Drama Features – Page 31
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Behind The ScenesNeil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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Behind The ScenesLove, Nina, BBC1
Our fictionalised take on Nina Stibbe’s book tries to shine a light on the every day with wit, heart and visual flourish, says Jamie Laurenson
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Behind The ScenesHetty Feather, CBBC
Convincing children that ‘old stuff ’ is worth watching is one thing; curbing contemporary slang on set is quite another, discovered David Collier
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Behind The ScenesUndercover, BBC1
Key scenes finally clicked once we changed continent last-minute, says producer Richard Stokes - while director James Hawes battled to make a riot look real.
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Behind The ScenesBehind the Scenes: Marcella, ITV
The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has brought Scandinavian rhythms to our ‘London noir’, says Nicola Larder
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FeaturesHot Picks: NSU German History X
German drama is experiencing an explosion of international interest thanks to the global success of spy thriller Deutschland 83 (sold to Channel 4 in the UK and Sundance-TV in the US) and BBC2 acquisition Generation War.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Section Zéro
Politics and science fiction don’t always mix, but French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ is bringing the two genres together with eight-part drama Section Zéro.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Dracula
Horror on the small screen has been dominated in recent years by big-budget series such as The Walking Dead.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Collection
The Collection is a story about Parisian fashion, created by an American, overseen by an Irish director and produced by British and French indies for a global online streaming service. TV shows rarely get more international than this.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Case
The surge of European scripted series shows no sign of slowing down, with the focus moving from Denmark to Iceland.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Wolf Creek
Distributor Zodiak RightsProducers Screentime; Emu PicturesLength 6 x 60 minutesBroadcaster Stan (Australia)The horror genre has been slashing through the schedules of broadcasters around the world for several years, with series such as The Walking Dead and American Horror Story becoming incredibly valuable franchises.Zodiak Rights will hope ...
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FeaturesHot Picks: You, Me, Her
Polyamory is an unlikely topic for comedy. The practice – intimate relationships involving more than two people – is generally more suited to risqué psychological dramas such as Eyes Wide Shut.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Intersection
Turkey has quietly become one of the fastest-growing exporters of drama outside of the US and UK.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Writer
Israel is known for high-stakes political thrillers such as Prisoners Of War (remade as US hit Homeland), False Flag and Hostages.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady is an ambitious adventure series, described as ‘Moonlighting set in the jungle’, or an ‘updated take on Romancing The Stone’. Just don’t call it the new Indiana Jones.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Secret Agent
The latest example of BBC1’s commitment to high-quality drama is a glossy adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel The Secret Agent.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Secret
What could make two pillars of the community – a well-respected dentist and a Sunday school teacher – ditch their normal lives to become cold-blooded killers? That’s the question posed by Hat Trick’s three-part drama for ITV, The Secret.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Victoria
It seems unfair that Queen Victoria has become cemented in 21st century minds as the double-chinned, cranky looking sourpuss depicted in pictures of the time.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Marcella
The meteoric rise of dark Scandinavian dramas including The Killing and Borgen paved the way for Swedish writer Hans Rosenfeldt to create global smash The Bridge in 2013.
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Behind The ScenesMaigret, ITV
For ITV’s new Maigret adaptation, Ealing Studios recreated 1950s Paris in Budapest. Olly Grant met the cast and crew on set.