Features – Page 7
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Behind The Scenes
Ross Kemp: Libya’s Migrant Hell, Sky 1
A matter of life and death in the Middle East
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The Broadcast Interview
Zai Bennett, Sky
Sky is moving out of factual, returning to entertainment and doubling down on drama.
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Behind The Scenes
Hooten and the Lady, Sky 1
Production on our action romp took us around the world in search of adventure, says Simon Winstone
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Gearing up for a 4K world
With Sky following BT’s lead in launching a 4K service, OB firms are investing in the technology they need to keep up with growing demand.
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Behind The Scenes
Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis, Sky 1
We found many inspiring people in our journey to reveal the society the Kurds are trying to build in Syria, says Marta Shaw
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Behind The Scenes
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts
The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant
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Sky Sports: 25th anniversary special
Sky Sports has changed the face of broadcasting since it burst onto the scene 25 years ago. Michael Burns looks back at its many technological innovations - and what’s coming next
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Behind The Scenes
Harlan Coben's The Five, Sky 1
Approaching a drama script in the same vein as author Harlan Coben’s thrillers, with hooks and cliffhangers at every turn, had to be a collaborative process, says Danny Brocklehurst
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The Broadcast Interview
Celia Taylor, Sky
Sky’s non-scripted boss talks to Peter White about flying dogs, why ‘funny factual’ is harder than it looks - and why she couldn’t turn down Renegade’s Don’t Tell The Bride
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Hot Picks: Hooten & The Lady
Hooten & The Lady is an ambitious adventure series, described as ‘Moonlighting set in the jungle’, or an ‘updated take on Romancing The Stone’. Just don’t call it the new Indiana Jones.
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Behind The Scenes
Dogs Might Fly, Sky 1
We had experts from Spectre and Top Gear on hand to train up our dogs - and 40,000 sausages, says Caroline Hawkins
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The Broadcast Interview
Gary Davey, Sky
Sky’s managing director of content talks to Chris Curtis about going head to head with US studios, losing Stuart Murphy, and his search for a pan-European scripted blockbuster
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Bring 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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Behind The Scenes
You, Me & the Apocalypse, Sky 1
Sky 1’s new comedy-drama about the final days of life on Earth is filmed close to its Slough setting, but this location also doubles as Tennessee and Washington, discovers Olly Hunt
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Behind The Scenes
Lenny Henry's Got The Blues, Sky Arts
Lenny Henry wanted to know why there are so few black British blues singers. The story we uncovered was far more colourful and complex than we ever imagined, says Chris Wilson
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Behind The Scenes
Who'd Be A Billionaire?, Sky Living
The super-rich aren’t very forthcoming about their lives, but their staff provided a fascinating insight into their world, says Remy Blumenfeld
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Behind The Scenes
Critical, Sky 1
Jed Mercurio’s drama would take the audience to places, and show them sights, they’d never seen before
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Behind The Scenes
Fortitude, Sky Atlantic
The producers battled limited daylight, snow shortages and polar bears
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Behind The Scenes
Cyber Sex, Love and Marriage, Sky Living
Making a doc about people falling in love via gaming avatars meant keeping a very open mind
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Behind The Scenes
Micky Flanagan’s Detour De France, Sky 1
A star prepared to leave his vanity at the door and try anything on camera was a real boon