Features – Page 302
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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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FeaturesGiving kids the best of both worlds
The mash-up idea behind CBBC’s fantasy/sci-fi hybrid came quickly. Honing it took longer – and the Olympics Opening Ceremony proved particularly inspiring, learns Paul Whitelaw
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FeaturesA summer blip in the ratio?
More females appear, but is that due to ‘lighter’ or female-focused stories, asks Lis Howell
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FeaturesWhy MediaCityUK has to be more than ‘TV City’
For Broadcast’s week in Salford, we gathered together the leading players who are looking to MediaCityUK’s future beyond the BBC, with digital high on the agenda.
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Behind The ScenesBaggage, Channel 4
The production team looked shocked when we told them to make the show in Manchester, but it saved us money and was a perfect fit, says C4’s Tom Beck.
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Behind The ScenesLeonardo (series 2), CBBC
Kindle Entertainment’s Lucy Martin and Valerie Ames take Broadcast behind the scenes of action-packed drama series Leonardo.
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The Broadcast InterviewJed Mercurio: taking aim at target culture
The writer of precinct dramas from Cardiac Arrest to Line of Duty talks to Chris Curtis about bureaucracy and box-ticking in the public sector, and why he’s fascinated with work.
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FeaturesDownton back big as ever
ITV1 settles into its autumn schedule with return of drama and X Factor/Strictly ding-dong looming.
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FeaturesBrave move pays off for C4
Do you ever get the feeling you are being followed? Channel 4’s The Audience will freak you out then. C4’s post-Paralympic schedule included unwrapped food, emergencies and a brave entertainment dive into mid-Saturday evenings.
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FeaturesBaking – or rampaging?
ITV1’s The Jury and A Mother’s Son, Sky Atlantic series The British, BBC2’s Great British Bake Off and Channel 5’s Dallas all picked up strong audiences after consolidation.
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FeaturesComedy with dose of reality
At school, my best, least reliable friend was imaginary, so for me, Sky 1’s Moone Boy was more documentary than comedy.
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The Broadcast InterviewDamien Timmer and Michele Buck, Mammoth Screen
Having launched Mammoth when drama was at a low ebb in 2007, the indie’s founders tell Jake Kanter about their global ambitions and why the genre has entered a new golden age.
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FeaturesIn pursuit of great ideas
BBC Academy’s Linda Green asks five of the UK’s best-known creative leaders how they led creative change in their industries
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FeaturesToby’s Travelling Circus, C5
In the midst of tax-break celebrations, Will Strauss visits the set of a stop-frame animation production to see how it’s made and find out what impact the government’s decision will have
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