All Producing in lockdown articles
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Behind The ScenesCharlene White: Empire’s Child, ITV
Our exploration of the presenter’s past for ITV took us everywhere from Devon to Jamaica, says Andy Mundy-Castle
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Behind The ScenesWonders 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
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Behind The ScenesGetting 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
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Behind The Scenes28Up: 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
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Behind The ScenesHelping French and Saunders find Funny Women
We used every ounce of ingenuity to achieve Dawn and Jennifer’s vision, says Glen Middleham
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Behind The ScenesHunkering 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
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Behind The ScenesRogue 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
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Behind The ScenesSetting up Discovery+’s Shark Academy
Making a Shark Week competition series during Covid meant commandeering a private jet to fly a testing lab to The Bahamas, says Jo Locke
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Behind The ScenesWelcoming 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
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Behind The ScenesCarefully planning for Extra Life
BBC drama Staged was an unexpected inspiration when pandemic problems hit our BBC4 and PBS science series, says Fiona Caldwell
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Behind The ScenesMy Lottery Dream Home International, Discovery+
Reformatting a US series on UK soil for an international audience during lockdown proved a winning experience, says Paula Campion
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Behind The ScenesFinding our Money Maker in a pandemic
Casting a business guru willing to invest big sums during Covid took more than blue sky thinking, says Nick Parnes
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Behind The ScenesHow Hollywood helped Lucy the Human Chimp
Going into production during the global pandemic meant using a technique reserved for big-budget films on our Channel 4 doc, says Alex Parkinson
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Behind The ScenesWorking with the Wolf of Wall Street
Creating Discovery+’s GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack was a complicated and exciting challenge – and so was its presenter, says Mark Radice
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Behind The ScenesMatt Baker’s diary: a debut commission in lockdown
Presenter reveals how a family accident led to More 4’s Our Farm in the Dales
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Behind The ScenesDating through a Covid filter
Physical closeness, juggling contributors’ cold feet and patience all played a part in getting Sky’s Dating No Filter off the ground
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Behind The ScenesWomen on the Force: captured in lockdown
A previous career in the police helped Dan Clark-Neal gain the trust of contributors for a locked down run of the W series
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Behind The ScenesUsing innovation to tell colourful stories
Humble Bee Films’ Sharmila Choudhury on bringing Attenborough’s Life In Colour to the screen
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Behind The ScenesRecreating the Blitz Spirit for BBC1
Covid-19, budgets and a trio of lockdown beards were among the challenges we faced creating our latest Lucy Worsley programme, says Emma Hindley
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Behind The ScenesDigging deep for More 4
We wrecked gardens, circumvented local councils and stunk out a Premier Inn hotel room to create The Great British Dig, says Steve Wynne