Factual-entertainment Features
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FeaturesZig Zag returns: the inside story of insolvency and rebirth
Danny Fenton and Matt Graff unpack the circumstance of Zig Zag Productions’ demise and how their new business has emerged in a better place
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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 ScenesHow Curve reimagined chess for the small screen
Curve chief Camilla Lewis reveals how she persuaded BBC bosses to back a risky new format
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Behind The ScenesThe Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed, ITV1
Raw executive producer Rebecca North on securing the access to create the definitive film about the spy cops scandal
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Behind The ScenesHow we ignored the rejections to create a tricky but brilliant quiz format
Chalkboard TV exec producer Mike Benson on the challenges of bringing One Question to the screen
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Behind The ScenesEmperor: The Rise & Fall of a Dynasty, Channel 5
Producer Bob Marsden reveals how October Films used AI and comic strips to bring the debauchery, violence and excess of ancient Rome back to life
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Behind The ScenesWill You Marry Me?, E4
Button Down managing director Louis Bamber on how cover stories helped Lovestruck Brits stage lavish marriage proposals
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FeaturesPlimsoll eyes natural history ‘Trojan Horse’ to grow fact-ent slate
Andrea Jackson and Karen Plumb explain indie’s heartland can strengthen ’noisy and audacious ideas’
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Behind The ScenesMy Mum Your Dad series 2, ITV1
Executive producers Ami Jackson and Ros Coward on the challenges of moving the dating series forward from its debut run
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FeaturesFormats in Australia: Why Gladiators and The Traitors flopped down under
After Aussie takes on two international hits fall flat, former ITV commissioner Asif Zubairy asks what’s next for the erstwhile format powerhouse?
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FeaturesRob Wade: Creativity, creativity, creativity
Fox chief exec wants scripted and unscripted worlds to get ‘a bit loose and creative’ and focus less on money
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Behind The ScenesI Kissed a Girl, BBC3
Executive producer Dan Gray on assembling the perfect team to turn a groundbreaking format into the UK’s first dating show for gay women
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FeaturesPig tales: Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman on Clarkson’s Farm
Ahead of series three, Broadcast heads to Diddly Squat Farm to see what makes it such fertile soil for a hit
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FeaturesDouble the Money: South Shore chief execs on a risky but timely new format
Andrew Mackenzie and Melanie Leach discuss the Sue Perkins-hosted cross between Race Across the World and Dragons’ Den
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Behind The ScenesThe Assembly, BBC One
Michelle Singer, executive producer, explains what went into unlocking the potential brilliance of a neurodivergent chat show format
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FeaturesFewer, bigger, better: Kate Philips unpacks BBC mantra
Unscripted director reveals how audiences have steered ‘painful’ programme cuts, but insists there is still space for features and lifestyle shows
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FeaturesEight things we learned at Realscreen
From co-pros to murder shows and FAST channels to theme park rides, here’s Broadcast’s top takeaways from New Orleans
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FeaturesEsther Rantzen: in her own words
The veteran TV presenter on the funniest moments on That’s Life!, the story she’s proudest of and the state of consumer journalism today
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FeaturesInside the Big Brother House
The creatives behind the highly-anticipated revival on reimagining reality TV’s defining show
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Behind The ScenesSay Yes To The Dress with Tan France, Really
Executive producer Richard Osborne on creating the perfect setting to revive an old favourite for the modern bride