Factual Features – Page 19
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Carefully 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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Tackling 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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Leigh-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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Sitting 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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BBC1 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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Secrets 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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Making Man Like Greta
Rockerdale Studios underwent ‘detailed exploration of a new world’ to forge C4 social media show , says exec Michelle Singer
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Glued to the screen: 2020: The Story Of Us
Through heart-tugging first-hand accounts set against a backdrop of news footage, this ITV doc reveals our debt to NHS workers, says Sally Benton
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Breaking the social silence around pregnancy for C4
Wonderhood Studios’ doc series Baby Surgeons challenged us to film sensitively and carefully, says James W Newton
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How Hollywood helped Lucy the Human Chimp
Going into production during the global pandemic meant using a technique reserved for big-budget films on our Channel 4 doc, says Alex Parkinson
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Working with the Wolf of Wall Street
Creating Discovery+’s GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack was a complicated and exciting challenge – and so was its presenter, says Mark Radice
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Matt Baker’s diary: a debut commission in lockdown
Presenter reveals how a family accident led to More 4’s Our Farm in the Dales
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Glued to the Screen: Cornwall: This Fishing Life
With its deft storytelling and strong characters, this BBC2 gem helped me understand a different viewpoint and another way of life, says Muslim Alim
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Supercars
The pandemic posed unimagined problems for our behind-the-scenes look at the supercar world for Dave, but a belt and braces approach got us over the finish line, says Jonney Steven
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Predator: Catching the Black Cab Rapist, C5
Honouring the brave accounts of the women attacked by John Worboys was essential to making this documentary, says Sheun Adelasoye
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The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime, BBC2
Building trust with officers was key to recording some extraordinary moments, says series producer Louise Malkinson
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Why Tern TV trawled through sewage for BBC2
Directing The Secret Science of Sewage under Covid was smelly and hard, but led to real-life breakthroughs, says Craig Collinson
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Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death, C4
We wanted to celebrate the TV presenter’s life, but she deserved more from our industry says director Charlie Russell
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Gallery - Happy Campers: The Caravan Park
Selection of images of the Twofour doc series for Channel 5, following events at two West Country holiday camps post-lockdown
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Lost Boy: The Killing of James Bulger, C5
Exec Andy Dunn on why trust was key for the two-parter revisiting a shocking death