Features – Page 288
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The Broadcast InterviewMalcolm Gerrie, Whizz Kid Entertainment
The king of live TV on ‘punching through the glass ceiling’ and the wrong side of Russell Crowe.
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FeaturesNo More Women
Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne have taken the no-budget irreverence of their BBC4 game show We Need Answers to the web with this intensely competitive name game.
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FeaturesMay ushers in slate of original shows
May proved to be a busy month for broadcasters and producers, with more than 100 programmes added onto our commissioning index Greenlight - almost 80% of them new programmes.
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Behind The ScenesThe Returned, C4
With Channel 4 about to air its first fully subtitled drama in 20 years, Olly Grant speaks to the show’s producers about forging links with British indies - and the state of French TV
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FeaturesDealing with Stress
In the high-pressure world of broadcasting, stress is a common problem. Elaine Wilson and Leni Morris of the BBC Academy speak to senior TV execs about how they cope with it
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FeaturesQ&A: Rich Evans, Channel 4
C4’s factual entertainment commissioning editor reveals what he is looking for.
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The Broadcast InterviewJamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, Eleven Film
Robin Parker speaks to Eleven Film’s co-founders about wooing the international market with EOne, shifting their focus to scripted - and the difficulty of devising a returnable format
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FeaturesLes Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was, ITV
Almost 20 years after his death, ITV is bringing Les Dawson back to TV for An Audience With That Never Was. Olly Grant reports on the technical wizardry that made it possible
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Behind The ScenesThe White Queen, BBC1
Combining three of Philippa Gregory’s Wars of the Roses novels into one 10-part television series was like a Mensa test, says Emma Frost
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FeaturesQ&A: Tracy Forsyth, BBC Worldwide
Top pitching tips from the BBC Worldwide vice-president of commissioning.
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FeaturesWhat a Load of Buzzcocks
Create titles and stings that acknowledge the past three title sequences of Never Mind The Buzzcocks
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The Broadcast InterviewNoel Edmonds
The Deal Or No Deal host’s entire television and radio career has been about inviting the public to take part, often in innovative ways. Now he wants to crack digital, he tells Ben Dowell
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FeaturesMedia Hubs
Along the banks of Glasgow’s River Clyde, in an area once dominated by ship-building, is a thriving cultural quarter bustling with digital media, hot-housed innovators and inward investment.
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FeaturesRHS Chelsea Flower Show
Capture the energy and scale of the show’s construction alongside the beauty of the flowers