Features – Page 3
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Behind The Scenes
How Sky Documentaries met the Children of Shanghai
Richard Nash on telling the story of how a former British footballer’s intervention meant a million Chinese orphans were moved into foster families
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Behind The Scenes
How we put Domina on trial
The coronavirus cut our Sky swords ‘n’ sandals drama by two episodes and forced us into re-writes for an unexpected courtroom drama, says Simon Burke
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Pip and Posy, C5/Sky Kids
Producer Vici King on why bringing the popular children’s tales to screen was like making vodka
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Breaking 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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Comment
Why TV needs a Spotify of streaming
We’re in the CD age of on-demand services but consumers demand more convenience, says Stu Watson
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Behind The Scenes
Romeo & Juliet, Sky Arts
Collaborating with the National Theatre was a rewarding experience says producer David Sabel
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Behind The Scenes
Bloods: Mining a fresh vein of comedy
Samson Kayo, Nathan Bryon and Ash Atalla explain how a sliding-doors moment led to the two young talents being entrusted with a major sitcom
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Behind The Scenes
Bringing Tom Gates to life from our bedrooms
Covid forced us to make decisions on the fly to film and produce our Sky Kids series, says Sueann Rochester
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Behind The Scenes
A Discovery of Witches, Sky
Bad Wolf exec producer Lachlan MacKinnon on creating 16th century London in South Wales
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Review of the year
From the global pandemic to the US election, Broadcast looks back on an eventful 12 months in television
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The Broadcast Interview
Mackenzie Crook: Man of many talents
The actor and Pirates of the Caribbean star on leaving Hollywood behind to write and direct for British TV
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Comment
Time to take diverse voices off mute
Television businesses to help young people from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds break into the sector, says Nishy Lall
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Features
Best Programme Acquisition: Succession
First season peaked at 200,000, notching up an average of 150,000 over 10 parts
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Cracking the code for a safe comedy shoot
Covid supervisor Maja Wlodarczyk reveals the procedures and protocols she had to be put in place to produce Code 404 for Sky 1
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Glued to the Screen: I Hate Suzie
In the first of a series celebrating new shows, the BBC’s Donna Taberer falls for Sky’s frazzled heroine
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Behind The Scenes
The Third Day: Making a Sky original on a small Essex island
Predicting the tides was just one of the challenges faced by producer Adrian Sturges and his team
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The Broadcast Interview
Romesh: diversity in TV isn’t where it should be
The comedian and presenter discusses why progress on diversity is behind schedule and producing The Ranganation in lockdown
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Features
Inside Chernobyl
Key creatives behind Sky and HBO’s drama on the meticulous research that went into the series and how they nearly passed on the project
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Sky’s first year under Comcast
Content sales continue to perform strongly against a more challenging background for Sky’s traditional businesses