Drama Features – Page 20
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FeaturesSky set to ramp up in-house production
Beyond drama and comedy, Sky Studios is likely to take a more active role in funding documentaries
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Behind The ScenesIt’s A Sin: out and proud in the 80s
Russell T Davies on why it was so important to cast gay actors in his 1980s-set AIDS drama
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: Line Of Duty
With its emphasis on character, Jed Mercurio’s police corruption drama takes me back to the great detectives of my childhood, says Ian McKee
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Behind The ScenesA Discovery of Witches, Sky
Bad Wolf exec producer Lachlan MacKinnon on creating 16th century London in South Wales
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Behind The ScenesBringing Quentin Blake’s Clown to life
It was a race against time to realise our ambition for Channel 4’s animated special from day one, says Massimo Fenati
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: All Creatures Great and Small
With impeccable timing, C5’s series offered comfort and familiarity but freshness too, says Mirella Breda
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Behind The ScenesHow Roald & Beatrix saved Christmas
How Sky’s festive drama battled bad weather and the pandemic to make it to air in time for Christmas
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FeaturesC5 broadens drama horizons
ViacomCBS UK deputy director of programmes Sebastian Cardwell on expanding scripted slate beyond crime and thrillers
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Behind The ScenesCoronation Street: Sixty years on the Street
How ITV Studios pulled off a series of ambitious 60th anniversary specials under Covid restrictions
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Behind The ScenesHow The Liberator revolutionises animated drama
Our technology has transformed Netflix and A&E’s WWII drama into a unique live-action/comic book hybrid, says Greg Jonkajtys
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FeaturesThe Crown (season 4): review
Season four bursts into life with an array of young stars including scene-stealing turns from Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin
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Behind The ScenesSmall Axe: Lessons in black history
Tracing the stories of black West Indians over 16 years, director Steve McQueen’s new BBC1 series couldn’t be more relevant or timely
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The Broadcast InterviewEmily Mortimer: In pursuit of period perfection
Writer, director and star of BBC1’s Nancy Mitford adaptation In Pursuit of Love set out to create something more than a ‘chocolate-box’ period piece
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Behind The ScenesCovid couldn’t stop us - try as it might
Sometimes it felt our BBC Wales drama The Pact would never get made, but we have made it into production, say Elwen Rowlands and Hayley Manning
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FeaturesBest Programme Acquisition: Succession
First season peaked at 200,000, notching up an average of 150,000 over 10 parts
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: I Hate Suzie
In the first of a series celebrating new shows, the BBC’s Donna Taberer falls for Sky’s frazzled heroine
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Behind The ScenesThe Third Day: Making a Sky original on a small Essex island
Predicting the tides was just one of the challenges faced by producer Adrian Sturges and his team
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Behind The ScenesA madcap dash through Europe making David Nicholls' Us
Our city-hopping drama production shoot had its own problems – and then Covid hit, says Hannah Pescod
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Behind The ScenesRecreating Singapore from Malaysia
The climate was challenging but ITV’s The Singapore Grip was a joy to film, says Mammoth Screen’s Farah Abushwesha