Entertainment Features – Page 3
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FeaturesFox eyes global formats
Rob Wade explains how the US network’s new investment fund helps producers create hits
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Behind The ScenesInviting all into Karaoke Club: Drag Edition
Using an Inside No. 9 episode aesthetic as a jump off point, ITV2’s wild karaoke format blends live music show elements with reality, says Will Macdonald
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Behind The ScenesIf I Could Tell You Just One Thing, YouTube
Producer Emma Taylor on overcoming Covid protocols to help Patricia Bright converse with inspirational women
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Behind The ScenesHelping French and Saunders find Funny Women
We used every ounce of ingenuity to achieve Dawn and Jennifer’s vision, says Glen Middleham
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Behind The ScenesHunkering down for Apocalypse Wow
Putting talent in cohorts and and dropping the ‘baying horde’ were key to getting our wild ITV2 entertainment series to air, says Ben Wilson
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - entertainment, comedy & scripted: The Ranganation
‘The production team made a great show even better’
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FeaturesBest entertainment programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘A modern, emotional, funny and entertaining show all wrapped up in one brilliantly executed package’
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FeaturesRise of the guessing game
Guessing formats are everywhere following the success of The Masked Singer. Is this a short-lived phase, or a shift in commissioning strategy?
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Behind The ScenesDating through a Covid filter
Physical closeness, juggling contributors’ cold feet and patience all played a part in getting Sky’s Dating No Filter off the ground
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Behind The ScenesBuilding Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance
The celebrity chef navigated time differences and quarantines to film our BBC1 game show, says Sue Allison
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Behind The ScenesMel Giedroyc: Unforgivable – creating comedy in lockdown
We’d nearly finished filming our panel show when production stopped, but we adapted, says Dom Wells-Martin
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Behind The ScenesWhy 13 could be lucky for Dancing on Ice
Every eventuality has been considered and contingency plan plotted for 13th series of ITV’s ice-skating competition, says Clodagh O’Donoghue
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Behind The ScenesThe ‘pawsome’ challenge of Pooch Perfect
Covid-19 played havoc with the planning of our BBC1 dog grooming competition series but it might have also made it better, says Damon Pattison
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Behind The ScenesCuddling up in The Cabins
ITV2 dating format may lack the ‘rattling pace or ratcheted drama’ of similar behemoths but it gives viewers room to breathe, says exec Ben Stevens
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Behind The ScenesUnmasking the Singer again
Face-covering jokes aside, it took a Herculean effort to get the The Masked Singer’s second run on screen, says exec Derek McLean
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Behind The ScenesTaking Ghost Bus Tours mid-pandemic
Our Lithuania-shot horror entertainment series for ITV2 could have been a nightmare but ended up a scarily strong success, says Ben Wilson
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The Broadcast InterviewSaving Strictly: Interview with showrunner Sarah James
Exec producer on stress, self isolation and same-sex couples
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FeaturesBest Digital Support for a Programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘A comprehensive and brilliantly executed campaign which ticked every box in the Digital Support playbook’