Factual Features – Page 2
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Behind The ScenesThe Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute, C5
Series PD Daniel Smith on the challenges of shedding new light on the well-covered search for the Titan submarine
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FeaturesThe Negotiators International
‘The new series comes at a time when hostage negotiation is a highly topical issue’
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FeaturesMayhem! Secret Lives Of The Georgian Kings
‘This was a period with piracy, class division, global power and lots of sexual scandal’
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FeaturesDead In The Water
‘It feels utterly accurate and authentic, allowing a real sense of place and time’
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Behind The ScenesInseparable Sisters, BBC1
Producer and narrator Lucy Owen on making an intimate documentary exploring the story of conjoined twin sisters
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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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Behind The ScenesHigh: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust, BBC3
Director Alex Irvine Cox explains how he and his team stretched their budget to tell a dramatic story set in an exotic location
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Behind The ScenesInto the Congo with Ben Fogle, Channel 5
Series producer Frederick Martin on why careful planning and optimism are vital when filming extreme adventures
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Behind The ScenesDeep Dive Australia, Sky Nature
Presenter Lizzie Daly on getting breathtakingly close to the wildlife of some of Australia’s most remote locations
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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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FeaturesBest documentary programme: Lyra
“A stunning tribute to a remarkable young woman whose story had only just begun”
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FeaturesBest documentary series: Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland
“Brings the horrors of recent history to life more than any other doc series I can remember”
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FeaturesBest specialist factual programme: Inside Our Autistic Minds
“This programme has left an indelible mark and prompted a shift in my perspective”
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FeaturesRoundtable: a new era of specialist factual
Leading commissioners from around the world reveal how they are moving the genre forward, dealing with budget cuts and embracing co-production
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Behind The ScenesWilderness with Simon Reeve, BBC2
Chris Mitchell, series producer and director, on filming in remote areas where nature still has the upper hand
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Behind The ScenesAndes Plane Crash, Channel 5
Director Oliver Price on dodging French kite skiers to recreate the remote Andes mountains
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Behind The ScenesSilverback, BBC2
Executive producer Andrew Zikking on a wildlife documentary that went in an unexpected direction
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Behind The ScenesThe Secret Life of the Safari Park, Channel 4
Executive producer Alex Sutherland on the challenges of filming animals who are free to roam on a budget that isn’t
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FeaturesPaul Weatherley: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (KEO Films & Walk on Air Films for BBC2)
“It shone a light on a very dark period where communities were ripped apart and it all seemed very normal. An essential watch”