Factual Features – Page 11
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Behind The ScenesGetting to the bottom of Why Ships Crash
Alessandra Bonomolo and Tom Cook on the story of the 2021 Suez Canal blockage which led to a global emergency
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Behind The Scenes48 hours to Victory, Channel 4
Time constraints and Covid restrictions couldn’t stop us bringing this historical series to life, says producer Nick Watts
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Behind The ScenesPaddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family And Autism, BBC1
Raw’s Dilys McCaffrey on how her autism helped her connect with contributors
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Behind The ScenesNew Forest, Smithsonian Channel
Patience was key to bringing our doc to the screen, says producer and director Sarah Cunliffe
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Behind The ScenesFreddie Mercury: The Final Act, BBC2
How a breakfast TV interview changed this documentary from a ‘making of’ film to a WTF film
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Behind The ScenesQueens of Rap, Channel 4
Director Poppy Begum on why working with an all-female crew for this hip hop doc was ‘like being in the girls’ toilets at clubs’
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Behind The ScenesInside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls, BBC2
Gaining access to care homes meant more than sensitive filming - we had to earn respect by helping out, says Orlando Robinson
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FeaturesThe power of the sports doc
A panel of leading sports producers discuss the growth of the genre, how it is evolving and what makes a successful film
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FeaturesEditor’s Choice: Finding Jack Charlton
‘It sets a new benchmark in high-quality factual sports content and will be held in the highest esteem for years to come’
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FeaturesSports Documentary of the Year (Up to 60 minutes): Micah Richards: Tackling Racism
‘Brilliant access to Micah and his life dealing with racism in football. This film leaves a lasting impact’
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FeaturesSports Documentary of the Year (Series): Formula 1: Drive to Survive
‘It has broken down the walls around an extremely insular sport and brought younger followers to F1’
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FeaturesSports Documentary of the Year: Make It or Die Trying - The Frank Warren Story
‘It just had so much pace and was packed with character, story and purpose’
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FeaturesFocus Group: Is specialist factual in a healthy place?
Danny Horan, Caterina Turroni, Siobhan Sinnerton and Steve Evanson make their case
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Behind The ScenesIt Takes a Flood, ITV
With COP26 underway, the urgency of Docsville’s feature on flooding in Britain has never been clearer, says Dan Dewsbury
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FeaturesBBC rises to the eco challenge
Head of commissioning for science and natural history Jack Bootle aims to make the genre more environmentally friendly and avoid shows feeling ‘samey’
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Behind The ScenesBehind the Scenes: Britain’s Hidden Homeless Kids, C4
Our Dispatches doc on childhood poverty could have been the impossible commission but a simple email changed everything, says Jezza Neumann
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Behind The ScenesCharlene White: Empire’s Child, ITV
Our exploration of the presenter’s past for ITV took us everywhere from Devon to Jamaica, says Andy Mundy-Castle
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Behind The ScenesCatching a Predator, BBC iPlayer
We wanted to make a film that was about the people who brought Reynhard Sinaga to justice, says director Liza Williams
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Behind The ScenesCOP26: In Your Hands
Filming our politically-charged climate change doc for Sky Kids and Sky News meant locating six young contributors on six continents
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Behind The ScenesWonders of the Celtic Deep
Making a blue-chip natural history series during Covid could have swept our production away but experienced and ingenuity got us through