Features – Page 30
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Behind The Scenes
Two Sisters One Body, Channel 4
The story of conjoined twins demanded we focus on their cultural and political lives – not just their medical condition, says Jack Macinnes
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How Manchester came together to create a YouTube event
Our plan to bring together the city’s top musicians with local people while lockdown continues is a victory for social enterprise, says Rose Marley
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We Hunt Together, Alibi
Director and costume designer of UKTV drama on creating two worlds in one show
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Making 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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What’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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Joe 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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Arranging 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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Work 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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Derek 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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Walking 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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Julie Graham: self-shooting drama on lockdown
Actor reveals story behind her self-published YouTube drama
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The Broadcast Interview
Kirstie 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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The 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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Jack 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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Tom 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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Police: 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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Trying: 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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Life 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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Devs: 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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Rebuilding 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