Factual Features – Page 7
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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”
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FeaturesDan Korn: Keeping ahead of the pack in true crime documentary
Crime+Investigation’s vice-president of programming discusses the innovations helping content stand out in a crowded genre
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Behind The ScenesKeeping It Up: The Story of Viagra, BBC2
Director Stephen Bennett on rising to the challenge of telling the story of the little blue pill
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Behind The ScenesDavid Holmes: The Boy Who Lived - how closeness gave the film breath
Creatives behind the HBO/Sky single discuss the personal bonds which made the doc possible and using it as a platform for industry exposure
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Behind The ScenesConnections, Curiosity Stream
Executive producer Iain Riddick on bringing back an iconic series with a modern twist
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Behind The ScenesBanged Up, Channel 4
Shine producers on recreating a realistic prison experience while ensuring a duty of care to reformed criminals
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Behind The ScenesBritain’s Human Zoos, Channel 4
Exec producer and co-director Paul Berczeller on the challenge of uncovering a forgotten and painful history