Features – Page 3
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Behind The ScenesCharlene White: Empire’s Child, ITV
Our exploration of the presenter’s past for ITV took us everywhere from Devon to Jamaica, says Andy Mundy-Castle
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FeaturesBest Lockdown Programme – Popular Factual: Emma Willis: Delivering Babies in 2020
‘Great cast and fantastic production values’
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FeaturesBest Lockdown Programme – Comedy, Entertainment or Scripted: Don’t Hate The Playaz
‘It felt so warm and lively and really got the best out of some great guests’
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Behind The ScenesHunkering down for Apocalypse Wow
Putting talent in cohorts and and dropping the ‘baying horde’ were key to getting our wild ITV2 entertainment series to air, says Ben Wilson
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CommentPSBs are ignoring their remits in the Midlands
Some regions are more equal than others and broadcasters’ programme spends prove it, says Mike Bradley
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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 ScenesSitting down with the Queen’s cousins
Yorkshire Vet indie Daisybeck’s signature heartfelt style was applied to a sometimes-divisive subject, says development producer Claire Scollie
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FeaturesBreaking into the comedy boys’ club
Despite repeated calls for more comedy shows with female writers, the latest stats from Broadcast’s Programme Index suggest progress has been slow
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FeaturesIn conversation: how to write a hit ITV drama
The writers of The Bay and Finding Alice discuss their creative process and unravel the layers that make up must-watch television
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Behind The ScenesWhy 13 could be lucky for Dancing on Ice
Every eventuality has been considered and contingency plan plotted for 13th series of ITV’s ice-skating competition, says Clodagh O’Donoghue
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Behind The ScenesUnmasking the Singer again
Face-covering jokes aside, it took a Herculean effort to get the The Masked Singer’s second run on screen, says exec Derek McLean
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Behind The ScenesThe impact of Torvill & Dean’s Alaskan adventure
Assessing the environmental cost of our quest to film the famous skaters perform the Bolero in nature underpinned our production, says Helena Braun
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Behind The ScenesCoronation Street: Sixty years on the Street
How ITV Studios pulled off a series of ambitious 60th anniversary specials under Covid restrictions
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Behind The ScenesTaking Ghost Bus Tours mid-pandemic
Our Lithuania-shot horror entertainment series for ITV2 could have been a nightmare but ended up a scarily strong success, says Ben Wilson
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Behind The ScenesOur time filming London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year
This ITV ob-doc portrays a surprising and heart-warming picture of life in pandemic-struck Britain, says Barnaby Peel
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Behind The ScenesIn Cold Blood: exposing a scandal
Our ITV feature-doc exposes one of the most shocking and underreported stories in the UK’s history, says Marcus Plowright
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Behind The ScenesFamily Fortunes: Reviving a popular gameshow
“It was important for us to produce a programme that didn’t feel like we were hindered by Covid-19 in any way”
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Behind The ScenesRecreating Singapore from Malaysia
The climate was challenging but ITV’s The Singapore Grip was a joy to film, says Mammoth Screen’s Farah Abushwesha
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Behind The ScenesDes: our story of the serial killer
Keeping the hand of producer and director out of our shoot was key to unlocking the story of this true-crime drama
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FeaturesHow Celebrity Catchphrase got back into the studio
Gary Chippington reveals how the quiz became the first major entertainment series to return to studio post-lockdown