Features – Page 52
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Behind The ScenesAll Aboard! The Sleigh Ride, BBC4
As if filming at -20°C wasn’t challenging enough, we had to grapple with reindeer and hand-held filming on a bumpy sleigh, says Luke Korzun Martin
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Behind The ScenesBeowulf, ITV
The producers of ITV’s take on the Anglo-Saxon epic tell Olly Grant how they created a fantasy universe from scratch and made an ancient saga work for a modern audience
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Behind The ScenesDickensian, BBC1
On a vast Victorian street set in a warehouse in west London, James Rampton hears how Red Planet took a light-footed approach to its rummage through Charles Dickens’ brain
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Behind The ScenesWar and Peace, BBC1
At more than 1,400 pages, adapting War And Peace as a six-part drama was not for the fainthearted. Olly Grant meets the director, producer and crew charged with bringing the epic story to life
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Behind The ScenesThe Sound of Music Live, ITV
ITV’s live broadcast of the classic musical won’t shy away from drawing political parallels with today’s global crises, discovers Emily Norval
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Behind The ScenesWe’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story, BBC2
A drama about the birth of Dad’s Army reveals the behind-the-scenes conflict over the classic sitcom - and how it almost didn’t happen. Olly Grant meets the team telling the tale
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Behind The ScenesThe Murder Detectives, C4
We aimed to make our documentary more like a box-set to hook in younger viewers who rarely watch programmes on TV, says Dave Nath
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Behind The ScenesThe Age of Loneliness, BBC1
Finding 14 contributors prepared to bare their souls on camera wasn’t easy but we wanted to show how loneliness can affect people of all ages and from all walks of life
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FeaturesRatings analysis: Downton Abbey, ITV
Downton Abbey gave a huge boost to ITV’s Sunday night and Christmas Day ratings. Stephen Price assesses the period drama’s impact, and how the schedules will shape up now
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Behind The ScenesUltimate Airport Dubai, National Geographic
Nights in a jail cell and takeaway cast-offs in a windowless bunker are a price worth paying for access to Dubai’s amazing airport, says Nick Metcalfe
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The Broadcast InterviewNick Curwin and Magnus Temple, The Garden
The fixed-rig pioneers talk to Chris Curtis about implementing a growth strategy while holding on to their core creative principles, life under ITV, and taking a ‘box-set approach’ to factual
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Behind The ScenesThe Frankenstein Chronicles, ITV
Olly Grant hears how the team behind ITV Encore’s detective spin on Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece recreated 1920s London across 40 Northern Ireland locations
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FeaturesBring the Noise, Sky 1
Sky 1’s new comedy and music spectacular Bring The Noise breaks with panel show tradition by taking inspiration for its set from concert arenas
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The Broadcast InterviewBrian Hill and Katie Bailiff, Century Films
Film-makers Brian Hill and Katie Bailiff talk about putting are before profits and experimenting with form - even when producing more mainstream output
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Behind The ScenesBull, Gold
With no gallery and no audience to play to, UKTV’s new sitcom tried to take a more naturalistic approach to studio filming. Robin Parker reports
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Behind The ScenesKitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jnr, C4
With the help of Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr, we wanted to show that people with disabilities have the talent, ambition and will to succeed in the workplace, says series producer Sam Grace
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The Broadcast InterviewAlison Kirkham: giving BBC factual a shot in the arm
Alison Kirkham and her team want to work creatively with indies to bring ambitious projects to life.
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The Broadcast InterviewGreg Brenman and Roanna Benn, Drama Republic
Drama Republic’s co-founders talk to Robin Parker about their indie’s rapid rise, working with writers, and scoring two hits in the same week with Doctor Foster and An Inspector Calls
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Behind The ScenesAsian Provocateur, BBC3
The unpredictability of Romesh Ranganathan’s extended family was the making of our series, says series producer Ben Green
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Behind The ScenesOak Tree: Nature's Great Survivor, BBC4
Spending a year watching a tree slowly grow had its challenges, but this was the kind of privilege only BBC4 can provide, says Nic Stacey