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Stripped shows and indie deals prove factual firepower
The genre is showing its strength with a raft of indie acquisitions and some bold and punchy scheduling
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Danny Brocklehurst: Think hard before bringing a real-life murder case to screen
Audiences love true crime, but film-makers need to consider its impact on the community involved, says Danny Brocklehurst
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Life rights – a ‘mostly true’ story
Adapting a real-life narrative often means navigating a complex range of legal issues, says Nick Swimer
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Lorraine Heggessey: Documentary-makers are still pushing the boundaries
As the 50th Grierson Awards shows, the genre is in great shape, but fresh voices are needed if it is to continue to flourish, says Lorraine Heggessey
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Revivals can give broadcasters the edge over SVoDs
Debates over the ’laziness’ of reboots dominated Edinburgh but Scott Bryan argues familiar formats can be challenging and rewarding
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How two deaf friends became Hunted competitors
Executive producer Lucy Shepherd talks casting, communication and cohorts
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Scott Bryan: Declining soaps need to find a way to hook younger viewers
The cancellation of Neighbours shows how vulnerable these former stalwarts of the schedules have become
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Slow Horses: striking the right tone
Director James Hawes on See-Saw Films’ ‘anti-Bond’ espionage series for Apple TV+
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Lower cost drama needn’t mean lower quality shows
Chalkboard managing director Mike Benson on getting creative to finance primetime TV
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Getting to the bottom of comedy’s cancel culture
Comedy is about saying the unsayable but in a fast-changing landscape it’s hard to know what is acceptable
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Year of the Tiger will hear Asian content roar
TVF International’s Julian Chou-Lambert sees potential for risk-taking, adventure, and possibility for continent’s ambitious producers
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Morse owes its longevity to breaking the mould
After 35 years and three different iterations, the franchise has racked up 750 million global views and shows no sign of stopping, says John Mair
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Making sure Muslim stories are portrayed accurately
Sajid Varda reveals how charity UK Muslim Film helped C4’s comedy drama Screw avoid misinformed stereotypes
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Social realism is helping broadcasters in SVoD battle
Series like C4’s It’s A Sin would never be greenlit by an SVoD – but they should, says Danny Brocklehurst
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In My Skin helped me unpick a lifetime of shame
BBC3 drama’s return shows truth is essential to successful scriptwriting, says Kayleigh Llewellyn
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Black hosts shouldn’t be seen as ‘risks’
My Channel 4 series The Money Maker was a rare example of a black business expert on British TV, says Eric Collins
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Distinctive domestic content is key to our national identity
Streamers have brought more choice but the PSB model must be protected, says Peter Bazalgette
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Why do so many shows feature violence against women?
‘Would it really be so hard today to come up with imaginative new plots that don’t involve the brutalisation and murder of women?’
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Saving the planet is TV’s greatest task
Climate change is the big challenge of our future, so where are all the programmes reflecting its importance, asks Studio Silverback’s Colin Butfield
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Great drama can speak to audiences in any language
Foreign-language shows are on the rise as viewers focus on quality of content, not country of origin, says Andrea Scrosati