Factual Features – Page 14
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FeaturesFocus Group: What do people misunderstand about a director’s role?
Our four panellists on the reality of being a TV director
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Behind The ScenesMeerkat Manor Rise of the Dynasty, BBC America
We wanted to make our wildlife series a bingeworthy boxset, says executive producer Caroline Hawkins
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Behind The ScenesWhy BBC2 took the nuclear option with Windfall
Constructing the narrative for Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station was a test of trust and patience, says Mat Stimpson
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Behind The ScenesHow Sky Documentaries met the Children of Shanghai
Richard Nash on telling the story of how a former British footballer’s intervention meant a million Chinese orphans were moved into foster families
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FeaturesBest popular factual programme: Race Across The World
‘Completely compelling – I cared so much about these people. It was talked-about TV, made with ambition and panache’
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FeaturesBest specialist factual: A House Through Time
‘Thoroughly engaging from start to finish and overall an excellent and well-crafted specialist factual film’
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - news, documentary & factual: Dim Ysgol: Maesincla
‘Judges were impressed by the ob-doc’s rare access to a community we don’t normally see on our screens’
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FeaturesBest documentary programme: For Sama
‘It’s simple and universal and gives us a mirror to reflect on human nature’
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - fact ent, popular factual & kids: Springtime On The Farm
‘An authentic programme that captured the joy of life at a time of incredible crisis’
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FeaturesBest documentary series: Once Upon a Time in Iraq
‘This was incredible film-making. Intelligent, fascinating, gripping and a powerful human insight into an epic story’
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Behind The ScenesThe Supervet - Saving My Dog, Channel 4
Recording how Noel Fitzpatrick’s life was turned upside down was an emotional rollercoaster says exec producer Alex Sutherland
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Behind The ScenesHow Sky Arts is leading The Live Revival
Music venues were closing a significant rate before Covid struck, but our doc series chronicles a fightback led by artists, says Justin Rees
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Behind The ScenesCarefully planning for Extra Life
BBC drama Staged was an unexpected inspiration when pandemic problems hit our BBC4 and PBS science series, says Fiona Caldwell
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Behind The ScenesTackling the menopause with Davina
Finestripe set out to smash taboos on C4 single and was helped along by a host willing to open up, says director/producer Linda Sands
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Behind The ScenesLeigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power, BBC1/BBC3
My childhood friendship with the Little Mix star helped focus our exploration of race, says Tash Gaunt
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Behind The ScenesSitting down with the Queen’s cousins
Yorkshire Vet indie Daisybeck’s signature heartfelt style was applied to a sometimes-divisive subject, says development producer Claire Scollie
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Behind The ScenesBBC1 Ian Wright doc: telling Home Truths on and off-screen
Ensuring a diverse crew was crucial to spotlighting the football star’s childhood experiences, says producer Charlene Chika Osuagwu
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Behind The ScenesSecrets of the Whales: the art of goosebump TV
Filming whale culture in every ocean on earth, but you still have to fight to keep the emotion going on-screen, Brian Armstrong argues
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Behind The ScenesMaking Man Like Greta
Rockerdale Studios underwent ‘detailed exploration of a new world’ to forge C4 social media show , says exec Michelle Singer