Behind the Scenes – Page 17
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Behind The ScenesIlluminating Yorkshire Firefighters for BBC2
Careful planning and creative storytelling ensured we could build the narrative for our blue-light factual series, says James Knight
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Behind The ScenesReclaiming Amy: changing the narrative
The late great singer’s story had never been told by the people closest to her – until now, says Marina Parker
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Behind The ScenesHelping French and Saunders find Funny Women
We used every ounce of ingenuity to achieve Dawn and Jennifer’s vision, says Glen Middleham
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Behind The ScenesHunkering down for Apocalypse Wow
Putting talent in cohorts and and dropping the ‘baying horde’ were key to getting our wild ITV2 entertainment series to air, says Ben Wilson
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Behind The ScenesThe dangers of uncovering hidden truths in the Amazon
We literally found ourselves in the firing line filming our documentary series for Vice, says Adam Laister
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Behind The ScenesRogue Tiger Shark – The Hunt for Lagertha
Covid-19 forced us to totally rethink how we made our Discovery+ doc about a tiger shark attack in the Pacific, says Martin Cass
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Behind The ScenesSetting up Discovery+’s Shark Academy
Making a Shark Week competition series during Covid meant commandeering a private jet to fly a testing lab to The Bahamas, says Jo Locke
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Behind The ScenesWelcoming Michael Ball to Wonderful Wales
Singer’s exploration of his mother’s homeland was also his first time presenting an ob-doc, says Carrie Smith
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Behind The ScenesSophie: A Murder in West Cork, Netflix
Producer Sarah Lambert on taking a different approach to a crime story
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Behind The ScenesTogether: Love in the time of Covid
Shot in just 10 days, with a cast of three and a single location, BBC2’s lockdown drama aired just four months after being greenlit
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Behind The ScenesThe A List, Netflix
Navigating lockdown and the wild Welsh weather made for a stressful shoot
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Behind The ScenesMeerkat Manor Rise of the Dynasty, BBC America
We wanted to make our wildlife series a bingeworthy boxset, says executive producer Caroline Hawkins
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Behind The ScenesWhy BBC2 took the nuclear option with Windfall
Constructing the narrative for Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station was a test of trust and patience, says Mat Stimpson
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Behind The ScenesAnne Boleyn: Bringing history up to date
Channel 5’s ambitious new original drama aims to reset the narrative around Henry VIII’s second wife
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Behind The ScenesHow Sky Documentaries met the Children of Shanghai
Richard Nash on telling the story of how a former British footballer’s intervention meant a million Chinese orphans were moved into foster families
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Behind The ScenesThe Supervet - Saving My Dog, Channel 4
Recording how Noel Fitzpatrick’s life was turned upside down was an emotional rollercoaster says exec producer Alex Sutherland
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Behind The ScenesHow Sky Arts is leading The Live Revival
Music venues were closing a significant rate before Covid struck, but our doc series chronicles a fightback led by artists, says Justin Rees
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Behind The ScenesPlot twist: making The Pact
The pandemic placed production of our BBC drama in peril but strange new ways of working saw us through, says Pete McTighe
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Behind The ScenesCarefully planning for Extra Life
BBC drama Staged was an unexpected inspiration when pandemic problems hit our BBC4 and PBS science series, says Fiona Caldwell
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Behind The ScenesHow we put Domina on trial
The coronavirus cut our Sky swords ‘n’ sandals drama by two episodes and forced us into re-writes for an unexpected courtroom drama, says Simon Burke