Entertainment Features – Page 2
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Gallery: Comic Relief
Lenny Henry, Paddy McGuinness, Alesha Dixon, David Tennant and Zoe Ball are among the hosts of this biennial comedy special
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Starstruck, ITV
Cat Lawson rises to the challenge of producing a feelgood show for Saturday night
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Best entertainment programme: Don’t Hate The Playaz
“A very fresh addition to ITV2. It does not shoehorn in diversity, it embraces it”
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Glued to the Screen: Limitless Win
Ant and Dec’s new ITV gameshow feels genuinely inclusive and provides just the right level of familiarity for audiences, says Caroline Short
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Behind The Scenes
The 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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GamesMaster: 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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Getting 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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Best Lockdown Programme – Popular Factual: Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020
‘Great cast and fantastic production values’
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Best 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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Best 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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Fox eyes global formats
Rob Wade explains how the US network’s new investment fund helps producers create hits
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Behind The Scenes
Inviting 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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If 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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Helping 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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Hunkering 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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Best lockdown programme - entertainment, comedy & scripted: The Ranganation
‘The production team made a great show even better’
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Best 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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Rise 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 Scenes
Dating 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