Drama Features – Page 18
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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
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Behind The ScenesDes: our story of the serial killer
Keeping the hand of producer and director out of our shoot was key to unlocking the story of this true-crime drama
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FeaturesWhy The Morning Show is more than just the first great #MeToo drama
Showrunner Kerry Ehrin, director Mimi Leder and Gugu Mbatha-Raw speak to Screen about the Emmy-nominated drama
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FeaturesWhy Damon Lindelof adapted Watchmen for TV
The Leftovers creator adapted Alan Moore’s graphic novel to confront America’s volatile political and cultural landscape
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FeaturesCrossing a cultural chasm to shoot Giri/Haji in Japan
Why filming in Tokyo was crucial for executive producer Chris Fry to ensure the Sister crime thirller felt authentic
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FeaturesEdgar-Jones on catching the zeitgeist in Normal People
Star of Element Pictures’ series on finding Sally Rooney’s Spotify playlist and working with an intimacy coordinator
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FeaturesFiring up Succession’s central relationship
Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong discuss their roles on HBO’s drama
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Behind The ScenesDramatising the reality of fast fame
Reggie Yates’s drama exploration of reality TV feels like an urgent story to tell, says Sue Horth