All Behind The Scenes articles
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Behind The ScenesHow we became embedded with a British Army battalion
Director Will Lorimer on winning the trust of soldiers preparing for war in Eastern Europe for a 5 documentary
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Behind The ScenesHow IWC Media used AI to assassinate Queen Victoria
IWC creative director Mark Downie on using AI to recreate the eight attempts on Queen Victoria’s life for 5
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Behind The ScenesThe challenge of finding the million Britons who could qualify for Mensa but don't know it
Kelly Webb-Lamb on how Mothership and Channel 4 solved the puzzle of finding contestants who don’t know how smart they truly are
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Behind The ScenesTaking on an Arctic Adventure for Channel 4
Producer/director Tom Cross and Caravan Media chief Dinah Lord on their mission into the unknown
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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 ScenesWhy we told the story of one of Britain’s most prolific catfishers through the victims’ eyes
STV Studios series director Alana McVerry on the making of The Beauty Queen and the Catfish for BBC Three
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Behind The ScenesHow The Death of Bunny Munro set out to show the value of dark, complex stories
Clerkenwell Films’ Petra Fried and Emily Harrison on commissioner and audience appetite for uncomfortable, ambiguous tales
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Behind The ScenesTop 10 behind the scenes of 2025
Including The Assassin, Chess Masters, Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters and Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth
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CommentShaping tomorrow: why Wales deserves its place on the global creative stage
Brilliant things are happening in Cymru, but it needs a coordinated strategy to continue fulfilling its creative potential
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Behind The ScenesHow we brought viewers inside the Vatican’s most secretive ritual
The Secrets of the Conclave producer director Elena Mortelliti on filming the people at the heart of the ancient process
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Behind The ScenesHow we blended reality and quiz to create What’s in the Box?
Rollercoaster Television executive producer Dom Waugh on creating a global quiz format for Netflix
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Behind The ScenesHow we captured Tanzanian elephants in total darkness
Producer-director Eloisa Noble on making the first episode of Humble Bee’s Moon: Nature’s Secret Force
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Behind The ScenesVisualising evil: how we brought viewers into the world of John Smyth
Director Benedict Sanderson on the making of Passion Pictures’ See No Evil for Channel 4
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Behind The ScenesHow we tackled the scale and scales of The War Between the Land and the Sea
Bad Wolf executive producer Joel Collins on making a globe-spanning Doctor Who spinoff for the BBC
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Behind The ScenesHow we helped Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tell her story for the first time
Prisoner 951: The Hostages’ Story helmer Erica Gornall on working with a drama indie and the sensitivities of interviewing former captives
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Behind The ScenesHow True North bought Channel 4 a B&B on a daytime budget
Executive producer Julie Beanland on finding the perfect house for The Great B&B Challenge
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Behind The ScenesHow Adolescence was the inspiration for filming our Ed Sheeran special
Executive producer Ben Winston on the logistical hurdles of capturing the singer performing throughout Manhattan in one continual shot
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Behind The ScenesHow we tracked down Hitler’s DNA for C4
Blink Films creative director Dan Chambers on the detective work that went into making Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator
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Behind The ScenesHow One Tribe brought a 15th Century galleon back to life
Series director/director Catrin Evans on telling the story of A Ship Through Time