All Features articles – Page 59
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CommentDon’t criminalise journalists for doing their job
Plans to alter the Official Secrets Act will have a chilling effect on doc makers and news and current affairs, says John Battle
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Behind The ScenesReclaiming Amy: changing the narrative
The late great singer’s story had never been told by the people closest to her – until now, says Marina Parker
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Behind The ScenesHelping French and Saunders find Funny Women
We used every ounce of ingenuity to achieve Dawn and Jennifer’s vision, says Glen Middleham
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Behind The ScenesHunkering down for Apocalypse Wow
Putting talent in cohorts and and dropping the ‘baying horde’ were key to getting our wild ITV2 entertainment series to air, says Ben Wilson
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Behind The ScenesThe dangers of uncovering hidden truths in the Amazon
We literally found ourselves in the firing line filming our documentary series for Vice, says Adam Laister
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Behind The ScenesRogue Tiger Shark – The Hunt for Lagertha
Covid-19 forced us to totally rethink how we made our Discovery+ doc about a tiger shark attack in the Pacific, says Martin Cass
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Behind The ScenesWelcoming Michael Ball to Wonderful Wales
Singer’s exploration of his mother’s homeland was also his first time presenting an ob-doc, says Carrie Smith
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CommentWhat VoD buyers want: the truth about local players
Distributors should not pass up oppportunity to work with emerging services without consideration, says Riaz Mehta
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Steve McQueen on Small Axe
Writer and director on how the films – about the experience of West Indian immigrants in London – achieved unexpected global resonance
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CommentPSBs are ignoring their remits in the Midlands
Some regions are more equal than others and broadcasters’ programme spends prove it, says Mike Bradley
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Making series four of The Crown
Interview with exec producer Suzanne Mackie, actress Emma Corrin, costume designer Amy Roberts and hair and make-up designer Cate Hall
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Behind The ScenesSophie: A Murder in West Cork, Netflix
Producer Sarah Lambert on taking a different approach to a crime story
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Behind The ScenesTogether: Love in the time of Covid
Shot in just 10 days, with a cast of three and a single location, BBC2’s lockdown drama aired just four months after being greenlit
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FeaturesWriting the script for indie success
Jane Featherstone, Jane Tranter and Nicola Shindler on inflating budgets, rights and crewing shortages, talent deals and being a woman in TV
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FeaturesHugh Grant talks The Undoing
Leading actor on shedding his nice‑guy image and why he enjoys these darker character roles
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CommentSelling C4 is an affront to free speech
C4’s unique remit to commission programmes others cannot and will not order is threatened by privatisation, says Callum Macrae
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FeaturesPaapa Essiedu: honouring Michaela Coel
I May Destroy You actor on the huge responsibility he felt to honour the writing of his friend
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Behind The ScenesThe A List, Netflix
Navigating lockdown and the wild Welsh weather made for a stressful shoot
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FeaturesHow It’s A Sin became C4’s most-binged show ever
Russell T Davies & Nicola Shindler on how the drama offered a fresh take on the 1980s HIV and Aids crisis