Features – Page 53
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The Broadcast InterviewBob Shennan, BBC Radio 2 / BBC 6Music
The BBC Radio controller talks to Jake Kanter about the galvanising effect of saving 6 Music, minimising the impact of budget cuts - and his admiration for Russell Brand.
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The Broadcast InterviewGordon Ramsay
2012 has been a prolific year for Gordon Ramsay and his indie One Potato Two Potato following a series of hit US shows for Fox. But he won’t forget his roots, he tells Chris Curtis
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The Broadcast InterviewLiam Humphreys, C4
Channel 4’s head of factual entertainment has a clear mission in the post-Big Brother era: to create noise. But, he tells Balihar Khalsa, controversy will never be far behind.
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The Broadcast InterviewPeter Salmon: putting northern soul into the BBC
The BBC North director talks to Lisa Campbell about how the move to MediaCityUK is revolutionising the way the corporation works.
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The Broadcast InterviewEmma Swain, BBC Knowledge
Her team has inspired the public to start baking and buy telescopes - and her budget is one of the BBC’s biggest. Catherine Neilan speaks to the controller of Knowledge commissioning.
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Behind The ScenesExile, BBC1
Part psychological drama, part crime thriller and part family character piece, Paul Abbot’s Exile is a difficult one to pigeon-hole. Will Strauss goes on set to meet the cast and crew
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Behind The ScenesThe Model Agency, Channel 4
The world of modelling was fertile ground for an ob doc. But filming was threatened when the boss had to testify in a war crimes trial, says Jilly Pearce.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndrew Jackson: the BBC’s straight-talker
Natural History Unit chief Andrew Jackson isn’t afraid to say what he thinks, and his self confessed lack of ‘pedigree’ is just what the corporation ordered, writes Katherine Rushton
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The Broadcast InterviewBack in business: Stephen Lambert
Having nearly left the industry three years ago, Stephen Lambert is enjoying success with his new indie.
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Behind The ScenesRevealed: Head-Shrinkers of the amazon
Executive producer Ed Crick on tracing the truth behind some intriguing archive footage
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Behind The ScenesMy Monkey Baby
In producing My Monkey Baby, Jaine Green took a hands-on approach to animal parenting
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Behind The Scenes…headed solo into the eye of the storm
Chris Terrill took two cameras, a few mics and a lot of gall to film Hurricane Ike as it hit Texas
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The Broadcast InterviewSteve Anderson, Mentorn Media
As the storm over MPs’ expenses rages, Question Time has been the lightening rod for angry voters to voice their views. Katherine Rushton talks to Mentorn Media’s creative director
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The Broadcast InterviewMartina Cole, crime author
UK crime fiction’s leading lady talks to Robert Shepherd about exec’ing on Sky 1’s adaptation of her novel, The Take, taking on TV production and why a lot of crime drama on TV is ‘shit’.
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Behind The ScenesDispatches: Orphans of the Storm
Evan Williams’ Dispatches doc traces orphans left behind under the country’s harsh regime.
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The Broadcast InterviewMichael Hirst, The Tudors
Michael Hirst, the man behind swashbuckling soap opera The Tudors, talks to Chris Curtis about scripting sexed-up history and facing criticism of taking right royal artistic licence.