Features – Page 20

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    Behind The Scenes

    Boy Meets Girl, BBC2

    2015-09-03T10:53:00Z

    There is no agenda to our transgender comedy, but the issue still required sensitive treatment, says Margot Gavan Duffy

  • Damian Kavanagh, BBC3
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    Damian Kavanagh, BBC3

    2015-08-26T07:28:00Z

    BBC3 digital controller Damian Kavanagh talks to Hannah Gannagé-Stewart about his ambitions for the channel and the challenges ahead as it moves online this autumn

  • the-boy-who-wants-his-leg-cut-off
    Behind The Scenes

    The Boy Who Wanted His Leg Cut Off, BBC3

    2015-07-27T11:58:00Z

    BBC3 took a risk with our doc, but it was a human story worth telling, says Jazz Gowans

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    Behind The Scenes

    Cuffs, BBC1

    2015-07-16T07:44:00Z

    First-time director and former rally driver Nick Rowland is in the hot seat for the climax of BBC1’s pacy crime series. Adrian Lobb visits him on set

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    Behind The Scenes

    The Outcast, BBC1

    2015-07-02T08:24:00Z

    Novel, film or TV series? BBC1’s new drama has been all of these at some point in its development. Olly Grant hears about its unusual journey to TV

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    Behind The Scenes

    CBBC Official Chart Show

    2015-06-25T08:28:00Z

    Our young production team had no previous experience of working in television, but stacks of ability and the confi dence to take on anything we threw at them, says Steve Wynne

  • The Bank, BBC2
    Behind The Scenes

    The Bank, BBC2

    2015-06-23T11:14:00Z

    We ditched the fixed rig for our bank doc when we realised where the real action was, says Zac Beattie

  • Tony Hall
    The Broadcast Interview

    Tony Hall, BBC

    2015-06-18T00:01:00Z

    Director general Tony Hall on the challenges facing the BBC and why the public must be involved in the licence fee debate

  • the-interceptor-2
    Behind The Scenes

    The Interceptor, BBC1

    2015-06-11T10:04:00Z

    Car chases through London and a takeover of Waterloo station required precision planning and tight budget control, says Patrick Schweitzer

  • bbc-news-broadcasting-house
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    BBC journalism is under threat

    2015-06-11T08:22:00Z

    As the new culture secretary contemplates the future of the BBC, Neil Midgley focuses on the challenges for the corporation’s flagship news services

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    Where the BBC axe could fall

    2015-06-04T09:26:00Z

    With the corporation facing tough negotiations over charter renewal and the licence fee, Neil Midgley takes a look at where further cuts might be made

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    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, BBC1

    2015-05-14T09:22:00Z

    BBC1’s adaption of Susanna Clarke’s novel takes the viewer on a journey into a fantastical world - but always remains grounded in reality. Benji Wilson finds out how it was done

  • channel-patrol-6
    Behind The Scenes

    Channel Patrol, BBC1

    2015-04-20T10:16:00Z

    Drones and GoPros helped us capture the busy English channel on a daytime budget, says series producer Rebecca Nunn

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    Behind The Scenes

    Hunters of the South Seas, BBC2

    2015-04-17T09:41:00Z

    When we gave our researcher his dream assignment, a new star presenter was born, says series producer/director Jamie Balment

  • Episodes, BBC2
    Behind The Scenes

    Episodes, BBC2

    2015-04-16T08:22:00Z

    When Wimbledon Studios went into receivership just before shooting began on Episodes’ fourth series, producer Debs Pisani had her work cut out keeping the production on track

  • Tatau
    Behind The Scenes

    Tatau, BBC3

    2015-04-09T07:59:00Z

    The tropical setting of the Cook Islands and legends surrounding Maori culture inspired BBC3’s new drama about two backpackers caught up in a mystery.

  • Poldark
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    Poldark, BBC1

    2015-03-09T12:42:00Z

    BBC1’s adaption seeks to do justice to the books of Winston Graham and the elemental passion of the Cornish landscape

  • horrible-histories-3
    Behind The Scenes

    Horrible Histories: Revamping a classic

    2015-03-05T07:25:00Z

    The past’s comic potential remains undimmed - it just needed a new twist, as Paul Whitelaw discovers

  • Banished, BBC2
    Behind The Scenes

    Banished, BBC2

    2015-02-26T07:24:00Z

    From landscape to wildlife, shooting exteriors for Jimmy McGovern’s period piece in Australia gave it a hard-to-replicate authenticity.

  • Africa's Fishing Leopards, BBC2
    Behind The Scenes

    Africa's Fishing Leopards, BBC2

    2015-02-24T11:56:00Z

    It took two years to gain the trust of the leopards we were filming. It was worth it, says Brad Bestelink