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Glued 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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Behind The Scenes
Bringing Tom Gates to life from our bedrooms
Covid forced us to make decisions on the fly to film and produce our Sky Kids series, says Sueann Rochester
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Why 13 could be lucky for Dancing on Ice
Every eventuality has been considered and contingency plan plotted for 13th series of ITV’s ice-skating competition, says Clodagh O’Donoghue
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A Discovery of Witches, Sky
Bad Wolf exec producer Lachlan MacKinnon on creating 16th century London in South Wales
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London’s Greatest Bridges, C5
Lockdown restrictions have forced factual producers to think differently – but this can present creative opportunities, says Dominic Gallagher
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Cuddling up in The Cabins
ITV2 dating format may lack the ‘rattling pace or ratcheted drama’ of similar behemoths but it gives viewers room to breathe, says exec Ben Stevens
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Unmasking the Singer again
Face-covering jokes aside, it took a Herculean effort to get the The Masked Singer’s second run on screen, says exec Derek McLean
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The impact of Torvill & Dean’s Alaskan adventure
Assessing the environmental cost of our quest to film the famous skaters perform the Bolero in nature underpinned our production, says Helena Braun
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Top 10 interviews of 2020
Including Ian Katz, Ben Frow, Alex Mahon, June Sarpong, Two Brothers Pictures, David Olusoga and Mo Gilligan
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Behind The Scenes
Bringing Quentin Blake’s Clown to life
It was a race against time to realise our ambition for Channel 4’s animated special from day one, says Massimo Fenati
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Review 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 Scenes
How Roald & Beatrix saved Christmas
How Sky’s festive drama battled bad weather and the pandemic to make it to air in time for Christmas
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The Broadcast Interview
Mahon ready to throw off linear shackles
Chief executive sets out bold vision to shift C4’s priorities from linear to online
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Will C4’s digital plan work?
Mixed response from producers and grandees to Future 4 strategy
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Behind The Scenes
Finding festive cheer in KFC
Sifting through 960 stores to discover the ‘people behind the uniform’ was a daunting task, says C4 ob-doc director Jonny Ashton
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The Surgeon’s Cut: capturing life and death situations
We scoured the planet to find the surgeons whose pioneering and lifesaving work is at the centre of our Netflix doc series, says James van der Pool
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Risking it all for C4’s Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon
Our quest to document ancient rock art brought us face to face with Colombia’s most wanted man, says Paul King
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Co-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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C5 broadens drama horizons
ViacomCBS UK deputy director of programmes Sebastian Cardwell on expanding scripted slate beyond crime and thrillers