Factual Features – Page 20
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Behind The ScenesWomen on the Force: captured in lockdown
A previous career in the police helped Dan Clark-Neal gain the trust of contributors for a locked down run of the W series
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Behind The ScenesReliving the sinister crimes of a serial killer
The Yorkshire Ripper’s New Victims producer Heenan Bhatti on recording the emotional stories on those who survived at the hands of Peter Sutcliffe
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Behind The ScenesUsing innovation to tell colourful stories
Humble Bee Films’ Sharmila Choudhury on bringing Attenborough’s Life In Colour to the screen
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FeaturesBoom time for Bristol
The city is at the centre of a global natural history explosion that is increasing competition for talent and pushing up budgets
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Behind The ScenesRecreating the Blitz Spirit for BBC1
Covid-19, budgets and a trio of lockdown beards were among the challenges we faced creating our latest Lucy Worsley programme, says Emma Hindley
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Behind The ScenesJools in lockdown: keeping the music playing
The length of the great man’s grand piano helped Alison Howe’s team produce the 56th series of Later with… Jools Holland during the pandemic
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Behind The ScenesDigging deep for More 4
We wrecked gardens, circumvented local councils and stunk out a Premier Inn hotel room to create The Great British Dig, says Steve Wynne
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Behind The ScenesDiscovering the true Jodi Arias during Covid
We gained access to the people closest to convicted US killer Jodi Arias as the world locked down, says Lucie Ridout
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Behind The ScenesReconstructing Shannon Matthews’ disappearance
Gaining the trust of a community dubbed ‘Broken Britain’ was tricky but rewarding, says director/producer Neil Rawles
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Behind The ScenesLondon’s Greatest Bridges, C5
Lockdown restrictions have forced factual producers to think differently – but this can present creative opportunities, says Dominic Gallagher
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Behind The ScenesFinding festive cheer in KFC
Sifting through 960 stores to discover the ‘people behind the uniform’ was a daunting task, says C4 ob-doc director Jonny Ashton
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Behind The ScenesThe Surgeon’s Cut: capturing life and death situations
We scoured the planet to find the surgeons whose pioneering and lifesaving work is at the centre of our Netflix doc series, says James van der Pool
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Behind The ScenesCo-ordinating a Very Country Christmas
Tern TV had to grapple with PM’s Whack-a-Mole strategy and spiritual donkey-related conundrums for BBC1 three-parter, says exec Brendan Hughes
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Behind The ScenesRisking it all for C4’s Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon
Our quest to document ancient rock art brought us face to face with Colombia’s most wanted man, says Paul King
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Behind The ScenesLocked In: Breaking the Silence, BBC4
Filmmaker Xavier Alford on the cathartic experience of sharing the story of his illness
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FeaturesScience shows thrive in pandemic
Growing appetite for genre as audiences seek information on coronavirus
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Behind The ScenesDIY: SOS’s most challenging build
Pulling off major constructions for television is tough at the best of times, so imagine that during a pandemic, says Hamish Summers
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Behind The ScenesSurviving the Stone Age with Channel 4’s explorers
There was genuine jeopardy as our anthropological experiment pushed our ‘Stone Age’ cast to the limit, says Natalie Wilkinson
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Behind The ScenesBeing Frank, BBC2
Showing the truth about disability, leaky colostomy bags and all, is at the heart of Curious doc about the BBC security correspondent