Swiped: Boldprint Studios delivers a lesson in life without technology

Producers Naomi Gayler and Leah Green discuss the results of their social experiment and the challenges of working with a group of young people

Emperor: The Rise & Fall of a Dynasty, Channel 5

Producer Bob Marsden reveals how October Films used AI and comic strips to bring the debauchery, violence and excess of ancient Rome back to life

Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors, ITV1

Executive producer Kerene Barefield discusses working with the Queen and an all-female crew on ITV’s domestic abuse doc

Back From The Dead: Who Kidnapped Me? U&W

Series director and producer Susanna Herbert on bringing a true crime story that’s stranger than fiction to life

Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, ITV1

Series director Leo Burley on working with the prince and not wanting to make a ‘traditional royal documentary’

Will You Marry Me?, E4

Button Down managing director Louis Bamber on how cover stories helped Lovestruck Brits stage lavish marriage proposals

So Long, Marianne, ITVX

Benji Wilson discovers the challenges of filming on the Greek island of Hydra

Outrageous: Rivalry and rebellion in the upper class

UKTV & BritBox International’s story of the Mitford sisters aims to transcend its mid-20th century setting to appeal to a modern, global audience

Joan, ITV1

The creative team at Snowed In Productions reveals how it balanced budgets to make ITV1’s jewel thief drama sparkle

Small Town Big Riot, BBC3

Mobeen Azhar tells Manori Ravindran how BBC3’s race-riot doc reveals ‘racism repackaged for the internet age’

Behind the Scenes: Nightsleeper, BBC1

Euston Films’ managing director Kate Harwood on why its runaway train thriller was an easy pitch but a hard production

Behind the scenes on The Teacher II

Director Dominic Leclerc on how turning The Teacher into an anthology series with a broader canvas

ALT Jay: behind the scenes of Together TV’s disability doc

Director Stefan Pollak explains how the social change broadcaster’s short film fund helped him uncover a story of twin brothers and an inclusive gym

Brian May: The Badgers, The Farmers and Me, BBC2

Athena Films co-founder Claudia Riccio on a film that defied the odds to get made

Behind the Scenes: Gladiators, Sky Nature

Series producer Alex Hemingway on unlocking the killer secrets and ingenious tactics of nature’s toughest fighters

UKTV’s U&Dave moves into mainstream with Battle in the Box

Jamie Ormerod, Tom Corrigan and Mark Iddon on how U&Dave’s new challenge format is helping the channel think outside the box

The inside track on Supacell - Netflix’s superhero story with a twist

Director Sebastian Thiel and producer Sheila Nortley on setting the superhero drama in south London and giving opportunities to diverse creatives

Six 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

Camden, 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

Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara O’Briain, Channel 5

Series producer Ewen Thomson on what we do and don’t know about the pyramids, and the challenges of getting a closer look

The Fortune Hotel, ITV1

Series editor Ben Wilson explains the evolution of a double-crossing reality format from Cold War-style espionage to Carribean luxury

Crime meets horror in Alibi’s The Red King

Director & exec producer of the Quay Street’s six-parter on embracing the constraints of a small budget and creating their own religious cult

Pompeii: The New Dig, BBC 2

Exec producer Richard Bradley digs into an on-camera excavation which yielded surprising results

The Assembly, BBC One

Michelle Singer, executive producer, explains what went into unlocking the potential brilliance of a neurodivergent chat show format

Barbie Uncovered, Sky Documentaries

Executive producer Ross Wilson on diving into the true story behind the world’s most famous doll

The Real Serpent, Channel 4

David Howard, creative director of Monster Films, on the challenges of gaining access to a suspected serial killer

Queens, Disney+

Showrunner Chloe Sarosh on pulling together a female-led team to capture animal societies where females rule the roost

Things You Should Have Done, BBC3

Lucia Keskin shot to fame on YouTube parodying sitcoms - Robin Parker finds out how the 23-year-old came to be running one of her own

Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales), S4C

Executive producer Emyr Afan on the increasing the profile of singing contest Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales) with a staging revamp

High: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust, BBC3

Director Alex Irvine Cox explains how he and his team stretched their budget to tell a dramatic story set in an exotic location

Deep Dive Australia, Sky Nature

Presenter Lizzie Daly on getting breathtakingly close to the wildlife of some of Australia’s most remote locations

Andes Plane Crash, Channel 5

Director Oliver Price on dodging French kite skiers to recreate the remote Andes mountains

The Secret Life of the Safari Park, Channel 4

Executive producer Alex Sutherland on the challenges of filming animals who are free to roam on a budget that isn’t

Bariau, S4C

Producer Alaw Llewelyn Roberts explains why she chose to build a prison from scratch

Top 10 behind the scenes of 2023

Including The Piano, 007: Road to a Million, The Long Shadow and Go Hard or Go Home

Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra, BBC2

Director Stephen Bennett on rising to the challenge of telling the story of the little blue pill

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived - how closeness gave the film breath

Creatives behind the HBO/Sky single discuss the personal bonds which made the doc possible and using it as a platform for industry exposure

Mixmups, Channel 5

Creator, writer and exec producer Rebecca Atkinson explains how she mixed play and representation to create a magical new world for kids

Britain’s Human Zoos, Channel 4

Exec producer and co-director Paul Berczeller on the challenge of uncovering a forgotten and painful history

Licence to thrill: the inside story of 007 Road to a Million

How 72 Films’ globe-trotting adventure format for Amazon Prime Video makes the most of Bond

Ukraine’s Stolen Children, ITV1

Producer director Shahida Tulaganova explains the very real dangers of telling a shocking story from the war in Ukraine

Behind the Scenes: Zorro rides again

Amazon is reviving the ‘timeless Mexican superhero story’ with a new focus on strong female characters

Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story/Puppet Asylum, Sky Documentaries

Producer Daisy Allsop explains how the combination of a documentary and a short film helped a man with Down Syndrome tell his own story

Our Sea Forest, BBC1

Producer director Sarah Cunliffe on braving the elements to film the underwater worlds off the UK coast

The Man Who Stole The Scream, Sky Documentaries

Producer Clare Beavis on the chaotic ups and downs of getting access to Norway’s most notorious and audacious art thief

Say Yes To The Dress with Tan France, Really

Executive producer Richard Osborne on creating the perfect setting to revive an old favourite for the modern bride

Mother Undercover, Disney +

Executive producer Thomas Viner on telling true crime stories of women turned detective to save or seek justice for their children

Fifteen-Love: power games on Centre Court

Handling the themes of abuse and consent with sensitivity was key for the team behind the Amazon tennis drama

Shark Eat Shark, National Geographic

Big Wave Productions’ director of natural history Emma Ross on proving that sharks off the coast of South Africa are eating each other

Jon Snow: A Witness to History, Channel 4

Director Johnny Burke on the thrill of filming your hero - and the challenge of covering a 50-year career in 60 minutes

Katie Piper’s Jailhouse Mums, W

Series producer Kate South explains how her team unlocked the stories of Americas mothers behind bars

The complex journey to air Blackadder's pilot episode

Executive producer Tom Edwards explains the challenges of bringing the 40-year-old pilot of a beloved show to TV for the first time

Frankie Dettori: An Ascot Legacy, Sky Sports Racing

Little Dot Sport creative producer Will O’Sullivan on how to make the most of limited time with a documentary star

My Husband the MMA Fighter, BBC1

Director Christine Johnston explains the challenges of directing and producing her first documentary film

A Paedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad, Channel 4

Producer-director Sophie Oliver on how she navigated complex duty of care needs to tell a difficult story

Ten Pound Poms, BBC1

Executive producers Danny Brocklehurst and Joel Wilson on making a drama series with ‘dirt under its fingernails’

Eurovision Song Contest Postcards, BBC1

Series producer Tom Cook reveals how his team put together the Eurovision VTs showcasing the different countries involved

Behind the scenes on Kids, Channel 4

Producer-director Paddy Wivell explains how the power of obs docs help contributors tell previously unheard stories

The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld, BBC2

Director Michael Waldman on the quirks of capturing the lavish life of one of fashion’s most eccentric stars

Scared of the Dark: shining a light on the social experiment

Creators of Channel 4 series on creating a reality show in total darkness

Lyra, Channel 4

Director Alison Millar explains the heart-wrenching task of allowing her friend, the murdered journalist Lyra McKee, to tell her own story

Chasing the Rains, Sky Nature

Producer Faith Musembi on getting close to animal families during a severe drought

Fred’s Last Resort, E4

David Harrison, executive and joint creative director, Betty TV, on why his reality show relied on finding exactly the right hotel

Murder in the Pacific, BBC2

Director Chloe Campbell explains how she directed a documentary about the bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior

Tempting Fortune: Adventure with a tempting twist

Voltage TV format, sold by Cineflix Rights, sends contestants on a trek across South Africa to win £300k – if they can keep their desires in check

Go Hard or Go Home, BBC3

Executive producer Michael Fraser explains how the tropical island-set fitness format came to be

How Channel 4’s The Piano breaks the rules of competition shows

Richard McKerrow reveals how the twist at the heart of his latest show turned the genre on its head

How His Dark Materials is opening up new worlds

Bad Wolf has spent the past six years working on its adaptation for BBC1, but the show’s impact on the TV industry will last much longer

Lockwood & Co., Netflix

Casting director Kharmel Cochrane on the quest to find the right young stars for the adaptation of a much-loved novel

The Territory, Disney +

Producer Lizzie Gillett on the bespoke finance strategy and collaborative approach to the award-winning documentary about land theft in the Amazon

Dance Monsters, Netflix

Sarah Tyekiff, head of unscripted and executive producer, explains how a talent show featuring dancers digitally disguised as monsters came to be

Deep Fake Neighbour Wars: Faking it for laughs

Tiger Aspect’s Deep Fake Neighbour Wars uses state-of-the-art technology to show ‘celebrities’ feuding with each other over the garden fence

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive, Sky Arts

Director Seb Barfield on capturing the chaos and comedy of Spike Milligan in an archival documentary

Live at the Moth Club, Dave & UKTV Play

Director Rupert Majendie on bringing live ensemble comedy to UK television screens

Written in The Stars, Discovery+

Creative director Rosie Bray on whether relationships (and TV shows) can ever be left up to fate

Ghosts (US), BBC3

Joe Port explains how he and writing partner Joe Wiseman approached moving a show about British history across the Atlantic

Olga da Polga, CBeebies

Executive producer Jackie Savery explains how to bring out the comedic talents of guinea pig

Ancient Apocalypse, Netflix

Executive producer Bruce Kennedy on attempting to capture a seamless storyflow despite continual Covid challenges

Gogglebocs Cymru, S4C

Executive producer Sioned Wyn on the challenges of bringing a beloved reality format to a Welsh language audience

Louis Theroux Interviews, BBC iPlayer

Executive producer Arron Fellows on creating a fresh approach to interviews, while capturing every moment

TS Eliot: Into The Waste Land, BBC2

Director Susanna White on unbuttoning the legacy of a notoriously private poet through film

Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch, BBC1

Executive producer Jamie Balment on casting and co-ordinating a show at the mercy of the elements

Reginald The Vampire: Comedy with bite

How the Syfy series is subverting the comedy horror genre by sinking its teeth into issues such as race, sexuality and body positivity

Our Boarding School, CBBC

Executive producer Richard Marson talks about building trust with subjects

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Channel 4

Executive producer James Stevenson Bretton on turning six-minute YouTube videos into half-hour sitcom episodes

One Day in Ukraine, BBC1

Writer and director Volodymyr Tykhyy on the process of capturing a the realities of life on single day in Ukraine during the Russian invasion

Ninja Warrior UK: Race For Glory, ITV

Executive producer Michael Kelpie on attempting to return with a bigger, better, and stronger show than ever before

Bad Sisters, AppleTV+

Executive producer Faye Dorn on the making of Merman’s dark comedy thriller

Britain’s Secret War Babies, Channel 4

Exec producer Emily Shields on documenting history and helping contributors search for their US relatives to better understand their black heritage

Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me, BBC1

Producer Fozia Nasir on the challenge of finding terrified LGBT+ athletes to talk on camera, even if their identity was concealed

Dine Hard, All 4

Executive producer Stu Richards on the challenges behind producing Rockerdale Studios’ digital-first format

Queen of Trucks, BBC3

Small indie founder Anton Inwood shares the journey to his first commission, an ob doc about an HGV driving school

Behind The Scenes: Murder in the Alps, Channel 4

Series producer and director Catey Sexton on shaping a true crime story with no official police narrative to follow

Scouting for Girls: Fashion’s Darkest Secret, Sky Documentaries

Rebecca Templar and Jacqueline Edenbrow on balancing stories of abuse from the past with a present day journey towards justice

Behind the Scenes: Dead End: Paranormal Park, Netflix

Hamish Steele shares his pride in featuring a fat, gay, trans, Jewish teen lead in Blink industries’ animated, kids comedy-horror series

What Killed The Whale?, Channel 4

Rosy Marshall-McCrae on STVS’ doc about a stranded whale, an animal autopsy and an environmental crime scene

Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen, BBC1

Exec producer Julia Harrington reveals how BBCS told the Queen’s story using her own words and home movies

One Bullet in Belize, Discovery+

Producer director Sarah Hunt battles death threats and misinformation in Central America

Corpse Talk, YouTube

Executive producer Tom Beattie on making an animated chat show for dead historical people

Brickies, BBC3

Executive producer Louis Bamber on how contributors’ willingness to share their issues took the show up a level

The Spy Who Died Twice, Channel 4

Director Keely Winstone explains how her documentary on a scandal with striking parallels to the politics of today finally made it to the screen

Born Deaf Raised Hearing, BBC1

Director/producer Toby Cameron tracks Jonny Cotsen’s journey to discover whether he can be part of both deaf and hearing worlds

Life After Life, BBC2

Producer Kate Ogborn on the complexities of shooting scenes set across five decades

Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach, BBC2

Line producer Lindsay Davies on making a special film on colourism

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough, BBC1

Executive producer Helen Thomas on having to keep tight-lipped over a spectacular discovery

Romeo and Duet, ITV

A speedy greenlight meant that financing our shiny floor format was our biggest hurdle, says Goat Films’ Mel Crawford

Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, Channel 4

A personal promise was at the heart of this intimate doc says executive producer Ollie Durrant

Behind the Scenes: Trust No One, Netflix

Director Luke Sewell explains why a man wearing a fox mask didn’t feel out of place in this cryptocurrency-conspiracy doc

Rescue: Extreme Medics, C4

Documenting real-life remote critical care was as extraordinary and dramatic as we hoped, says executive producer Iain Scollay

The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge, More 4

Bringing this tiny world to life has been no small feat, but the result is one of which I couldn’t be prouder, says Sarah Stevenson

Then Barbara Met Alan, BBC2 / Netflix

Producer Bryony Arnold on assembling the largest collective of disabled talent on any UK TV show

The Three Drinkers in Ireland, Amazon

Booze co-founders Aidy Smith and Helena Nicklin on overcoming multiple challenges for their exploration of the burgeoning drinks trade

The Ipcress File: giving the spy classic a modern spin

Exec producer Will Clarke & director James Watkins on retaining the feel of the 1960s film while giving their ITV adaptation a modern sensibility

We Are Black and British, BBC2

Exec Narinder Minhas on how appointing a production team with different opinions and backgrounds was key

Starstruck, ITV

Cat Lawson rises to the challenge of producing a feelgood show for Saturday night

Chloe, BBC1

Sourcing local Bristol talent and minimising travel helped get our series produced through the pandemic says exec producer Tally Garner

Exploring the complexities of sex and disability

Wildflame’s Jacqueline Lee tackles taboo topics for S4C

Getting to the bottom of Why Ships Crash

Alessandra Bonomolo and Tom Cook on the story of the 2021 Suez Canal blockage which led to a global emergency

The Greatest Snowman: Working in a winter wonderland

South Shore had to conquer a logistical mountain to get five celebrities to the Austrian Alps to see who could build the best snowman

The Weakest Link, BBC1

Bringing a fresh feel to a much loved format was at the foremost of our minds says executive producer Pete Ogden

Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family And Autism, BBC1

Raw’s Dilys McCaffrey on how her autism helped her connect with contributors

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act, BBC2

How a breakfast TV interview changed this documentary from a ‘making of’ film to a WTF film

GamesMaster: Rewriting the code for TV gaming

How the producers of the C4 reboot kept the original’s DNA while updating the format for gamers raised on esports and Twitch

Al Murray: Why Do the Brits Win Every War?

Avalon’s Sky History show takes a humorous look at Britain’s involvement in historical conflicts

Behind the Scenes: Britain’s Hidden Homeless Kids, C4

Our Dispatches doc on childhood poverty could have been the impossible commission but a simple email changed everything, says Jezza Neumann

Catching a Predator, BBC iPlayer

We wanted to make a film that was about the people who brought Reynhard Sinaga to justice, says director Liza Williams

Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Making a blue-chip natural history series during Covid could have swept our production away but experienced and ingenuity got us through

Myleene Klass: Miscarriage & Me

Our one-off doc for W is a raw but sensitive examination of an experience many refuse to address, says Lucy Rogers

My journey Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers while pregnant

Expectation supported my director’s vision for investigative doc throughout my pregnancy & as I learned the ropes as a new mum, says Niamh Kennedy

Getting The Emily Atack Show back on stage

Shooting for the second run of ITV2’s sketch series from Monkey Kingdom ended as we’d hoped – in a room full of laughing comedy fans, says Avril Spary

28Up: the quiet power of BBC1’s doc series

We wondered whether to make the latest instalment of the feted generational doc series during Covid, but we’re glad we did, says Melanie Archer

Playing The Mating Game on BBC1

Capturing the antics of horny humpbacks and amorous arachnids relied on expert crew, says Silverback’s Jeff Wilson

Telling the tale of The Bambers for Sky Crime

Revealing the complex, tragic and compelling family story underpinning the infamous crime case was key to our doc series, says director Lottie Gammon

Making a Human Pinball machine for Red Bull

Constructing and filming a human pinball structure was terrifying at times but impossible to resist, says Mike Christie

Sixteen: Class of 2021, Channel 4

The second wave of Covid completely changed the nature of our doc series says producer Farah Qayum

Peataí! / Pet Nation, BBC Northern Ireland, RTÉ

The unlikely combination of Covid protocols & problematic pets made our pop-up event clinic a joy & a challenge, says Muireann McGinty

Tonight With Target: black culture takes centre stage

BBC3 music format aims to reinvigorate the genre by putting a new generation of black British artists in the spotlight

Deceit: Police procedure in the dock

Story Films hands a fresh perspective to C4’s drama exploring the notorious Rachel Nickell investigation

Reclaiming Amy: changing the narrative

The late great singer’s story had never been told by the people closest to her – until now, says Marina Parker

Hunkering down for Apocalypse Wow

Putting talent in cohorts and and dropping the ‘baying horde’ were key to getting our wild ITV2 entertainment series to air, says Ben Wilson

Rogue Tiger Shark – The Hunt for Lagertha

Covid-19 forced us to totally rethink how we made our Discovery+ doc about a tiger shark attack in the Pacific, says Martin Cass

Welcoming Michael Ball to Wonderful Wales

Singer’s exploration of his mother’s homeland was also his first time presenting an ob-doc, says Carrie Smith

Together: Love in the time of Covid

Shot in just 10 days, with a cast of three and a single location, BBC2’s lockdown drama aired just four months after being greenlit

Meerkat Manor Rise of the Dynasty, BBC America

We wanted to make our wildlife series a bingeworthy boxset, says executive producer Caroline Hawkins

Anne Boleyn: Bringing history up to date

Channel 5’s ambitious new original drama aims to reset the narrative around Henry VIII’s second wife

The Supervet - Saving My Dog, Channel 4

Recording how Noel Fitzpatrick’s life was turned upside down was an emotional rollercoaster says exec producer Alex Sutherland

Plot twist: making The Pact

The pandemic placed production of our BBC drama in peril but strange new ways of working saw us through, says Pete McTighe

How we put Domina on trial

The coronavirus cut our Sky swords ‘n’ sandals drama by two episodes and forced us into re-writes for an unexpected courtroom drama, says Simon Burke

Tackling the menopause with Davina

Finestripe set out to smash taboos on C4 single and was helped along by a host willing to open up, says director/producer Linda Sands

Pip and Posy, C5/Sky Kids

Producer Vici King on why bringing the popular children’s tales to screen was like making vodka

BBC1 Ian Wright doc: telling Home Truths on and off-screen

Ensuring a diverse crew was crucial to spotlighting the football star’s childhood experiences, says producer Charlene Chika Osuagwu

Secrets of the Whales: the art of goosebump TV

Filming whale culture in every ocean on earth, but you still have to fight to keep the emotion going on-screen, Brian Armstrong argues

The Beast Must Die: Revenge is sweet

The team behind BritBox’s original drama on how colour-blind casting & a gender switch bring a different dimension to their novel adaptation

The extraordinary story behind Saved By A Stranger

Justine Kershaw reveals how a near-fatal accident inspired Blink’s new BBC2 series about strangers connected through trauma

Breaking the social silence around pregnancy for C4

Wonderhood Studios’ doc series Baby Surgeons challenged us to film sensitively and carefully, says James W Newton

How the ‘woman of Cremona’ revealed Big Light’s Leonardo

Telling the story of the great Renaissance painter came together when we discovered his possible ‘muse’, says Frank Spotnitz

Romeo & Juliet, Sky Arts

Collaborating with the National Theatre was a rewarding experience says producer David Sabel

Covering the trial of Derek Chauvin

A herculean effort was undertaken to get George Floyd’s accused murderer’s trial on screen, says exec Scott Tufts. Words: Emma Bullimore

Unlocking the Secrets of the Supercars

The pandemic posed unimagined problems for our behind-the-scenes look at the supercar world for Dave, but a belt and braces approach got us over the finish line, says Jonney Steven

The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime, BBC2

Building trust with officers was key to recording some extraordinary moments, says series producer Louise Malkinson

Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death, C4

We wanted to celebrate the TV presenter’s life, but she deserved more from our industry says director Charlie Russell

Lost Boy: The Killing of James Bulger, C5

Exec Andy Dunn on why trust was key for the two-parter revisiting a shocking death

Reliving the sinister crimes of a serial killer

The Yorkshire Ripper’s New Victims producer Heenan Bhatti on recording the emotional stories on those who survived at the hands of Peter Sutcliffe

Bloods: Mining a fresh vein of comedy

Samson Kayo, Nathan Bryon and Ash Atalla explain how a sliding-doors moment led to the two young talents being entrusted with a major sitcom

Bringing the Age of Samurai to life

Our Canadian Netflix original drama relied on great actors, production magic and animated battle maps, says Stephen Scott

Jools in lockdown: keeping the music playing

The length of the great man’s grand piano helped Alison Howe’s team produce the 56th series of Later with… Jools Holland during the pandemic

Discovering the true Jodi Arias during Covid

We gained access to the people closest to convicted US killer Jodi Arias as the world locked down, says Lucie Ridout

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable – creating comedy in lockdown

We’d nearly finished filming our panel show when production stopped, but we adapted, says Dom Wells-Martin

Richard Hammond on The Great Escapists

Our ambitious attempt to reinvent pop-science for Amazon involved 13 shipping containers, a desert island and massive builds, says presenter

Why 13 could be lucky for Dancing on Ice

Every eventuality has been considered and contingency plan plotted for 13th series of ITV’s ice-skating competition, says Clodagh O’Donoghue

The ‘pawsome’ challenge of Pooch Perfect

Covid-19 played havoc with the planning of our BBC1 dog grooming competition series but it might have also made it better, says Damon Pattison

Bringing order to Pandemonium

Mucking in and keeping crew and cast safe were key to our Covid-themed comedy for BBC1, says Tom Jordan

Unmasking the Singer again

Face-covering jokes aside, it took a Herculean effort to get the The Masked Singer’s second run on screen, says exec Derek McLean

Top 10 Behind The Scenes of 2020

Director Lenny Abrahamson and executive producer Ed Guiney reveal their experiences pulling together BBC3’s romantic drama

How Roald & Beatrix saved Christmas

How Sky’s festive drama battled bad weather and the pandemic to make it to air in time for Christmas

The Surgeon’s Cut: capturing life and death situations

We scoured the planet to find the surgeons whose pioneering and lifesaving work is at the centre of our Netflix doc series, says James van der Pool

Risking it all for C4’s Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon

Our quest to document ancient rock art brought us face to face with Colombia’s most wanted man, says Paul King

Exploring the World According to Grandpa

Creating a relaxed atmosphere for child actors in a Covid-19 world was no easy task, says exec producer Caroline Cherry-Roberts

DIY: SOS’s most challenging build

Pulling off major constructions for television is tough at the best of times, so imagine that during a pandemic, says Hamish Summers

Surviving the Stone Age with Channel 4’s explorers

There was genuine jeopardy as our anthropological experiment pushed our ‘Stone Age’ cast to the limit, says Natalie Wilkinson

Being Frank, BBC2

Showing the truth about disability, leaky colostomy bags and all, is at the heart of Curious doc about the BBC security correspondent

How Spirit Studios revealed The Whole Truth

We braced for a social media reaction to our Channel 4 music-meets-mental health special, but only found positivity, says Matt Campion

American Nightmare: the two-week shoot that lasted six months

Covid-19 hit when I was filming our Channel 4 child poverty doc in US - but we decided to see it through, says Jezza Neumann

Animation in lockdown: a new pace for stop motion

Every rule our animators use went out the window to create the second series of CBBC’s Scream Street, says Phil Chalk

Addressing miscarriage on screen: a sensitive task

Producer and director Janice Sutherland, explains her C5 film about a topic no-one could bring themselves to talk about

Producing Inside the Tower of London from a distance

We had to remotely teach Beefeaters to become professional filmmakers to complete our C5 series during lockdown, says Sarah Sarkhel

Creating the legacy Teddy Pendergrass deserves

Our BBC2 documentary about the late soul singer was tough to finance but spotlights his life and talent perfectly, says Olivia Lichtenstein

How BBC2’s Mountain Vets avoided Covid-19

We thought shooting the second series had been a challenge - then Covid turned up during the edit, says Edward Hart

Capturing C5’s Suspect No 1

Our police ob-doc series reveals the true nature of detectives’ work, says Dollan Cannell

Our time filming London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year

This ITV ob-doc portrays a surprising and heart-warming picture of life in pandemic-struck Britain, says Barnaby Peel

In Cold Blood: exposing a scandal

Our ITV feature-doc exposes one of the most shocking and underreported stories in the UK’s history, says Marcus Plowright

Top Gear: back behind the wheel

The motoring format got a best-of-British makeover after lockdown threatened its BBC1 debut

The Third Day: Making a Sky original on a small Essex island

Predicting the tides was just one of the challenges faced by producer Adrian Sturges and his team

A madcap dash through Europe making David Nicholls' Us

Our city-hopping drama production shoot had its own problems – and then Covid hit, says Hannah Pescod

Des: our story of the serial killer

Keeping the hand of producer and director out of our shoot was key to unlocking the story of this true-crime drama

Lodgers for Codgers: bringing the generations together

We combined flatmate speed-dating with intergenerational mixing to create our funny and emotional series, says Maia Liddell

Our Yorkshire Farm special: self-filmed in lockdown

A wholehearted effort from the Owen family created the footage for our lockdown episode, says Kate Fraser

Cooking up a lockdown barbecue treat for Food Network

Covid-19 forced Blink Films to grill every decision when making Tom Kerridge Barbecues, says Simon Arnold

Building HGTV’s Weekend Workshop in lockdown

With productions halted and staff fighting effects of the virus, our DIY series for HGTV was a lifesaver, says Richard Osborne

How Dragonfly filmed frontline paramedics during the pandemic

Safely and successfully following NHS workers during lockdown for Channel 4 impacted us all, says Peter Wallis-Tayler

How Rachel Khoo made a coronavirus era cooking show

Creating a Food Network series while self-isolating in a remote Swedish village was a unique experience, says celebrity chef Rachel Khoo

Telling Trump’s tale through tweets for BBC3

Communicating ‘The Donald’s’ revolutionary method of speaking to the electorate was made all the harder by lockdown, says director Emeka Onono

Behind the scenes at The School that Tried to End Racism

Our ob-doc mini-series about unconscious racial bias in children helped out production team understand more about themselves, says David DeHaney

Nikki Lilly Bakes: truly a family affair

Our teenage baking star’s parents became vital members of our production, says Sarah Murch

Bringing Tutankhamun to life in colour

We gathered the material for our colourised history doc just in time, says Paul Bradshaw

The Salisbury Poisonings: ‘an exploration of collateral damage’

Dancing Ledge MD Chris Carey tells Desiree Ibekwe about telling human stories behind the headlines - and his mission to nurture new writers

A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes, C5

Series director Anna Thomson reveals the Herculean task of exploring Ancient and modern Greece amid a pandemic

Crackit goes to A&E After Dark for C5

Our doc series spotlights the fantastic work of NHS staff and the threats of violence and abuse they endure during nightshifts, says Jon Connerty

The Real Housewives of Cheshire: staging a virtual reunion

Lockdown did not temper the extravagant behaviour of the leads of our ITV Be reality soap, says David Granger

Making History 101 for Netflix

Our challenge was to expand the ‘explainer video’ format into an innovative and accessible major international SVoD series, says Bruce Kennedy

What’s the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC2

Our scientific investigation into Bipolar became a personal journey into the comedian and actor’s mental health history, says Clare Richards

Arranging Netflix’s Big Flower Fight

MultiStory Media ran with SVoD’s ambition to create a horticulture competition series of scale and whimsy

Walking with Elephants, Channel 4

Levison Wood’s latest journey into the African Savannah was dangerous and full of uncertainty, but that was the point, says Alexis Girardet

Police: Hour of Duty, Channel 5

Filming police stories across a single hour poses challenges our crew had never faced before, says Tom Clarke

The extraordinary story behind Normal People

Director Lenny Abrahamson and executive producer Ed Guiney reveal their experiences pulling together BBC3’s romantic drama to Desiree Ibekwe

​What’s It Like to Catch Coronavirus?, Channel 4

YouTube-style tutorials in self-shooting helped bring out the personal stories of sufferers - including our presenter, say Nick Godwin and James Routh

Life and Birth: how Dragonfly created BBC1’s childbirth doc

Known for a popular fixed rig childbirth series, our latest take on the format had to deliver fresh insights, says Dragonfly’s Tom Currie

Devs: the making of BBC2’s FX drama

We dodged the coronavirus lockdown, but producing our sci-fi drama still posed several challenges, says Allon Reich

Quiz: uncovering the drama behind a TV scandal

The news told one version of the ‘coughing major’ TV scandal but James Graham wanted to reveal a different story, he tells Jesse Whittock

The Snow Spider, CBBC/BBC Wales

‘We wanted our adaptation to do justice to the original trilogy, so we made a conscious effort to give it a Welsh voice and sense of wonderment’

On The Edge, Channel 4

Back for its second series, C4’s strand provides an opportunity for new writers and directors from all walks of life, says Ben Bickerton

New Scotland Yard Files, CBS Reality

Our journey through some of Britain’s most intriguing murder investigations had to be gripping, unique and entertaining, says Sarah-Jane Cohen

The Heat is On: Sport Relief, BBC1

From one extreme to another

Ready Steady Cook, BBC1

Cooking on a budget with limited time is as relevant as ever, says Cat Lawson

What Harry Redknapp did last summer

Behind the scenes on Harry Redknapp’s Sandbanks Summer

Rescued, National Geographic: Real drama caught on camera

We have found a completely new way to approach the survival genre, says Lucie Ridout

How we shed light on the nocturnal world

From orcas to ocelots, advances in camera technology allowed us to capture the night-time habits of some elusive animals, says Bill Markham

Bringing home the horrors of the Holocaust

Colourising Nazi atrocities was a decision not made lightly, but we have a duty to keep the story in the present say the producers of this More 4 film

Don’t Scream, BBC3

Creating fear and fun was the name of the game for our BBC3 reality show, says Simon Knight

Crazy Delicious: cooking up a tasty new format

Experts from the worlds of entertainment, food and competition shows have created a cross-genre series that channels Willy Wonka, says Nicola Pointer

Catching a Killer: A Diary From the Grave, C4

Our clandestine investigation into the murder of two elderly people was an emotional experience, says Jess Stevenson

This Is Our Family, Sky Atlantic

Little Gem takes the long view on family life

The Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets, Channel 4

Getting under the skin of history

Top 10 Behind The Scenes of 2019

Shooting in VR for Your Home Made Perfect; working for Netflix on After Life and Top Boy; and capturing the truth of Aleppo in For Sama

Chris Packham: Plant a Tree to Save the World, Channel 5

Pulling together a celebrity event for climate change in just five weeks was a worthwhile challenge, says Andy Dunn

My Grandparents’ War, Channel 4

Exploring a shared war history

The War Of The Worlds, BBC1

Sci-fi classic returns to its roots

The Cockfields, Gold

Why shooting during the wettest June on record brought some unexpected benefits, says executive producer Lucy Lumsden

Canal Boat Diaries, BBC4

To get down and dirty with life on a barge, Robbie Cumming filmed and edited practically all of his series onboard via his iPhone

47 Summits: Huw Jack Brassington’s Challenge, S4C

How a storm threw our plans into chaos and quickly turned into the most challenging shoot of my life, says Huw Erddyn

Guilt, BBC Scotland/BBC2

Putting BBC Scotland on the map for drama

Who Are You Calling Fat?, BBC2

Filming a revealing doc series about the concept of ‘fat’ will change perceptions and inform national debate, says Sara Ramsden

Britain’s Biggest Warship: Goes To Sea, BBC2/Smithsonian Channel

Setting sail with the Royal Navy

Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall, ITV

Getting to know the future king

Zomboat!, ITV2/Hulu

How I became a zombie killer

China’s Greatest Treasures, BBC World News/CCTV

With unprecedented access to China’s museums and artefacts, our co-production taught us that the right local partners are key to pulling off a challenging shoot, says Charlotte Jones

The Feed, Virgin Media/Amazon

Building a brave new world

Top Boy, Netflix

Bringing back his gritty drama, writer Ronan Bennett wanted to show the reality of life in a corner of London without glamourising it

Born To Be Wild, BBC2/BBC Scotland

Providing a fresh perspective on British wildlife

Hairy Bikers Route 66, BBC2

As the Hairy Bikers rode the iconic highway, we wanted to film unexpected moments rather than an endless stream of diners, says producer Dick Sharman

The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance, Netflix

Puppet show for the 21st century

Diagnosis, Netflix

Turning a famous New York Times column into a doc series for Netflix was an enormous but worthwhile challenge, says Alex Braverman

The Rap Game, BBC3

Executive producer Tom O’Brien reveals the challenge of translating a grassroots ‘music-first’ world into formatted TV

Sacred Wonders, BBC1

Exploring faith across the globe

Behind the Scenes: taking The Chef’s Brigade around the world

Following celebrity chef Jason Atherton into Michelin-starred kitchens for our food-meets-travelogue show was hot work, says Dominique Foster

Revolutions: The Stories of Six Remarkable Inventions, BBC4

When imagination takes flight

The Left Behind, BBC3/BBC1

How real life shaped our gig economy drama

The Last Czars, Netflix

Making a drama doc fit for a king

The Secrets Of Coca-Cola: The Billion Dollar Beverage, Channel 5

Lifting the lid on Coke’s secret formula

Beecham House, ITV

Emma Cox meets writer/director Gurinder Chadha and finds out about the joys and trials of shooting in India

The 1900 Island, BBC1 Wales/BBC2

Turning back the clock to a simpler time

Good Omens, BBC/Amazon

Staying true to the original vision of the book was key to creating our co-production, says Douglas Mackinnon

The Murder of Charlene Downes, Channel 5

Investigating a 15-year investigation into a teen girl’s disappearance forced us to embrace complex working practices, says Yonni Usiskin

Summer Of Rockets, BBC2

Taking Britain back to the Cold War

Sex on the Couch, BBC3

Watching couples’ sex therapy sessions was a real privilege and a production challenge, says Caroline Short

Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars, Channel 4

Tough love for troubled teens

Hostile Planet, National Geographic

Stories of survival against the odds

Ghosts, BBC1

How Danny Dyer and Beetlejuice inspired the Horrible Histories team’s lurch onto primetime BBC1

Naked Beach, Channel 4

Our first series aims to normalise the naked body through prime-time television, says Rosie Bray

The Victim, BBC1

Telling both sides of the story

Pilgrimage: The Road To Rome, BBC2

Following eight celebrities on an epic journey across Europe to meet Pope Francis was an emotional experience, says Caroline Matthews

Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed, BBC iPlayer

Taking seven teens to the Netherlands for a week-long sex education fact-finding mission was quite the eye-opening journey, says Danni Davis

Border Country, BBC NI / BBC4

Uncovering a century of extraordinary archive granted us a deep well of stories that brought the story of the Irish border to life, says James Rogan

Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate, Really/W

Cutting-edge production techniques helped our series show why homeowners are choosing not to move, says Laura Mansfield

Hurricane Man, Dave

Caught in the eye of the storm

101 Dalmatian Street, Disney Channels EMEA

Reanimating a Disney classic

Ricky Gervais on After Life

‘I’ve always found bleak funny’

Race Across The World, BBC2

Taking a trip into the unknown

Traitors, Channel 4

Spy vs spy in a divided Britain

Flack, W

Shining a light on the dark arts

A Very British History, BBC4

Giving a voice to hidden Britain

Storyville: Under The Wire, BBC4

A war of nerves and emotions

Shipwrecked: Relaunching the original island reality show

The genre has moved on since the show last aired – but stunning locations and a terrific cast will help us rise to the challenge, says Kate Bates

Medici: The Magnificent, Netflix

Returning to the renaissance

Bob Fosse: It's Showtime, Sky Arts

Exploring the life of a film and dance legend

The Paras: Men Of War, ITV

Revealing the human being under the beret

Jeremy Wade’s Mighty Rivers, ITV

Planning for every eventuality was the key to telling the stories of rivers around the world, says Lannah McAdam

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, ITV

New format points and a refreshed approach helped retool ITV’s classic format, says Fiona Clark

My Family Secrets Revealed, Channel 4

We beat The Beast from the East to create C4’s ‘democratised DNA’ daytime series, says Jane Kelly

Babies: Their Wonderful World, BBC2

Putting babies under the microscope

Torvill and Dean, ITV

The icy path to Olympic glory

The Interrogation of Tony Martin, Channel 4

Crime drama that sticks to the script

The Heist, Sky 1

A real-life game of cops and robbers

I'll Get This, BBC2

Celebrity dinner guests sing for their supper

Inside No. 9 Live: staging a Halloween prank

Executive producer Adam Tandy lifts the lid on the delicate staging of BBC Studios’ elaborate hoax

Hitler’s Holocaust Railways With Chris Tarrant, C5

Finding the right testimony was key to retelling of these harrowing WWII stories, says Paul Kittel

The First, Channel 4/Hulu

Drama that reaches for the stars

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, W

Taking baby steps on the maternity ward

Last Chance Lawyer, BBC2

We embraced the chaos of our larger-than-life character, but working with a born performer has its challenges, says Barnaby Peel

The Hundred Years War with Dan Jones, History Channel

Tailoring history to different audiences

Impossible Builds, More 4

The highs and lows of building your own home

Sick of It, Sky 1

In his first scripted role, Karl Pilkington proved his acting chops by playing the main character and his alter ego, says Richard Yee

DIY SOS: Grenfell, BBC1

The scale and sensitivity of our latest build required a different approach to usual, says executive producer Robi Dutta

We Are British Jews, BBC2

A journey of discovery

The Mighty Redcar, BBC2

Giving a voice to an isolated community

The Foreign Doctors Are Coming, Channel 4

Following the foreign medics who are helping to plug the NHS shortage

Amazing Interiors, Netflix

Rising to the SVoD challenge

Capturing the reality of life behind bars

Behind the scenes on the Channel 4/Spring Films doc Prison

The Challenge: Everest, CNN International

A rapid ascent to the top of the world

Bobby Robson - More Than A Manager

‘Where do I begin, to tell the story of a greater love than this?’

Big Beasts: Last of the Giants, Sky 1

Never work with animals without a risk appraisal

Capturing the sound of Africa

Behind the scenes on BBC4’s A Journey into Music

Britain's Best Home Cook, BBC1

How do you create a sustainable production when you have 30 kitchen appliances running at once? Rosa Brough explains

Behind the scenes: Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport

Breathing new life into an old favourite

Steve Backshall vs The Monster Mountain, CBBC

Scaling new heights for kids’ TV

The Split, BBC1

Why Abi Morgan’s drama is a celebration of female talent

My Multiple Personalities and Me, 5 Star

Casting someone with a condition that affects just 1% of the population was no small order, says Kerry Brierley

Kiss Me First, Channel 4/Netflix

Creating a TV drama fit for the digital age

Britain's Polar Bear Club, Channel 4

Waiting for a Christmas delivery

The Good Karma Hospital, ITV

On the Sri Lankan set of Tiger Aspect’s hospital drama

Troy: Fall Of A City, BBC1

Where other takes on the siege of Troy focus on the Greeks, this BBC1 version puts the Trojans centre stage. Gabriel Tate meets the producers

999 Rescue Squad, W

Our drone proved invaluable in capturing the aftermath of stabbings, a murder, fires and accidents, says Matt Richards

Flatpack Empire

How Raw TV unpacked a retail giant

Britannia, Sky Atlantic

On set in the Czech Republic with Jez Butterworth’s offbeat Celtic drama

Goblin Works Garage, Quest

A car show that’s not just for petrolheads

The Biggest Little Railway in the World, Channel 4

Bringing military discipline to a major engineering challenge

The Real T-Rex With Chris Packham, BBC2

Putting flesh on the bones of the T.rex story

Island Medics, BBC1

Finding TV treasure on a remote island

Raped: My Story, Channel 5

Lambent Productions investigation into the stories behind the statistics

The Boy with the Topknot, BBC2

‘The brownest BBC drama ever’

Sky Arts Passions: Philip Larkin by Andrew Motion

Our tribute to the poet took us to sex shops, pubs, schools and the streets of Hull, says writer/director Cris Warren

Motherland, BBC2

Difficult birth of a comedy with four parents

Eight Days That Made Rome, Channel 5

Drama-doc approach recounting the history of Rome

Gunpowder, BBC1

Kudos producer Ollie Madden on telling the real story of the Gunpowder Plot

Celebrity Hunted, C4

Going on the run with celebrities

Billion Dollar Deals, BBC2

Behind the scenes with Jacques Peretti on his latest exposé

Drugsland, BBC3

Capturing the chaos of Britain’s drugs problem

WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails, C4

Retracing the escape routes of Allied forces

Bring Me Back To Life, Channel 4

Unlike other hospital docs, we wanted our film to focus entirely on the patient rather than the doctors and nurses. But we had no idea how personal it would become, says Graeme McAulay

Electric Dreams, Channel 4/Amazon

How Sony’s ‘all-star producing team’ created Philip K Dick’s imaginary worlds

Delhi Cops, Channel 4

Filming with the police in India’s most dangerous city

Catching The Tax Dodgers, Channel 4

Revealing the work of a famous but secretly guarded institution

EasyJet: Inside The Cockpit, ITV

Flying blind with trainee crew

50 Years Legal, Sky Arts

Joining the cause for a labour of love

The Zoo, CBBC

Turning zoo life into animal magic

Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM

The very epitome of a political drama

Pitch Battle, BBC1

Series producer Gareth Davis on working in harmony to hit the right note

Catching a Killer, Channel 4

Challenges of filiming with a Major Crime Unit

GALLERY: The Beatles, Hippies and Hells Angels

Nerd TV has unearthed a selection of classic images from the Apple offices and created a series of animations to tell the inside story of the Beatles record label.

Secrets of the Super Elements, BBC4

Shooting an entire programme on smartphones

The Trial: A Murder In the Family

The case of the first TV murder trial

Hospital People, BBC1

Reality bursts the TV bubble

Little Boy Blue, ITV

The story behind the headlines

Born to Kill, Channel 4

Inside the mind of a killer

Just Tattoo of Us, MTV

Making a mark with millennials

A Killing in My Family, C4

A child’s view of trauma

Extremely British Muslims, C4

Entering the UK’s ‘no-go zone’

The Trouble With Dad, C4

Blurred lines between our subject’s dementia and his ‘true’ personality made for a difficult shoot

Andrew Marr: My Brain and Me, BBC2

The presenter agreed to our doc on one condition: he wouldn’t cry for the camera

The Accused, Channel 5

Insight of a trial of a mother accused of failing to protect her baby from a violent assault by her boyfriend.

Hospital, BBC2

Weeks to examine the challenges facing our hospitals.

Spy In The Wild, BBC1

More than 30 ultra-realistic ‘spy creatures’ took viewers into the animals’ world

Faking It: Tears of A Crime, Investigation Discovery

Why do criminals think TV is the place to protest their innocence?

Inside No 9, BBC2

Inside No. 9 producer Adam Tandy talks to George Bevir about creating a working 1970s drama set with period cameras and lighting for the return of the darkly comic anthology series

Time Commanders, BBC4

Rebooting the format a decade on allowed the use of much more powerful software

Lowri Morgan: Her 333, S4C

Running 150 miles up three mountains in three days not enough? Try being presenter and assistant producer too

Inside The Ambulance, W

We wanted to get an intimate view of the ambulance crews. The solution: shooting on GoPro cameras and wrangling data in the back of a Volkswagon, says Jacqueline Hewer

American High School, BBC3

Underprivileged students at a public school in America’s Deep South face huge challenges, but their sense of hope and determination was inspirational, writes Marcus Plowright

How the Box Was Born, BBC4

The first night of broadcasting was a variety extravaganza – The X Factor of its day – and recreating it was a daunting task, says Peter Gauvain

Crazyhead, E4 & Netflix

Outrageous switches of tone are a key part of this contemporary supernatural story, but were hard to pull off, says Julian Murphy

Black Mirror, Netflix

From different episode lengths to unusual aspect ratios, Black Mirror’s move from C4 to Netflix has given the production and post teams freedom to experiment. Robin Parker reports

Planet Earth, BBC1

A decade after its groundbreaking series, BBC Studios’ NHU is again using cutting-edge techniques and technology to take the viewer right into the world of animals.

Hooten and the Lady, Sky 1

Production on our action romp took us around the world in search of adventure, says Simon Winstone

Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words, Channel 5

Red Planet’s first factual commission demanded an astonishing level of trust in a closed-ranks organisation, says Dan Gold

The Collection, Amazon / BBC Worldwide

An old car plant near Swansea makes an unlikely home for Amazon Prime’s lavish production about the golden age of French couture, finds Benji Wilson

Mega Shippers, Quest

Fires at sea, tidal changes, hurricanes, and old-fashioned bad planning were all issues, says David Notman-Watt.

The Fall, Sky Atlantic

Reuniting Mary Decker and Zola Budd for the first time since their 1984 clash, it was clear how much it had affected both their lives, says Karen Emsley

Eden, C4

If our participants were to succeed in building a new society, we had to let them make all the decisions – even if it meant we had no idea where to set up our rig, says series editor Liz Foley

A Very Sicilian Justice, Al Jazeera

Court restrictions, bomb threats and intense security challenged our attempt to tell the story of the judge who took on the mafia, says Paul Sapin

The Lodge, Disney Channel

We shifted the action to Northern Ireland and introduced musical elements to turn this Disney Israel format into something that will resonate with European audiences, says Steven Andrew

City in the Sky, BBC2

Russell Levin highlights the challenges of trying to film 300 tonne aircraft taking off from the coldest city on earth.

Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, Sky Arts

The trick to adapting four unconnected short stories from the pen of cult author Neil Gaiman was to give them a ‘shared grammar’, directors Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth tell Olly Grant

Love, Nina, BBC1

Our fictionalised take on Nina Stibbe’s book tries to shine a light on the every day with wit, heart and visual flourish, says Jamie Laurenson

Children On The Frontline: The Escape, C4

Revisiting a family trying to escape the conflict in Syria presented many challenges, says Marcel Mettelsiefen. But the hardest was balancing the roles of friend and film-maker

Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration, C5

Capturing a year in the life of four wildebeest over just 40 days’ filming was no small undertaking, discovered Natalie Wilkinson

Harlan Coben's The Five, Sky 1

Approaching a drama script in the same vein as author Harlan Coben’s thrillers, with hooks and cliffhangers at every turn, had to be a collaborative process, says Danny Brocklehurst

Undercover, BBC1

Key scenes finally clicked once we changed continent last-minute, says producer Richard Stokes - while director James Hawes battled to make a riot look real.

Behind the Scenes: Marcella, ITV

The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has brought Scandinavian rhythms to our ‘London noir’, says Nicola Larder

Maigret, ITV

For ITV’s new Maigret adaptation, Ealing Studios recreated 1950s Paris in Budapest. Olly Grant met the cast and crew on set.

Guy Martin's Wall Of Death: Live, C4

Guy’s death-defying attempt at breaking a world record live on air had to be put on hold when our fearless star almost killed himself in a motorbike accident, says Ewan Keil

Behind Closed Doors, BBC1

Our film is a testament to the brave domestic violence victims who chose to speak openly about their ordeal, says Erica Gornall

Dunblane: Our Story, BBC2

A piece of kit inspired by Errol Morris’ famous ‘Interrotron’ was key to helping contributors feel comfortable about opening up on camera, says Stephen Bennett

Get Me To The Church, W

Finding six courageous couples willing to risk missing their own wedding was hard enough, but the friends they took with them had to be dynamite on camera too, says Sarah Veevers

Born to be Different, C4

Joining the production 15 years in, it was touching to see the rapport the crew had built with families, says Laurence Turnbull

Churchill's Secret, ITV

ITV’s one-off drama reveals a hidden, vulnerable side to Britain’s WWII leader as he copes with family tragedy and encroaching old age.

David Baddiel On The Silk Road

Our trek along the ancient trade route from China to Istanbul took months of planning - but our best stories came from the things we didn’t expect, says series producer Glenn Swift

First Dates, C4

Feeling the series was lacking something, we brought in our own staff to give the restaurant an identity - and provide some familiar faces to keep viewers coming back, says Nicola Lloyd

The Day Hitler Died, ITV

A treasure trove of archive interviews was the key to unlocking our Hitler doc. The next step was to rebuild his bunker, says Sue Summers

Lip Sync Battle UK, Channel 5

Could we launch a talent-led show to rival the cult US version? asks Lisa Chapman. With top presenters, brilliant contestants and a bit of pig-spanking, we think we’ve pulled it off

All Aboard! The Sleigh Ride, BBC4

As if filming at -20°C wasn’t challenging enough, we had to grapple with reindeer and hand-held filming on a bumpy sleigh, says Luke Korzun Martin

Dickensian, BBC1

On a vast Victorian street set in a warehouse in west London, James Rampton hears how Red Planet took a light-footed approach to its rummage through Charles Dickens’ brain

The Sound of Music Live, ITV

ITV’s live broadcast of the classic musical won’t shy away from drawing political parallels with today’s global crises, discovers Emily Norval

Shaun The Sheep: The Farmer's Llama, BBC1

The challenge on our 30-minute Shaun The Sheep special was to broaden his world without alienating his fans - and meticulous planning of every last detail, says Jay Grace

The Murder Detectives, C4

We aimed to make our documentary more like a box-set to hook in younger viewers who rarely watch programmes on TV, says Dave Nath

JFK & LBJ: A Time For Greatness, PBS America

With rare footage, secret recordings and a Morgan Freeman voiceover, we had everything - except our most important location, writes Alastair Layzell

Prison: First & Last 24 Hours, Sky 1

Weeks immersed in prison life then long filming days paid off for our hard-working crew, says producer Louise Say

The Frankenstein Chronicles, ITV

Olly Grant hears how the team behind ITV Encore’s detective spin on Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece recreated 1920s London across 40 Northern Ireland locations

Bull, Gold

With no gallery and no audience to play to, UKTV’s new sitcom tried to take a more naturalistic approach to studio filming. Robin Parker reports

Glitchy, ITV2

With spoof programmes like Sun, Sea And Sex With My Parents, we wanted to gently send up the contemporary TV landscape, says executive producer James Longman

Oak Tree: Nature's Great Survivor, BBC4

Spending a year watching a tree slowly grow had its challenges, but this was the kind of privilege only BBC4 can provide, says Nic Stacey

Body Donors, Channel 5

Never let your best idea die. One day its time will come, as Paul Stead discovered.

Danger Mouse, CBBC

We had to bring a cartoon classic right up to date while keeping the charm of the original. Making sure the gags didn’t get lost in translation was a challenge too, says Ben Ward

Boy Meets Girl, BBC2

There is no agenda to our transgender comedy, but the issue still required sensitive treatment, says Margot Gavan Duffy

Big Kitchens, Travel Channel UK

We used innovative filming technology to shake up the food genre - but drew the line at flying drones in a kitchen, says Carlo Massarella

Lenny Henry's Got The Blues, Sky Arts

Lenny Henry wanted to know why there are so few black British blues singers. The story we uncovered was far more colourful and complex than we ever imagined, says Chris Wilson

Man V Viral/Experimental, Channel 4

We wanted a brave, athletic and charismatic stuntman to recreate the crazy clips we’d seen on the internet, says Jago Lee. But instead we chose west London’s answer to Woody Allen

Cuffs, BBC1

First-time director and former rally driver Nick Rowland is in the hot seat for the climax of BBC1’s pacy crime series. Adrian Lobb visits him on set

The Outcast, BBC1

Novel, film or TV series? BBC1’s new drama has been all of these at some point in its development. Olly Grant hears about its unusual journey to TV

The Bank, BBC2

We ditched the fixed rig for our bank doc when we realised where the real action was, says Zac Beattie

La Traviata: Love, Death and Divas, BBC2

Opera doesn’t always work on screen, but by setting the performances within a documentary about La Traviata’s first London staging, we may just have pulled it off, says Ben Weston

The Interceptor, BBC1

Car chases through London and a takeover of Waterloo station required precision planning and tight budget control, says Patrick Schweitzer

The Tribe, C4

With long days, floods and intense heat, C4’s first foreign fixed-rig series took me out of my comfort zone, says Paddy Wivell. But focusing on the basics of storytelling carried us through

Undercover, Dave

We took inspiration from classic gangland movies and TV shows for this original sitcom set in Newcastle, says Margery Bone. That meant action and stunts - and a lot of guns

No Offence, Channel 4

Paul Abbott’s new Channel 4 series is a comedy/police procedural with three female leads. Benji Wilson visits the set, while the writer explains how it draws on his previous work

Fright Club, Sky1

The first rule of Fright Club was to create a drama-filled series that used extreme methods to help people with their phobias, says Kaye Godleman

Channel Patrol, BBC1

Drones and GoPros helped us capture the busy English channel on a daytime budget, says series producer Rebecca Nunn

Safe House, ITV

When a hurricane blown in from the Caribbean put filming in jeopardy, we turned the conditions to our advantage, says Andrew Benson

Tatau, BBC3

The tropical setting of the Cook Islands and legends surrounding Maori culture inspired BBC3’s new drama about two backpackers caught up in a mystery.

Who'd Be A Billionaire?, Sky Living

The super-rich aren’t very forthcoming about their lives, but their staff provided a fascinating insight into their world, says Remy Blumenfeld

Analysis: Viacom acquisition

Kate Bulkley speaks to Viacom execs about plans to appeal to a younger audience and increase audience share

Filming My Father: In Life And Death, C5

To capture the intimacy of a man living with motor neurone disease, Liz Tucker trained up his son as a camera operator

Horrible Histories: Revamping a classic

The past’s comic potential remains undimmed - it just needed a new twist, as Paul Whitelaw discovers

Nurse, BBC2

A four-part comedy drama for BBC2 based on a low-key Radio 4 series, Nurse is a character sketch show by proxy.

Banished, BBC2

From landscape to wildlife, shooting exteriors for Jimmy McGovern’s period piece in Australia gave it a hard-to-replicate authenticity.

World's Toughest Jobs, BBC3

Boundless’ small production team had to work as hard as our subjects in our global adventure

Critical, Sky 1

Jed Mercurio’s drama would take the audience to places, and show them sights, they’d never seen before

Inside The Commons, BBC2

Anthony Geffen reveals how winning trust was key to capturing parliament as it’s never been seen before

Air Ambulance ER, Sky 1

Finding room to fit cameras among helicopter crews’ kit was a big logistical challenge, says producer Louise V Say.

Fortitude, Sky Atlantic

The producers battled limited daylight, snow shortages and polar bears

Drunk History, Comedy Central

Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong, wonders Robin Parker

The Wrong Mans, BBC2

With stunts involving helicopters and a moving train, the first series of the The Wrong Mans was hard to top, says Jim Field Smith.

Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty