Features – Page 29
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Behind The ScenesWe Hunt Together, Alibi
Director and costume designer of UKTV drama on creating two worlds in one show
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Behind The ScenesMaking History 101 for Netflix
Our challenge was to expand the ‘explainer video’ format into an innovative and accessible major international SVoD series, says Bruce Kennedy
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Behind The ScenesWhat’s the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC2
Our scientific investigation into Bipolar became a personal journey into the comedian and actor’s mental health history, says Clare Richards
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The Broadcast InterviewJoe Gilgun: ‘Being this tormented gives you serious emotional intelligence'
The Brassic co-creator tells Max Goldbart about his mental health struggles and the unique writing technique he’s developed for the Sky 1 comedy
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Behind The ScenesArranging Netflix’s Big Flower Fight
MultiStory Media ran with SVoD’s ambition to create a horticulture competition series of scale and whimsy
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Behind The ScenesWork on the Wild Side, Channel 4
Our daytime conservation series highlights the crisis in Africa’s natural world and nothing would stop us telling the story, says Jannine Waddell
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FeaturesDerek Cianfrance: ‘If I had the best ideas, I’d be a painter’
Film director tells John Hazelton about the challenges of swapping the big screen for Sky and HBO series I Know This Much is True
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Behind The ScenesWalking with Elephants, Channel 4
Levison Wood’s latest journey into the African Savannah was dangerous and full of uncertainty, but that was the point, says Alexis Girardet
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FeaturesJulie Graham: self-shooting drama on lockdown
Actor reveals story behind her self-published YouTube drama
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The Broadcast InterviewKirstie Swain: I like to write about people who have wronged me
The writer behind comedy-drama Pure on why lockdown could impact creativity and how she is preparing Sky Atlantic’s Sweetpea remotely
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Behind The ScenesThe Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft, Channel 4
We tapped into the Instagram generation’s obsession with crafting to create a reality show for everybody, says Andrew Cartmell
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FeaturesJack Thorne: my working from home life
The His Dark Materials writer on Zoom readthroughs, the government’s ‘barbaric’ health rationing and the need for uplifting TV
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FeaturesTom Kingsley: comedy could be resurgent post-lockdown
Ghosts director tells Joanna Tilley about escapist TV, narrowly finishing filming before lockdown and why comedy needs more women
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Behind The ScenesPolice: Hour of Duty, Channel 5
Filming police stories across a single hour poses challenges our crew had never faced before, says Tom Clarke
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Behind The ScenesTrying: the lowdown on Apple TV+’s first UK series
Balancing laughs and emotion in Apple TV+’s comedy series was key to revealing the truth about Britain’s adoption system, says Jim O’Hanlon
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Behind The ScenesLife and Birth: how Dragonfly created BBC1’s childbirth doc
Known for a popular fixed rig childbirth series, our latest take on the format had to deliver fresh insights, says Dragonfly’s Tom Currie
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Behind The ScenesDevs: the making of BBC2’s FX drama
We dodged the coronavirus lockdown, but producing our sci-fi drama still posed several challenges, says Allon Reich
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Behind The ScenesRebuilding Notre-Dame: Inside the Great Cathedral Rescue, BBC4
Gaining access to the huge efforts to salvage the Paris landmark threw up challenges we could never have imagined, says Joby Lubman
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FeaturesHow Robin Ashbrook conquered the US
British-born unscripted guru on Hollywood’s reaction to Covid-19, the SVoDs’ appetite for unscripted and his Netflix hit Next in Fashion
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Behind The ScenesHow OT Fagbenle brought Maxxx to E4
OT and Luti Fagbenle refused to cut financial corners and made bold choices to bring their comedy to life, they tell Gabriel Tate