Features – Page 12
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Brink Of Disaster
‘There has always been a fascination with this genre and it hasn’t diminished’
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Relocating Six Four to Scotland
How ITVX’s latest thriller reimagines Hideo Yokoyama’s Japanese bestseller in Glasgow
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End Credits: Carlo Dusi
The Endor Productions managing director on crying at Happy Valley and learning from Ridley Scott
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Behind The Scenes
Chasing the Rains, Sky Nature
Producer Faith Musembi on getting close to animal families during a severe drought
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HiddenLight: Shining a light on trailblazing women
Chelsea and Hillary Clinton’s indie aims to create change by bringing remarkable stories of female pioneers to screen
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Behind The Scenes
Highland Cops, BBC Scotland/BBC2
Series producer Andrew Abbott explains how his team captured the realities of policing across vast swathes of northern Scotland
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Indie Survey 2023: funding and inflation top list of indie concerns
As inflation bites and belts tighten due to the rise in the cost of living, the UK production sector is feeling the squeeze
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ITV: ITVX yet to impact spending patterns
Broadcaster has earmarked an additional £160m a year of spending on the platform for drama and comedy
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Channel 5: Frow doubles down on drama
Broadcaster set to air 60 hours of the genre in 2023, compared with just eight four years ago
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UK indies feel the effects of Brexit
Increased costs and bureaucracy involved with filming on the continent among UK producers’ biggest concerns
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Indies feel pinch as inflation squeezes margins
While total turnover is up £600m on 2022, respondents to the Indie Survey 2023 say that cost inflation & funding gaps are their biggest concerns
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Sky: Entertainment and factual rule the roost
Biggest supplier was Avalon which provided 33 hours comprising comedy and true crime
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BBC: Whisper breaks into top three
The Uefa Women’s Euros helps propel the indie into second place
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Indies reap rewards of N&R push
The impact of broadcasters’ efforts to increase nations and regions production shows in rising revenues, but recruitment problems remain a concern
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UKTV: Originals bring in fresh suppliers
Air TV, Zeppotron, King of Sunshine and Rare TV were among the indies to have benefitted from orders
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Channel 4: Hits and misses as C4 prepares for new phase
2022 saw the launch of the Roughcut comedy Big Boys and Fable Pictures’ Hullraisers
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Discovery+ commissions ease fears over merger
Streamer praised for its “clear directives, joined-up thinking between editorial and commercial, and speedy responses”
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Consolidators bounce back
As All3Media once again leads the pack, indie owners and consolidators look to be firmly back on track, with revenues up 41% year on year