All Features articles – Page 98
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FeaturesHot Picks: Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady is an ambitious adventure series, described as ‘Moonlighting set in the jungle’, or an ‘updated take on Romancing The Stone’. Just don’t call it the new Indiana Jones.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Secret
What could make two pillars of the community – a well-respected dentist and a Sunday school teacher – ditch their normal lives to become cold-blooded killers? That’s the question posed by Hat Trick’s three-part drama for ITV, The Secret.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Secret Agent
The latest example of BBC1’s commitment to high-quality drama is a glossy adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel The Secret Agent.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Victoria
It seems unfair that Queen Victoria has become cemented in 21st century minds as the double-chinned, cranky looking sourpuss depicted in pictures of the time.
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FeaturesHot Picks: Marcella
The meteoric rise of dark Scandinavian dramas including The Killing and Borgen paved the way for Swedish writer Hans Rosenfeldt to create global smash The Bridge in 2013.
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Behind The ScenesEddie Izzard: Marathon Man, BBC3
Eddie Izzard’s Sport Relief challenge was an endurance test for the production team too, says executive producer Nick Catliff
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Behind The ScenesMaigret, ITV
For ITV’s new Maigret adaptation, Ealing Studios recreated 1950s Paris in Budapest. Olly Grant met the cast and crew on set.
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Behind The ScenesBritain's Whales and Sharks, ITV
We had to wait 18 months for a whale to wash up on our shores, says Sarah Cunliffe. Then the sharks turned up…
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Behind The ScenesGuy Martin's Wall Of Death: Live, C4
Guy’s death-defying attempt at breaking a world record live on air had to be put on hold when our fearless star almost killed himself in a motorbike accident, says Ewan Keil
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FeaturesDiversity: writing and directing
Tackling the lack of diversity in writing and directing TV needs more than lip service. Robin Parker reports on efforts to get new voices in front of producers and commissioners
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Behind The ScenesCan't Touch This, BBC1
Getting a commission turned out to be the easy bit - the real test was losing our location and having to build three new sets in a building with a leaky roof, says Stellify’s joint managing director Matthew Worthy
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FeaturesGame on for sport OB firms
Outside broadcast suppliers are in a race to upgrade to Ultra High Definition and IP as the technology teeters on the cusp of becoming mainstream.
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The Broadcast InterviewJay Hunt, C4
C4’s chief creative officer talks to Jake Kanter about the broadcaster’s transformation in the eyes of indies, creative risk-taking and the potentially ‘catastrophic’ effects of privatisation
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Behind The ScenesBehind Closed Doors, BBC1
Our film is a testament to the brave domestic violence victims who chose to speak openly about their ordeal, says Erica Gornall
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FeaturesComedy roundtable: keeping comedy fresh
Comedy hits can help to define a channel, but are new ideas losing out to safer bets, ‘funny factual’ and an inflated drama slate? Robin Parker asks five leading comedy producers
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Behind The ScenesTwo Doors Down, BBC2
When you have naturally funny performers like Doon Mackichan, Elaine C Smith and Sharon Rooney in your cast, you’d be crazy not to take their opinions on board, says Simon Carlyle
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FeaturesSitcom revivals: bringing back the classics
Is the apparent appetite for reviving sitcoms a sign of a dearth of new ideas or risks – or a legitimate way to celebrate our comedy heritage? Paul Whitelaw investigates
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Behind The ScenesDunblane: Our Story, BBC2
A piece of kit inspired by Errol Morris’ famous ‘Interrotron’ was key to helping contributors feel comfortable about opening up on camera, says Stephen Bennett
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FeaturesTechnology start-ups: Daring to be disruptive
Entrepreneurial spirit may abound in television, but successful technology start-ups are few and far between. Will Strauss talks to three that are attempting to buck that trend and break into the industry
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Behind The ScenesGet Me To The Church, W
Finding six courageous couples willing to risk missing their own wedding was hard enough, but the friends they took with them had to be dynamite on camera too, says Sarah Veevers