Features – Page 259
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FeaturesEastEnders: broadcasting live from Albert Square
Ahead of this week’s 30th anniversary EastEnders specials, BBC Studios & Post Production operations manager Geoff Ward reveals the challenges involved in delivering the soap live.
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Behind The ScenesTwirlywoos, CBeebies
We used a mix of animation and live-action to teach kids about the world around them, says Chris Wood
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FeaturesThe Casual Vacancy
Provide picture post-production services on the 3 x 60-minute adaptation of JK Rowling’s novel.
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FeaturesIndian Summers
Create a title sequence and provide VFX that enhanced the sense of scale and placed the colonial buildings, shot in Malaysia, against a Himalayan backdrop
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FeaturesTraining in drama: solving the skills problem
Drama experts examine what can be done about the growing shortage of skilled TV production crew
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FeaturesHow to turn digital natives into viewers
Louise Blyth of the BBC Academy asks industry leaders how broadcasters can use online content to drive audience growth
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FeaturesThe Real Housewives of Cheshire
Provide picture post for the 10-part series, a spin-off of the Real Housewives franchise. Part of the brief was to make the north of England look as glamorous as previous settings such as Beverly Hills.
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FeaturesThe Keith Lemon Sketch Show
Create titles and wipes to bring together different characters and sketches in one cohesive world for the six-part sketch show that pokes fun at TV and film stars and celebrities.
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FeaturesSix Nations promo
Promote the BBC’s coverage of the Six Nations rugby and encapsulate the contrast between players’ and fans’ friendly rivalry and the physicality of the action
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FeaturesWorkflow: The Collectv moves into reality TV with ITV2 show
The Collectv has delivered a set of logging, recording and media management services for Twofour’s ITV2 reality show Ibiza Weekender as as part of its venture into a wider range of genres.
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FeaturesBest Independent Production Company: Love Productions
Love Productions is never far from the headlines, but 2014 was the year its reputation for provocative programming was exceeded by its status as a producer of huge, high-quality hits.
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FeaturesChannel of the Year: BBC One
In a multichannel, on-demand age, BBC One is still the channel the nation turns to for big events.
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards 2015: the winners
An excellent crop of winners to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Broadcast Awards.
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FeaturesBest Popular Factual Programme: The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off was a TV juggernaut before it moved to BBC One – but no one would have predicted what happened when its fifth series debuted on the flagship channel.
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FeaturesBest Post Production House: Envy Post Production
This award is given to a post house that provides outstanding service, and there was broad agreement among the judges that Envy had consistently delivered to an industry-leading standard.
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FeaturesBest Original Programme: Glasgow Girls
Glasgow Girls may not be the highest-profile show to win a Broadcast Award this year, but it is one of the most distinctive.
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FeaturesBest Drama Series: Happy Valley
Such was the impact of Happy Valley when it aired in April 2014, it was used as one of Charlotte Moore’s ripostes to criticism of BBC One.
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FeaturesBest News & Current Affairs Programme: Dispatches: Nigeria’s Hidden War
The key international news stories of 2014 focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, so Nigeria’s Hidden War was both an aptly titled and incredibly revealing film.
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FeaturesBest Single Drama: Common
Jimmy McGovern’s 90-minute drama Common, which told the story of a young man standing trial for murder under complicated circumstances, was a “jaw-dropping drama that never did the predictable” and an “outstanding exposition of a complex theme”, according to the judges.