Features – Page 123
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FeaturesThe House Of Extraordinary People
“This is not a straight reality show by any means and there is a real educational element to the series”
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FeaturesSimon Nye: Up Pompeii!
Frankie Howerd’s Roman sitcom was never cool, but the influence of its fourth-wall breaking and corpsing lives on, argues the Durrells writer
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FeaturesKirstie Swain: Smack the Pony
The writer of Channel 4’s Pure celebrates a comedy that turned female TV archetypes upside down
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FeaturesStudio Shows
Shiny-floor successes, from Mark Wells on The Generation Game to Ana de Moreas on Big Brother and Alex Horne on The Krypton Factor
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FeaturesMake ’Em Laugh
Comedy inspirations including Ash Atalla on Alan Partridge; Kirstie Swain on Smack the Pony; and Tania Alexander on Not the Nine O’Clock News
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FeaturesJamie Campbell: Jam
Chris Morris’ fearless, subversive sketch show taught the creative director of Sex Education producer Eleven Film that nothing was off limits
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FeaturesMedia Business Podcast #3: Broadcast Indie Survey
Highlights of the Broadcast Indie Survey Reveal event
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FeaturesHow to deliver an N&R success
From comedy and drama to soaps and factual, the nations & regions have produced some standout series over the years
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FeaturesMediaCityUK: 10 years in business
A decade after the BBC moved several key departments to the north-west, has the initiative has worked and what lessons can be learned by C4
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FeaturesBusiness booms for out-of-London studios
With host of TV and film studios planned outside the capital. Tim Dams explores what is driving demand for space
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FeaturesPeter Salmon: Coronation Street
Growing up in ‘Granadaland’, the streets of Weatherfield were a second neighbourhood for Endemol Shine’s chief creative officer
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FeaturesLocal laughs leading the way
Digital platforms and fresh talent initiatives are raising the profile of Scottish, Northern Irish & Welsh comedy and helping secure investment
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FeaturesFurquan Akhtar: Coronation Street
In his youth, the soap threw a lifeline to the writer as a self-confessed ‘socially awkward British Muslim’
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FeaturesTania Alexander: Not the Nine O’Clock News
The ‘cerebral titting around’ of BBC2’s satirical sketch show made the Gogglebox executive producer want to join its gang
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FeaturesApple rewards its ‘super users’
Broadcast Intelligence unpacks the likely shape of the tech giant’s TV service
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FeaturesLevi David Addai: The Girl From Tomorrow
A gripping Australian sci-fi show persuaded the Damilola, Our Loved Boy writer to put away his toys to dream of writing
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FeaturesColm McCarthy: Edge of Darkness
The heady blend of tragedy, crime drama, ghost story and eco horror taught the Curfew director that TV could be cinematic
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FeaturesIndustry thrives in changing market
The rise of the SVoDs means there are more buyers than ever for UK programming, but smaller indies face growing competition