Factual Features – Page 3
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FeaturesBest documentary series: To Catch a Copper
“It manages to be compelling while also giving a voice to everybody involved”
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Behind The ScenesHow we built contributor trust to tell Boyzone’s difficult story
Executive producer Charlie Russell on exploring painful memories in Curious Films’ upcoming documentary Boyzone: No Matter What
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Behind The ScenesGo Back To Where You Came From: Disagreement, danger and understanding
The producers of C4’s controversial fact-ent series on keeping contributors safe in some of the most dangerous places on earth
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Behind The ScenesThe Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz, Sky History
Executive producer Claire Mundell on how meeting the real-life son of her drama’s characters prompted her to turn her hand to documentaries
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Behind The ScenesThe Lost Music of Auschwitz, Sky Arts
Director Tom Cook on documenting efforts to bring a forgotten treasure-trove of music back to life
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Behind The ScenesHow I filmed undercover journalists exposing the far right
Director Havana Marking on the challenges and dangers of making a hard-hitting but beautiful film about anti-facist investigators
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Behind The Scenes7/7: The London Bombings, BBC2
Series directors Adam Wishart and Jim Nally on exploring the complex investigation and emotional fallout of the first suicide bombings on English soil
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FeaturesAshley Gething: ‘Telling the survivors’ stories helped release their pain’
Arrow Media director and producer of Tsunami: The Wave That Shook the World on taking survivors back to the scene of the 2004 tragedy
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Behind The ScenesFugitive Hunters Mexico, A&E
Exec producer and Double Act co-founder Alastair Cook reveals the challenges of filming in one of the most dangerous cities in the world
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Behind The ScenesHow a first-time director tackled a 10-year-old food scandal
Henrietta Esme Bennett on her Wonderhood Studios project for Sky Documentaries’ Emerging Directors Initiative
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FeaturesUKTV seeks the unexpected for drama and factual refresh
Broadcaster is on the hunt for bingeable, noisy, edgy ideas that can cut through, with novel talent attached
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Behind The ScenesSwiped: Boldprint Studios delivers a lesson in life without technology
Producers Naomi Gayler and Leah Green discuss the results of their social experiment and the challenges of working with a group of young people
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Behind The ScenesCasualty Christmas special, BBC1
Executive producer Roxanne Harvey on using real-life testimonies to raise awareness of blood donor shortages
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FeaturesBuyer’s Profile: Joseph Maxwell, head of unscripted, SBS (Australia)
Unscripted chief at Australia’s SBS wants risk-taking shows that provoke debate and push boundaries
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Behind The ScenesThe Beast, Sky News
Sky correspondent Stuart Ramsay on dodging cartels and ‘jumping’ trains to follow migrants journeying to the US border
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Behind The ScenesHer Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors, ITV1
Executive producer Kerene Barefield discusses working with the Queen and an all-female crew on ITV’s domestic abuse doc
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Behind The ScenesShoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube, Channel 4
Exec producer Dov Freedman reveals how Curious got the police officer who shot Jean Charles de Menezes to tell his story
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FeaturesBBC prioritises story over fan passion for music docs
Head of popular music TV Jonathan Rothery seeks ideas that appeal to a wider audience beyond core fans
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Behind The ScenesGunpowder Siege: the untold story of the gunpowder plotters
Guy Fawkes takes a back seat in Lightbox’s first docudrama, which delivers a fresh take on history with a modest budget
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Behind The ScenesPrince William: We Can End Homelessness, ITV1
Series director Leo Burley on working with the prince and not wanting to make a ‘traditional royal documentary’