Entertainment Features – Page 3
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Behind The ScenesThe Weakest Link, BBC1
Bringing a fresh feel to a much loved format was at the foremost of our minds says executive producer Pete Ogden
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Behind The ScenesGamesMaster: Rewriting the code for TV gaming
How the producers of the C4 reboot kept the original’s DNA while updating the format for gamers raised on esports and Twitch
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Behind The ScenesGetting The Emily Atack Show back on stage
Shooting for the second run of ITV2’s sketch series from Monkey Kingdom ended as we’d hoped – in a room full of laughing comedy fans, says Avril Spary
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FeaturesBest Lockdown Programme – Popular Factual: Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020
‘Great cast and fantastic production values’
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FeaturesBest Lockdown Programme – Comedy, Entertainment or Scripted: Don’t Hate The Playaz
‘It felt so warm and lively and really got the best out of some great guests’
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Programme: Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
‘It’s great to see two female hosts, and Mel and Lou are a joy to watch’
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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