Features – Page 4
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FeaturesFirst look: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC1
Six-part Playground and Company Pictures adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy
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FeaturesBroadcasters in the firing line
Poor handling of the production slowdown, bad communication & a greenlight shortage are among the main complaints to this year’s survey
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FeaturesGrowth stalls in bumpy market
Owners & consolidators grew by 1.86% in 2023, way down on their 41% surge in last year’s Indie Survey, with All3M once again topping the table
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Behind The ScenesThings You Should Have Done, BBC3
Lucia Keskin shot to fame on YouTube parodying sitcoms - Robin Parker finds out how the 23-year-old came to be running one of her own
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Behind The ScenesHigh: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust, BBC3
Director Alex Irvine Cox explains how he and his team stretched their budget to tell a dramatic story set in an exotic location
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VideoTrail: The Way, BBC1
First production from Wales-based indie Red Seam, written by James Graham
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Behind The ScenesWilderness with Simon Reeve, BBC2
Chris Mitchell, series producer and director, on filming in remote areas where nature still has the upper hand
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FeaturesGallery: Gladiators, BBC1
Selection of images from the Hungry Bear Media reboot of the popular competitive series
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FeaturesFirst look: Ludwig, BBC1
Peep Show and Back star David Mitchell leads comedy produced by Big Talk Studios in association with That Mitchell and Webb Company
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Behind The ScenesSilverback, BBC2
Executive producer Andrew Zikking on a wildlife documentary that went in an unexpected direction
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FeaturesEllie Kahn: Such Brave Girls (Various Artists and A24 for BBC3)
“In a year of incredible TV, this one came late and out of left field”
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FeaturesPaul Weatherley: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (KEO Films & Walk on Air Films for BBC2)
“It shone a light on a very dark period where communities were ripped apart and it all seemed very normal. An essential watch”
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FeaturesJohn Elmes: Koala Man / Colin from Accounts
“Peppered throughout this annus horribilis were some moments of respite in the form of Australian scripted comedy”
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FeaturesMarian McHugh: Happy Valley, (Lookout Point & BBC Studios for BBC1)
“I have never seen a character quite like Catherine Cawood on TV”
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FeaturesFleur Feeney: Juice (Various Artists for BBC3)
“I loved the surrealist style, the nods to classic comedy bits, and the slapstick, tactile, physical nature of the whole thing”
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FeaturesHeather Fallon: Dreaming Whilst Black, (Big Deal Films & A24 for BBC3)
“It’s a brutally accurate depiction and one that could so easily fall into despair but instead manages to find humour at every turn”
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Behind The ScenesKeeping It Up: The Story of Viagra, BBC2
Director Stephen Bennett on rising to the challenge of telling the story of the little blue pill
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Behind The ScenesThe Famous Five, CBBC
Producer Sophie MacClancy on breaking showbiz rules and bringing classic stories to a modern audience
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