All Behind The Scenes articles – Page 61

  • The Queen
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    The Queen, Channel 4

    2009-11-05T09:59:00Z

    Despite a documentary-sized budget, careful use of archive footage means the profile of a 50-year royal reign has grand scale, says series producer Marion Milne.

  • Collision
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    Collision, ITV1

    2009-10-29T08:00:00Z

    Creating a modern epic with a cast of 73 and a feature film director was the easy part - locating our ‘collision’ was another story, says producer Jill Green.

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    Northern Ireland: the window of opportunity

    2009-10-22T07:44:00Z

    After years in the commissioning cold, the promise of more network series has rallied the Northern Irish indie community. But is there a pot of gold waiting?

  • Martin Durkin
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    X-Machines

    2009-10-22T07:21:00Z

    Filming hulking bits of kit in remote parts of the world sounds like a boy’s own adventure. But as Martin Durkin explains, it comes with issues.

  • Murderland
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    Murderland, ITV1

    2009-10-15T10:52:00Z

    The veteran actor is back on ITV but he’s no Fitz, playing a sensitive, vulnerable and heartfelt detective in this ambitious show, says Kate Croft.

  • Micro Men
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    Micro Men, BBC4

    2009-10-09T12:27:00Z

    Comedy drama Micro Men tells the story of the race for home computer supremacy in the 1980s, as part of BBC4’s Electric Revolution season. Producer Andrea Cornwell takes Broadcast behind the scenes.

  • Small Island
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    Small Island, BBC1

    2009-10-08T12:29:00Z

    Grainne Marmion found Belfast could be the image of wartime London and filming in Jamaica needn’t break the budget - all you need is passion.

  • Restaurant in Our Living Room
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    Restaurant in Our Living Room, Virgin 1

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    The concept of pop-up restaurants may be all the rage but capturing the action on camera is another story, says Glen Middleham.

  • Bellamy's People
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    Bellamy's People, BBC2

    2009-09-17T07:00:00Z

    Following their Radio 4 comedy, Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse took the show’s weird and wonderful characters on a road trip across Britain.

  • Hollyoaks Later
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    Hollyoaks Later, E4

    2009-09-10T09:22:00Z

    Bryan Kirkwood’s ambitious storyline plans for Hollyoaks Later weren’t easy to pull off, but with an understanding crew by his side he managed it.

  • Crash
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    Crash, BBC1

    2009-09-03T07:00:00Z

    Executive producer Tony Jordan wanted a fresh approach to the medical genre, and nurtured local Welsh talent to help him realise his vision.

  • Wuthering Heights
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    Wuthering Heights, ITV1

    2009-08-27T09:57:00Z

    Radford Neville reveals the difficulty in finding the perfect Yorkshire location to recreate Emily Brontë’s period masterpiece, Wuthering Heights.

  • Big Brother 10 montage
    Behind The Scenes

    Big Brother: The house of confrontation

    2009-08-20T14:11:00Z

    A decade in, Big Brother’s success still depends on cutting-edge design and equipment, as well as running the broadcasts with military precision. Robin Parker reports from Elstree.

  • How to Snare a Millionaire
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    How to Snare a Millionaire, C4

    2009-08-20T09:40:00Z

    Single, penniless and wondering about swapping career for Cristal, film-maker Rebecca Arnold set out on a mission to catch a sugar daddy, on tape.

  • The Cube
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    The Cube, ITV1

    2009-08-20T07:00:00Z

    ITV1 is pinning great hopes on The Cube, a hi-tech gameshow for Saturday nights. Robin Parker goes behind the scenes of Objective’s claustrophobic and competitive contest.

  • OOoglies
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    The story behind CBBC's OOglies

    2009-08-04T11:44:00Z

    Nick Hopkin, co-creator of new CBBC show OOglies, explains how a chance encounter with a children’s toy spawned a major animation project.

  • Man on Wire
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    Man on Wire, BBC2

    2009-07-30T07:00:00Z

    Telling the story of the ‘artistic crime of the century’ required cinematic aspirations and careful planning to hit its ambitious heights, says Jonathan Hewes.

  • walter cronkite
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    City At War: The way it was when Walter came to town

    2009-07-27T16:45:00Z

    As tributes flow in for veteran newsman Walter Cronkite, Alastair Layzell remembers working with him on ITV’s City at War and Legacy of War.

  • Baby Beauty Queens
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    Baby Beauty Queens, BBC3

    2009-07-21T11:20:00Z

    The sexualization of young girls is a fiercely debated topic, one that producer/director Alisa Pomeroy wanted to avoid magnifying in last night’s BBC3 ob-doc Baby Beauty Queens.

  • The Bill
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    The Bill, ITV1

    2009-07-16T08:49:00Z

    An arresting revamp and a shift to a later slot has breathed new life into the series as Talkback’s venerable cop show changes its tune.