Entertainment Features
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FeaturesStudio Lambert: what other indies want to know about the format powerhouse
What do companies that voted for The Traitors producers as most admired indie for the third year running want to ask about how it operates?
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Behind The ScenesHow Tuesday’s Child set out to combine escape rooms and comedy
The Way Out series producer Will Brown on adapting a Belgian format for UKTV
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FeaturesRichard Cowles: ‘Saturday nights are still sacred’
Lifted Entertainment chief unpacks Celebrity Sabotage, keeping formats fresh and supercharging growth
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FeaturesRemixing an icon: what can we expect from Saturday Night Live UK?
Dara Ó Briain and other comedy bigwigs on their hopes for the British take on a beloved US show
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Behind The ScenesDouble bluff: How Lifted Entertainment created fake shows for famous faces to ruin
Director of unscripted and executive producer Diego Rincón on the elaborate subterfuge behind reality competition format Celebrity Sabotage
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Behind The ScenesLast One Laughing: How we cracked the casting of series two
Zeppotron director of programmes Richard Cohen on picking the right comedians to give each other the giggles
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FeaturesMark Iddon: “comedy entertainment isn’t dead”
UKTV’s senior commissioning editor on why the time is ripe for a genre from which other broadcasters are retreating
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Features‘What are we going to blow their socks off with?’ ITV Studios’ Tim Carter unpacks his 2026 plans
The superindie’s unscripted chief on remaining a ‘hit factory’, sympathising with commissioners and eyeing up future acquisitions
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Behind The ScenesHow we blended reality and quiz to create What’s in the Box?
Rollercoaster Television executive producer Dom Waugh on creating a global quiz format for Netflix
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FeaturesNext turn of the wheel: Why Hungry Bear is on a roll
Dan Baldwin and Juliet Denison Gay on branching out, collaboration and why Saturday nights are alive and kicking
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Behind The ScenesAdrenaline, squalls and lots of teeth: How Plimsoll threw celebrities to the sharks
The nature specialist hopes its ITV entertainment format will help celebrities and viewers fall in love with one of the ocean’s top predators
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Behind The ScenesHow Remarkable set out to find the next big singing show
Co-creator and executive producer Cat Lawson on putting a new twist on a beloved genre with Building the Band for Netflix
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Programme: Married at First Sight UK
‘One of the most culturally impactful and engaged reality formats in the UK’
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Channel: Channel 4.0/YouTube
‘A channel championing new talent and moving Channel 4 in the right direction’
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Behind The ScenesSilence is Golden, U&Dave
Creator and executive producer Richard Bacon on turning a deceptively complicated show into a reality
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FeaturesThe Assembly: How the no-holds-barred interview format found a home on ITV
Rockerdale Studios founders discuss the show’s evolution and casting
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FeaturesUnpacking ITV’s entertainment slate
ITV head of entertainment commissioning Katie Rawcliffe explains ITV’s ambitious slate of upcoming shows
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FeaturesSharks, geniuses and nosey neighbours: What’s next for ITV entertainment?
Kevin Lygo and Katie Rawcliffe lift the lid on ITV’s next generation of major entertainment series
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Behind The Scenes99 To Beat, ITV1
Initial managing director Katy Manley on creating a hilarious, drama-filled gameshow where any of the 100 contestants can win, regardless of age or athleticism
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Behind The ScenesTapped Out Prank Stars, Channel 4
Executive producer Percelle Ascott reveals the challenges of adapting Wall of Entertainment’s digital format for a linear broadcast