Features – Page 49
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FeaturesPaul Weatherley: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (KEO Films & Walk on Air Films for BBC2)
“It shone a light on a very dark period where communities were ripped apart and it all seemed very normal. An essential watch”
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Behind The ScenesThe Castaways, Paramount+
Exec producer Mike Benson on finding the perfect spot to crash a plane
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Behind The ScenesMog’s Christmas: Festive feline fun from Lupus Films
How 63 artists worked to produce 170,000 animated frames in a distinctive hand-drawn style
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FeaturesJohn Elmes: Koala Man / Colin from Accounts
“Peppered throughout this annus horribilis were some moments of respite in the form of Australian scripted comedy”
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FeaturesTop 10 interviews of 2023
Including Amelia Brown, Russell T Davies, Tanya Shaw, Joe Lycett and Esther Rantzen
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Behind The ScenesTop 10 behind the scenes of 2023
Including The Piano, 007: Road to a Million, The Long Shadow and Go Hard or Go Home
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FeaturesMarian McHugh: Happy Valley, (Lookout Point & BBC Studios for BBC1)
“I have never seen a character quite like Catherine Cawood on TV”
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FeaturesAlice Redman: Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon Prime Video)
“The styling was particularly gorgeous and entirely to blame for me spending most of my paycheck at Free People the month it came out”
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FeaturesYear in Review: scandal, strikes and royal ghosts
From a new monarch to a slew of celebrity scandals + the end of two of TV’s finest dramas, Broadcast looks back at the past 12 months
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FeaturesTom Williams: The Last Of Us, HBO & Sky Atlantic
“They made audiences forget they were actually watching an episode of an apocalyptic zombie series”
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FeaturesHeather Fallon: Dreaming Whilst Black, (Big Deal Films & A24 for BBC3)
“It’s a brutally accurate depiction and one that could so easily fall into despair but instead manages to find humour at every turn”
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FeaturesFleur Feeney: Juice (Various Artists for BBC3)
“I loved the surrealist style, the nods to classic comedy bits, and the slapstick, tactile, physical nature of the whole thing”
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FeaturesMaya Marie: The Bear (FX Productions for Disney+)
“We see the immense pleasure the characters get from producing such carefully curated dishes and we feel it too, without having to taste it”
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FeaturesAnalysis: How PSBs are fighting back against the streamers
Broadcasters are putting their VoD platforms at the centre of commissioning decisions, making use of audience data & tapping into their archives
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FeaturesEnd Credits: Blair Mowat
The freelance composer on Doctor Who, buying a lightsaber and bringing back Blake’s Seven
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FeaturesVirtual production in the spotlight
Experts on virtual production discuss the benefits of the technology, the essential kit needed to get the most out it, and the impact of the recent layoffs at Unreal Engine maker Epic Games
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FeaturesSTV Studios’ David Mortimer: Greenbird, growth and great ambition
The STV managing director discusses the acquisition of Greenbird and his ambition to build the UK’s largest nations and regions group
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FeaturesThe Crown: The royal saga that ruled the airwaves
Left Bank execs reflect on the landmark royal drama, while Netflix UK’s Anne Mensah reveals the potential successors to its throne