Features – Page 37
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FeaturesGlastonbury 2024: How the BBC brings the festival to life
BBC execs tell Broadcast how they make coverage of the world’s largest greenfield music festival bigger and better every year
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FeaturesElection 2024: How broadcasters are reaching new audiences online
More than any previous general election, this contest is being fought in the digital space - and broadcasters are seizing the opportunity
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FeaturesRob Wade: Creativity, creativity, creativity
Fox chief exec wants scripted and unscripted worlds to get ‘a bit loose and creative’ and focus less on money
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FeaturesFirst look: Suspect, Channel 4
Second series of the Eagle Eye Drama thriller, produced in association with Happy Duck Films and the Belgian Tax Shelter
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FeaturesTV’s Biggest Lies
A law suit asserts that Baby Reindeer included “the biggest lie in TV history” - here are some of the other whoppers with a claim to that title
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FeaturesHow the rise of the showrunner role is changing British TV
Screen talks to several big-name TV writers about the rise of the ‘showrunner’ role on this side of the Atlantic
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Behind The ScenesThe Fall: Skydive Murder Plot, Channel 4
Series director Guy King on blending drama and documentary to tell the story of a chilling relationship which culminated in an attempted murder
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FeaturesHBO to the Max - Casey Bloys on running Warner’s signature brands
The veteran programming exec talks curation and quality control, his desire for international co-pros and how he’s never turned on a PlayStation
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FeaturesFirst look: Sherwood, BBC1
Selection of images from the second series of James Graham’s six-part crime drama. Produced by House Productions
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Behind The ScenesSix Schizophrenic Brothers, Discovery +
Producer director Lee Phillips on the delicate task of telling the story of an all-American family torn apart by mental illness
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FeaturesTrue crime documentary commissioners put the story first
Execs from A+E Networks, WBD and Sky discuss their approaches to the genre and reveal what kind of stories work best for them
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Behind The ScenesOn Thin Ice: Putin Vs Greenpeace, BBC2
Producer Clare Beavis on telling the story of a 2013 Greenpeace protest against a Russian oil rig that went terrifyingly wrong
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FeaturesCreative Review: Cave dwellers and crash survivors
UK post houses’ best recent work, from recreating the world of the Neanderthals to a superhero comedy and a conflict-avoiding dad
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FeaturesEnd Credits: Daniela Neumann
The Spun Gold TV managing director on dog-walking, Oprah and Javier Bardem
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The Broadcast InterviewAbi Morgan: New York state of mind
The Split writer on how her fascination with the Big Apple and classic US TV informs her new Netflix series Eric, and bringing back The Split
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FeaturesNo joke: comedy in crisis
Top producers and broadcasters come together to discuss the current state of the genre and what can be done to ensure the laughs keep on coming
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The Broadcast InterviewSteven Moffat on Douglas Is Cancelled and theatrical rejection
The Doctor Who and Sherlock scribe discusses the long route to getting his new ITV drama on screen and taking the Tardis out for another spin
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Behind The ScenesCamden, Disney+
Lightbox’s SVP unscripted Suzanne Lavery on persuading a host of iconic musicians to talk about how they were shaped by this tiny part of London
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FeaturesElection reaction: what the next government could do for TV
In the wake of this week’s general election announcement seven TV execs give Broadcast their inital wishlist for a new government
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Behind The ScenesErased, National Geograhic
Executive producers Johanna Woolford Gibbon and Jamilla Dumbuya on a docudrama telling the stories of the people whitewashed out of history