sure we didn’t miss anything, says Ricky Kelehar.
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Behind The ScenesAtlantis: End Of The World, Birth Of A Legend, BBC1
Shot entirely against green screen, our story of the ‘real’ Atlantis looked doomed when the VFX supplier went into liquidation, says Detlef Siebert
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Behind The ScenesExile, BBC1
Part psychological drama, part crime thriller and part family character piece, Paul Abbot’s Exile is a difficult one to pigeon-hole. Will Strauss goes on set to meet the cast and crew
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Behind The ScenesBorn To Be Different A Decade On, C4
Our series following the lives of disabled children has had a huge impact on everyone involved, and hopefully the viewers too, says Anna Strickland
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Behind The ScenesDoctor Who: Utah diary
Producer Marcus Wilson had to contend with cultural differences, jet lag and a language barrier on Doctor Who’s first Stateside shoot.
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Behind The ScenesLong Lost Family, ITV1
Tracking down and persuading families to reunite for TV was harder than expected for Duncan Coates - and doubled the production schedule.
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Behind The ScenesWonderland: the Trouble With Love and Sex, BBC2
Working with animators for the first time on a documentary dealing with the difficult subject of marital breakdown gave Zac Beattie ‘the fear’
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Filming the heart of darkness
HD and tapeless kit is transforming how film-makers self-shoot in the world’s least hospitable environments. Ed Braman and Fiona Lloyd-Davies report from the Congo.
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Behind The ScenesCandy Cabs, BBC1
Making a BBC comedy was a new experience for an indie with no history of scripted programming. Creator Jane Lush recalls the drama on and off set.
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Behind The ScenesLambing Live, BBC2
How do you follow a success like Lambing Live? We’ve moved the story on with a switch from Wales to Cumbria, says producer Sarah Gibbs.
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Behind The ScenesA Different Breed, Sky 1
Using the ‘performance doc’ style pioneered for Pineapple Dance Studios helped us blur the lines between ob doc and comedy, says Jonathan Stadlen.