Matthew Bell
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Bafta TV Awards: Toasting TV in tough times
Sunday's Bafta TV Awards will be a chance to celebrate the best in British broadcasting. Past winners talk to Matthew Bell about the challenges facing their genres in the current climate.
FeaturesThe 39 Steps
TX: BBC1’s The 39 Steps follows in the wake of Hitchcock’s classic film. Matthew Bell travelled to Scotland to see how cast and crew interpreted Buchan’s thriller for a new generation.
FeaturesThe Devil's Whore
TX: Forget bonnets and ballrooms, Peter Flannery’s Civil War drama is a highly political piece about a turning point in British history.
NewsPeter Flannery on...
Peter Flannery, the acclaimed writer of Our Friends in the North, talks to Broadcast about his thoughts on TV drama and mixing fact with fiction ahead of his lavish civil war drama for Channel 4, The Devil's Whore.
FeaturesHarley Street
TX: ITV is taking the plunge back into medical drama, this time with a glossy, upmarket twist. What’s more, the broadcaster is also taking a risk on some new writing talent.
FeaturesTX: The Old Curiosity Shop
Carnival Films’ new drama The Old Curiosity Shop examines the theme of addiction.
FeaturesPoliakoff on the BBC
With back-to-back drama of this calibre from Stephen Poliakoff, who says the BBC is dumbing down?
FeaturesA Room with a View
IWC Media and Andrew Davies’ fresh take on EM Forster risks the ire of Merchant Ivory fans.
NewsTX - Monster mayhem
Costing£1m an episode, ITV's latest Saturday drama is an ambitious mix of fantasy and emotion.
FeaturesA tale for our times
Five Daysis an intense crime drama for BBC1 takes US shows such as Murder Oneas its inspiration.