Features – Page 24
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Behind The ScenesBringing order to Pandemonium
Mucking in and keeping crew and cast safe were key to our Covid-themed comedy for BBC1, says Tom Jordan
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Behind The ScenesUnmasking 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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Behind The ScenesThe 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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Behind The ScenesBringing 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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Behind The ScenesFinding 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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Behind The ScenesThe 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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Behind The ScenesCo-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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Behind The ScenesRisking 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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Behind The ScenesLocked In: Breaking the Silence, BBC4
Filmmaker Xavier Alford on the cathartic experience of sharing the story of his illness
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FeaturesC5 broadens drama horizons
ViacomCBS UK deputy director of programmes Sebastian Cardwell on expanding scripted slate beyond crime and thrillers
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FeaturesScience shows thrive in pandemic
Growing appetite for genre as audiences seek information on coronavirus
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FeaturesFocus Group: Social media comedy stars
Our four panellists on turning social media comedians into TV stars
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The Broadcast InterviewMackenzie Crook: Man of many talents
The actor and Pirates of the Caribbean star on leaving Hollywood behind to write and direct for British TV
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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: The Great British Bake Off
Ninder Billing finds C4’s ‘tent of tension and delight’ exactly what she needs in Lockdown 2.0
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Behind The ScenesCoronation Street: Sixty years on the Street
How ITV Studios pulled off a series of ambitious 60th anniversary specials under Covid restrictions
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Behind The ScenesDIY: SOS’s most challenging build
Pulling off major constructions for television is tough at the best of times, so imagine that during a pandemic, says Hamish Summers
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Behind The ScenesHow The Liberator revolutionises animated drama
Our technology has transformed Netflix and A&E’s WWII drama into a unique live-action/comic book hybrid, says Greg Jonkajtys
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Behind The ScenesSurviving the Stone Age with Channel 4’s explorers
There was genuine jeopardy as our anthropological experiment pushed our ‘Stone Age’ cast to the limit, says Natalie Wilkinson
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CommentDon’t forget TV’s LGBTQ community
Broadcaster diversity pushes are great, but they are missing us out, says Greg Sanderson
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Behind The ScenesThe rollercoaster ride reopening Alton Towers
Our Channel 4 documentary reveals the quiet anxieties of staff at the famous theme park, says Kate Siney