Features – Page 11
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FeaturesGallery - Together
Selection of images of the single Shoebox Films and Sonia Friedman Productions drama for BBC2
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FeaturesHow Casualty took the lead on representation
The team behind a groundbreaking episode with a deaf director, writers and actors discuss how it came about and what it means for the industry
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Behind The ScenesPlot twist: making The Pact
The pandemic placed production of our BBC drama in peril but strange new ways of working saw us through, says Pete McTighe
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Behind The ScenesBBC1 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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FeaturesBreaking 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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Behind The ScenesThe 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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Behind The ScenesDreaming 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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Behind The ScenesThe Syndicate: Eyes on the prize
Writer Kay Mellor on her determination to mix young working-class actors with more familiar faces as her Lottery-winner drama returns
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: Cornwall: This Fishing Life
With its deft storytelling and strong characters, this BBC2 gem helped me understand a different viewpoint and another way of life, says Muslim Alim
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Behind The ScenesThe Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime, BBC2
Building trust with officers was key to recording some extraordinary moments, says series producer Louise Malkinson
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Behind The ScenesWhy Tern TV trawled through sewage for BBC2
Directing The Secret Science of Sewage under Covid was smelly and hard, but led to real-life breakthroughs, says Craig Collinson
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Behind The ScenesUsing innovation to tell colourful stories
Humble Bee Films’ Sharmila Choudhury on bringing Attenborough’s Life In Colour to the screen
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FeaturesGallery: Bloodlands
Selection of images from the set of the Hat Trick Mercurio (HTM) drama series for BBC1
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Behind The ScenesRecreating the Blitz Spirit for BBC1
Covid-19, budgets and a trio of lockdown beards were among the challenges we faced creating our latest Lucy Worsley programme, says Emma Hindley
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: Line Of Duty
With its emphasis on character, Jed Mercurio’s police corruption drama takes me back to the great detectives of my childhood, says Ian McKee
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FeaturesReview of the year
From the global pandemic to the US election, Broadcast looks back on an eventful 12 months in television
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Behind The ScenesCo-ordinating a Very Country Christmas
Tern TV had to grapple with PM’s Whack-a-Mole strategy and spiritual donkey-related conundrums for BBC1 three-parter, says exec Brendan Hughes
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Behind The ScenesLocked In: Breaking the Silence, BBC4
Filmmaker Xavier Alford on the cathartic experience of sharing the story of his illness
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The Broadcast InterviewMackenzie Crook: Man of many talents
The actor and Pirates of the Caribbean star on leaving Hollywood behind to write and direct for British TV