Features – Page 17
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The Broadcast InterviewSimon Andreae: Forging a fresh path for Fremantle
UK chief exec has a wealth of indie experience to draw on as he sets about simplifying its structure & balancing shows with new IP
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Behind The ScenesBuilding Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance
The celebrity chef navigated time differences and quarantines to film our BBC1 game show, says Sue Allison
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Behind The ScenesBringing the Age of Samurai to life
Our Canadian Netflix original drama relied on great actors, production magic and animated battle maps, says Stephen Scott
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Behind The ScenesRecreating the Blitz Spirit for BBC1
Covid-19, budgets and a trio of lockdown beards were among the challenges we faced creating our latest Lucy Worsley programme, says Emma Hindley
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Behind The ScenesJools in lockdown: keeping the music playing
The length of the great man’s grand piano helped Alison Howe’s team produce the 56th series of Later with… Jools Holland during the pandemic
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Behind The ScenesDigging deep for More 4
We wrecked gardens, circumvented local councils and stunk out a Premier Inn hotel room to create The Great British Dig, says Steve Wynne
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Behind The ScenesDiscovering the true Jodi Arias during Covid
We gained access to the people closest to convicted US killer Jodi Arias as the world locked down, says Lucie Ridout
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Behind The ScenesReconstructing Shannon Matthews’ disappearance
Gaining the trust of a community dubbed ‘Broken Britain’ was tricky but rewarding, says director/producer Neil Rawles
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Behind The ScenesMel Giedroyc: Unforgivable – creating comedy in lockdown
We’d nearly finished filming our panel show when production stopped, but we adapted, says Dom Wells-Martin
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Behind The ScenesIt’s A Sin: out and proud in the 80s
Russell T Davies on why it was so important to cast gay actors in his 1980s-set AIDS drama
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Behind The ScenesRichard Hammond on The Great Escapists
Our ambitious attempt to reinvent pop-science for Amazon involved 13 shipping containers, a desert island and massive builds, says presenter
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Behind The ScenesBringing 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 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 ScenesA Discovery of Witches, Sky
Bad Wolf exec producer Lachlan MacKinnon on creating 16th century London in South Wales
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Behind The ScenesThe ‘pawsome’ challenge of Pooch Perfect
Covid-19 played havoc with the planning of our BBC1 dog grooming competition series but it might have also made it better, says Damon Pattison
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Behind The ScenesLondon’s Greatest Bridges, C5
Lockdown restrictions have forced factual producers to think differently – but this can present creative opportunities, says Dominic Gallagher
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Behind The ScenesBringing order to Pandemonium
Mucking in and keeping crew and cast safe were key to our Covid-themed comedy for BBC1, says Tom Jordan
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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 ScenesTop 10 Behind The Scenes of 2020
The extraordinary story behind Normal People Director Lenny Abrahamson and executive producer Ed Guiney reveal their experiences pulling together BBC3’s romantic drama Inside The Masked Singer How Bandicoot got on the front foot in snapping up the Korean ...