Features – Page 44
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Behind The ScenesSophie: A Murder in West Cork, Netflix
Producer Sarah Lambert on taking a different approach to a crime story
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The Broadcast InterviewJonno Richards: Talkback boss turns up the heat
With a Netflix dating series hit and a Best Independent Production Company win at this year Broadcast Awards, the Fremantle label is flying high
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FeaturesWriting the script for indie success
Jane Featherstone, Jane Tranter and Nicola Shindler on inflating budgets, rights and crewing shortages, talent deals and being a woman in TV
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Behind The ScenesThe A List, Netflix
Navigating lockdown and the wild Welsh weather made for a stressful shoot
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FeaturesNavigating the talent crunch
Securing leading actors for high-end projects is harder than ever according to producers, agents and showrunners
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Behind The ScenesMeerkat 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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FeaturesHow 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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FeaturesIn Conversation: Turton and Mahon on navigating past the pandemic
The C4 and All3 chiefs kicked off Broadcast’s Restart conference with a discussion about the post-Covid future
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Behind The ScenesAnne 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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FeaturesGlued to the Screen: ZeroZeroZero
The simple premise of following a cocaine shipment gives us three brilliantly realised universes in one cohesive story, says Katherine Butler
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FeaturesBest independent production company: Talkback
‘In Covid-straitened times, with hordes of youngsters unable to get within two metres of each other, Too Hot To Handle felt prescient’
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FeaturesEmerging indie of the year: Label1
‘Hospital gave viewers incredible insights into the health service’s technical, operational and emotional response to Covid-19’
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FeaturesBest music programme: The Live Lounge
‘The passion for music was palpable both in front of and behind the camera’
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - sport and live: Last Night Of The Proms
‘The team overcame huge technical challenges with great creative success’
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - entertainment, comedy & scripted: The Ranganation
‘The production team made a great show even better’
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Friday Night Dinner
‘Classic, endlessly rewatchable comedy that hit home across multiple generations’
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FeaturesBest specialist factual: A House Through Time
‘Thoroughly engaging from start to finish and overall an excellent and well-crafted specialist factual film’
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FeaturesBest lockdown programme - news, documentary & factual: Dim Ysgol: Maesincla
‘Judges were impressed by the ob-doc’s rare access to a community we don’t normally see on our screens’
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FeaturesBest soap or continuing drama: Coronation Street
‘A brilliantly powerful, climactic moment that resonated well beyond the genre’
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FeaturesBest entertainment programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘A modern, emotional, funny and entertaining show all wrapped up in one brilliantly executed package’