Features – Page 120
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FeaturesJohn Smithson: Life Story
This ‘Horizon on steroids’, from Threads director Mick Jackson, turned the Arrow Pictures exec on to factual drama
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FeaturesCBS All Access sets out scripted plans
Content chief Julie McNamara targets ‘true originals’ and spin-offs in two-pronged strategy
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FeaturesKate Beal: That’s Life!
Esther Rantzen’s consumer staple was so much more than talking dogs and funny vegetables, says the Woodcut Media chief executive
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FeaturesSophie Petzal: Life on Mars
In her teens, the creator of Channel 5’s Blood was drawn by the sci-fi premise of BBC1’s drama. Its heart, humour and mystery kept her hooked
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FeaturesJon Plowman: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The comedy producer celebrates a chat show titan whose recovery from flat gags was often funnier than the zingers that landed
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FeaturesEmma Frost: Behaving Badly
Judi Dench’s essay of a ‘delightful and deliciously subversive breakdown’ inspired the writer to put women centre stage
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FeaturesHelen Nightingale: The Tube
Was anything ever cooler than C4’s ‘anarchic, funny and spontaneous’ 1980s music show, asks the UKTV commissioner
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FeaturesJim Allen: The Adventures of Robinson Hogg
In enduring a public meltdown on a remote island, Nationwide presenter James Hogg was the father of reality TV, argues RDF’s managing director
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FeaturesVoices to the Stars
Revoicing film and TV shows in post is a major part localising content for international distribution. Kevin Hilton finds out what it takes from the artists involved
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FeaturesCall of the Wild
Director and producer Nicola Brown talks to Jake Bickerton about capturing Sri Lanka’s diverse wildlife on film
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FeaturesRhe-an Archibald: The Office
Gervais and Merchant’s comedy of the mundane has seeped into everything the Mo Gilligan Show producer has done since
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FeaturesVFX showcase
Tim Dams takes a look at some of the standout recent work created by UK effects houses
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FeaturesSam Vincent on Star Trek: the Next Generation
The co-creator of Humans felt his horizons expanded by the sci-fi show’s unlimited belief in human potential
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FeaturesRob Clark: Blind Date
When ITV first pulled back the screen on Cilla’s dating show, it was love at first sight for Fremantle’s director of global entertainment
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FeaturesHarry Marshall: The Temple Troop
Mark Linfield’s magical Natural World film is a masterclass in storytelling, reckons the Icon Films chairman
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FeaturesCrime & Punishment
Detective dramas and prison docs from Kieran Doherty on Columbo and Lisa McGee on Murder, She Wrote to Ed Coulthard on The Thin Blue Line
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FeaturesAbby Ajayi: The House of Eliott
Long before she joined Shonda Rhimes’ team, the writer got an early education in ‘women getting shit done’ from BBC1’s 1920s fashion drama
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FeaturesDisney+ focus will challenge Netflix breadth
New service represents the first credible threat to its rivals’ position at the top of the SVoD tree
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FeaturesMedia giants gear up for streaming wars
A look at what impact the new players will have on the global SVoD landscape and the established services
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FeaturesWill Hanrahan: Seven Up
Granada’s groundbreaking series is a lasting reminder of a bygone era of regional ambition, argues the FirstLook TV creative director