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FeaturesInside Track
Tell us about your latest projectA Matter of Loaf and Death, a return to the half-hour animated format for Aardman, in which Wallace and Gromit launch a bakery and become embroiled in a murder-mystery. It premieres in BBC1's Christmas schedule.What was new about it? We shot it all digitally for ...
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FeaturesHow I... designed 600 period costumes
Michele Clapton on training a South African team to make 17th-century outfits in 12 weeks.
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FeaturesMultiplatform commissioning
Inertia has hindered the development of innovative cross-platform projects from UK broadcasters - but the commissioning culture is changing.
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FeaturesProduction: Specialist locations
Countries eager to boost their production sector are offering incentives that UK production companies are finding ever more enticing, writes Ann-Marie Corvin.
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FeaturesInterview: Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux dodges questions on internal BBC politics, muses on the role of the journalist-interviewer and tells Katherine Rushton why these days he's more interested in telling good stories than trying to be funny.
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FeaturesCreative Review - The Barristers
Opening titles created by Vivid Image for a series that reflects the long history of the legal profession while avoiding cliches'.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Wallander
Post-production work complete on the BBC's first series shot on the 4K Red One camera.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Catastrophe
Post-production work completed on a C4 show about natural disasters and how they shaped the earth.
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FeaturesDigital Focus. Sky 1
Good news for anyone who thinks Richard Woolfe's efforts at Sky 1 were not given the credit they deserved - the channel's got its cable audience back, now its spat with Virgin Media is resolved. While it might be a bit late for Woolfe, it's good news for Sky 1.
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FeaturesReevell's Ratings: Entertainment
Further proof this week, if it were needed, that TV is being pushed along by entertainment in all its guises.
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FeaturesEureka!: Apparitions (Lime Pictures for BBC1)
Writer/director Joe Ahearne on reviving the exorcist theme in his demonic drama.
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FeaturesOn location: Survivors
Producer Hugh Warren on the challenge of creating a world without traffic, electricity - or people.
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FeaturesFormat Focus: Hell of a Life
A chat show from Denmark is being billed as the stand-up equivalent of This is Your Life.
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FeaturesBehind the business: Tony Cohen
Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen believes the downturn is a good time to go shopping in the indie production sector.
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FeaturesWeathering the downturn
Q: What financial or business advice can you give to a media company worried about weathering the downturn?
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FeaturesWhat should an indie do to prepare for sale?
Q: I'm a medium sized production company looking to sell a few years down the line. Are there things I should be doing now in preparation?
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FeaturesHow to become a presenter
Q: I am a learning consultant and life coach who has recently completed a TV presenting course as I am keen to move into this area of business. How do the Experts think I can best do this?
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FeaturesHow to pitch without being copied
Q: How do I pitch my ideas without the risk of elements being copied?
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FeaturesWhen do terrestrial rights to my show expire?
Q: If a fully-commissioned programme or series was made for a UK channel C4 or the BBC in the early 1990s, is it likely that they still own the broadcast rights and will own them exclusively in perpetuity or is there a natural period after which the rights revert to ...