Features – Page 10
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Behind The Scenes
Finding our Money Maker in a pandemic
Casting a business guru willing to invest big sums during Covid took more than blue sky thinking, says Nick Parnes
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Features
Analysis: PSB prominence: too little, too late?
With Ofcom’s recommendations winning informal government support, confidence is growing that legislation is on the way. But will it come soon enough?
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Behind The Scenes
The Beast Must Die: Revenge is sweet
The team behind BritBox’s original drama on how colour-blind casting & a gender switch bring a different dimension to their novel adaptation
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Behind The Scenes
Secrets of the Whales: the art of goosebump TV
Filming whale culture in every ocean on earth, but you still have to fight to keep the emotion going on-screen, Brian Armstrong argues
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Behind The Scenes
Making Man Like Greta
Rockerdale Studios underwent ‘detailed exploration of a new world’ to forge C4 social media show , says exec Michelle Singer
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Behind The Scenes
The 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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Breaking 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 Scenes
Dreaming 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 Scenes
Breaking the social silence around pregnancy for C4
Wonderhood Studios’ doc series Baby Surgeons challenged us to film sensitively and carefully, says James W Newton
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Behind The Scenes
How Hollywood helped Lucy the Human Chimp
Going into production during the global pandemic meant using a technique reserved for big-budget films on our Channel 4 doc, says Alex Parkinson
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Behind The Scenes
How the ‘woman of Cremona’ revealed Big Light’s Leonardo
Telling the story of the great Renaissance painter came together when we discovered his possible ‘muse’, says Frank Spotnitz
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Features
Gallery - Frank Of Ireland
Selection of images of the Merman comedy series for Channel 4, centring on a misanthropic, 30-something, struggling singer-songwriter
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Comment
Why TV needs a Spotify of streaming
We’re in the CD age of on-demand services but consumers demand more convenience, says Stu Watson
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Behind The Scenes
Romeo & Juliet, Sky Arts
Collaborating with the National Theatre was a rewarding experience says producer David Sabel
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Behind The Scenes
Covering the trial of Derek Chauvin
A herculean effort was undertaken to get George Floyd’s accused murderer’s trial on screen, says exec Scott Tufts. Words: Emma Bullimore
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Behind The Scenes
The 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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Features
Glued 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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The Broadcast Interview
Jed Mercurio: Ready for duty
Line Of Duty creator on working with new writers and his issues with the UK’s commissioning set-up
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Behind The Scenes
Predator: Catching the Black Cab Rapist, C5
Honouring the brave accounts of the women attacked by John Worboys was essential to making this documentary, says Sheun Adelasoye
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Behind The Scenes
The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime, BBC2
Building trust with officers was key to recording some extraordinary moments, says series producer Louise Malkinson