Features – Page 16
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Behind The Scenes
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork, Netflix
Producer Sarah Lambert on taking a different approach to a crime story
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Together: Love in the time of Covid
Shot in just 10 days, with a cast of three and a single location, BBC2’s lockdown drama aired just four months after being greenlit
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Paapa Essiedu: honouring Michaela Coel
I May Destroy You actor on the huge responsibility he felt to honour the writing of his friend
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The A List, Netflix
Navigating lockdown and the wild Welsh weather made for a stressful shoot
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How It’s A Sin became C4’s most-binged show ever
Russell T Davies & Nicola Shindler on how the drama offered a fresh take on the 1980s HIV and Aids crisis
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Gallery - Together
Selection of images of the single Shoebox Films and Sonia Friedman Productions drama for BBC2
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Meerkat Manor Rise of the Dynasty, BBC America
We wanted to make our wildlife series a bingeworthy boxset, says executive producer Caroline Hawkins
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Comment
RIP to my Holby City family
Don’t let the heart of BBC1’s medical drama be forgotten, says David Innes Edwards
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How 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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Why BBC2 took the nuclear option with Windfall
Constructing the narrative for Building Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Power Station was a test of trust and patience, says Mat Stimpson
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Anne Boleyn: Bringing history up to date
Channel 5’s ambitious new original drama aims to reset the narrative around Henry VIII’s second wife
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How Sky Documentaries met the Children of Shanghai
Richard Nash on telling the story of how a former British footballer’s intervention meant a million Chinese orphans were moved into foster families
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In Conversation: The Beast Must Die
Writer Gaby Chiappe and director Dome Karukoski recall producing BritBox drama under lockdown
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Behind The Scenes
The Supervet - Saving My Dog, Channel 4
Recording how Noel Fitzpatrick’s life was turned upside down was an emotional rollercoaster says exec producer Alex Sutherland
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The Broadcast Interview
Nida Manzoor: The punk spirit behind We Are Lady Parts
Writer and director on taking inspiration from her own life for her new C4 comedy about a Muslim female punk band
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How Sky Arts is leading The Live Revival
Music venues were closing a significant rate before Covid struck, but our doc series chronicles a fightback led by artists, says Justin Rees
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Plot 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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Carefully planning for Extra Life
BBC drama Staged was an unexpected inspiration when pandemic problems hit our BBC4 and PBS science series, says Fiona Caldwell
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How we put Domina on trial
The coronavirus cut our Sky swords ‘n’ sandals drama by two episodes and forced us into re-writes for an unexpected courtroom drama, says Simon Burke
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My Lottery Dream Home International, Discovery+
Reformatting a US series on UK soil for an international audience during lockdown proved a winning experience, says Paula Campion