All Features articles – Page 100
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Features
Music rights and licensing
Music licensing is an important area - but is not always covered well on TV production courses. Now music publishers are taking matters into their own hands, writes Kevin Hilton
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Behind The Scenes
The Age of Loneliness, BBC1
Finding 14 contributors prepared to bare their souls on camera wasn’t easy but we wanted to show how loneliness can affect people of all ages and from all walks of life
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Ratings analysis: Downton Abbey, ITV
Downton Abbey gave a huge boost to ITV’s Sunday night and Christmas Day ratings. Stephen Price assesses the period drama’s impact, and how the schedules will shape up now
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Competing for control
The Midlands is leading the charge as areas outside of London press their case for more power over budgets and commissioning.
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A new deal for the nations
Neil Midgley takes a look at what the BBC charter renewal could mean for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
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The Broadcast Interview
Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, Bad Wolf
Bad Wolf’s co-founders tell Robin Parker why Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy embodies their mission statement - and what their adaptation will mean for Wales
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Behind The Scenes
JFK & LBJ: A Time For Greatness, PBS America
With rare footage, secret recordings and a Morgan Freeman voiceover, we had everything - except our most important location, writes Alastair Layzell
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Directors UK: BAME research
Where are all the BAME directors? A new report reveals shocking truths about the lack of representation in this key role across all television genres, discovers Robin Parker
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Masterclass: Making your ideas travel
What are the skills needed to discover, format and market globe-trotting brands? Linda Green asks five creatives working in areas across the industry
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Primal Survivor: filming with drones
Laurence Hamilton-Baillie describes what he learned over two years shooting with drones in some of the planet’s most remote and inhospitable locations
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Behind The Scenes
Teletubbies, CBeebies
The Teletubbies are back, but with their original outdoor set long gone, new producer Darrall Macqueen used models and CGI to recreate the magic, they tell Robin Parker
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Behind The Scenes
Ultimate Airport Dubai, National Geographic
Nights in a jail cell and takeaway cast-offs in a windowless bunker are a price worth paying for access to Dubai’s amazing airport, says Nick Metcalfe
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The Broadcast Interview
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple, The Garden
The fixed-rig pioneers talk to Chris Curtis about implementing a growth strategy while holding on to their core creative principles, life under ITV, and taking a ‘box-set approach’ to factual
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Behind The Scenes
The Frankenstein Chronicles, ITV
Olly Grant hears how the team behind ITV Encore’s detective spin on Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece recreated 1920s London across 40 Northern Ireland locations
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Global formats: scaling the format heights
From naked dating to mountaineering and feel-good prank shows, Peter White provides a rundown of the hottest international properties and the biggest emerging trends.
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Bring the Noise, Sky 1
Sky 1’s new comedy and music spectacular Bring The Noise breaks with panel show tradition by taking inspiration for its set from concert arenas
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The Broadcast Interview
Brian Hill and Katie Bailiff, Century Films
Film-makers Brian Hill and Katie Bailiff talk about putting are before profits and experimenting with form - even when producing more mainstream output
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Behind The Scenes
Bull, Gold
With no gallery and no audience to play to, UKTV’s new sitcom tried to take a more naturalistic approach to studio filming. Robin Parker reports
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Behind The Scenes
Kitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jnr, C4
With the help of Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr, we wanted to show that people with disabilities have the talent, ambition and will to succeed in the workplace, says series producer Sam Grace
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Ratings
TV Player Report: putting players to the test
As Barb releases data on viewing via smart phones, tablets and computers, Stephen Price explains how it is measured and breaks down the figures for some of TV’s biggest shows