All Features articles
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Behind The ScenesHow we put Domina on trial
The coronavirus cut our Sky swords ‘n’ sandals drama by two episodes and forced us into re-writes for an unexpected courtroom drama, says Simon Burke
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My Lottery Dream Home International, Discovery+
Reformatting a US series on UK soil for an international audience during lockdown proved a winning experience, says Paula Campion
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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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Pip and Posy, C5/Sky Kids
Producer Vici King on why bringing the popular children’s tales to screen was like making vodka
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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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Finding our Money Maker in a pandemic
Casting a business guru willing to invest big sums during Covid took more than blue sky thinking, says Nick Parnes
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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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The Beast Must Die: Revenge is sweet
The team behind BritBox’s original drama on how colour-blind casting a gender switch bring a different dimension to their novel adaptation
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Analysis: PSB prominence: too little, too late?
With Ofcom’s recommendations winning informal government support, confidence is growing that legislation is on the way. But will it come soon enough?
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Smart budgeting for British sci-fi
Creating Intergalactic for Sky 1 was a mix of big ambitious and clear boundaries, says Kieron Hawkes
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Breaking into the comedy boys’ club
Despite repeated calls for more comedy shows with female writers, the latest stats from Broadcast’s Programme Index suggest progress has been slow
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The extraordinary story behind Saved By A Stranger
Justine Kershaw reveals how a near-fatal accident inspired Blink’s new BBC2 series about strangers connected through trauma
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Helping kids understand autism through TV
Our Cbeebies series Pablo has become a great tool for explaining how people interpret the world, says Gráinne McGuinness
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Dreaming Whilst Black: from web to BBC1
Our Comedy Slice adaptation of Adjani Salmon’s online hit shows people of colour given senior positions create brilliant programmes, says Gina Lyons
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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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How the ‘woman of Cremona’ revealed Big Light’s Leonardo
Telling the story of the great Renaissance painter came together when we discovered his possible ‘muse’, says Frank Spotnitz
