All Behind The Scenes articles – Page 63
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Behind The ScenesFirst Light, BBC2
Creating convincing air battle scenes on a TV budget in just nine days took a lot of ingenuity - and luck, says director Matthew Whiteman.
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Behind The ScenesClimbing Great Buildings, BBC2
Clambering all over some of the nation’s most iconic buildings was an often frightening but exhilarating experience, says Emma Read.
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Behind The ScenesDownton Abbey, ITV1
ITV1’s lavish new period drama will be a major weapon in the Sunday night ratings war. Robin Parker meets its creators.
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Behind The ScenesI Am Slave, Channel 4
This eye-opening film inspired by a true story could not have been made without the help of the UK Film Council, says Andrea Calderwood.
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Behind The ScenesInside Incredible Athletes, C4
Director Mike Christie shot in some of London’s most iconic locations for this film celebrating the Paralympic athletes competing for Britain in 2012.
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Behind The ScenesMust Be the Music, Sky 1
For Sky1’s Must Be The Music, executive producer Nicholas Steinberg set out to reinvent the genre - by focusing on musical ability above all else.
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Behind The ScenesOur War on Drugs, C4
Filmmaker Angus Macqueen’s investigation into the impact of the drugs trade left him clear about one thing: our current policy just isn’t working.
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Behind The ScenesWWI: Finding the Lost Battalions, C4
Making a film about the excavation of a WWI mass grave - without showing any human remains - was a tough commission, writes Janice Sutherland.
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Behind The ScenesThe Secret Tourist, BBC1
Uncovering poor standards and scams in tourist resorts proved doubly difficult when exposure meant going undercover, says Bridget Boseley.
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Behind The ScenesIdentity, ITV1
Producer Lachlan MacKinnon threw away the rulebook to avoid making a formulaic cop show and overcome the challenges of a London shoot.
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Behind The ScenesDappers, BBC3
Writer Catherine Johnson returned to the street where she once lived to film her new comedy for BBC3 - and found the experience fun but spooky.
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Behind The ScenesFather & Son, ITV1
With Georgian Dublin doubling for the famously Victorian northern city, the team had their work cut out on this urban thriller, says director Brian Kirk.
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Behind The ScenesUnreported World: Inside Burman's Secret State
An unauthorised journey into one of the secretive state’s most dangerous and militarised areas took Simon Phillips close to his physical limits.
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Behind The ScenesStephen Hawking's Universe, Discovery UK
Getting the commission was easy, says Ben Bowie - but pitching it to the world’s most famous living physicist was a nerve-wracking experience.
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Behind The ScenesErasing David, More 4
Playing a game of cat and mouse with a team of top private investigators provided a unique film-making challenge, says producer Ashley Jones.
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Behind The ScenesFive Daughters, BBC1
Piecing together the stories of the five women murdered in Ipswich in the winter of 2006 was a long and painful process, says Simon Lewis.
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Behind The ScenesIron Chef UK, Channel 4
Take a cult show, rework it into a primetime daily, add a healthy dose of humour, and serve to the British public. Not so easy, says Adam MacDonald.
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Behind The ScenesMission: 2210, CBBC
The team behind CBBC’s new fantasy gameshow had to make the impossible possible to bring the ambitious project to the screen.
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Behind The ScenesThe Prisoner, ITV1
Despite the extreme weather and dangerous local wildlife, Namibia provided a perfect backdrop for a new version of The Prisoner, says Michele Buck.
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Behind The ScenesPutting a new spotlight on the world of autism
Helping a group of autistic young people put on a theatrical show was a tough challenge, says David DeHaney - but the results were worth it.

















