Tagged with: Documentary
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Being working class is something to be proud of: filming The Mighty Redcar
Dan Dewsbury
Director, The Mighty Redcar
The programme’s development team went around a number of places, but what they found with Redcar was that the people were really willing to talk because they wanted to talk about the issues that mattered most to them.
The making of We Are British Jews
Lucie Kon
Series Producer and Director
Britain’s Jewish community has recently been the focus of widespread attention. There is concern about antisemitism, particularly online, and fierce debate within the Jewish community about how it should best relate to Israel and the conflict with the Palestinians.
Drugsland: Gaining access and trust prove key to making compelling documentary
Sacha Mirzoeff
BBC Executive Producer, Drugsland
Executive producer Sacha Mirzoeff gives an insight into the highs and lows of making 'Drugsland', a new BBC Three documentary about drugs culture in a major UK city.
Operation Sanctuary: An Inside Out North East and Cumbria special
Jacqui Hodgson
Editor, Factual Programmes, North East and Cumbria
Spring 2016. Inside Out Producer Dan Farthing rings from Newcastle Crown Court. “You will not believe what I have just heard…” and what he went on to describe was indeed pretty extraordinary...
Mary Adams and other BBC female pioneers who inspired my love for Natural History
Elizabeth White
Producer/Director, BBC Studios' Natural History Unit
BBC Natural History Unit producer/director talks about how wildlife filmmaking is an environment that is rich in women, and has been for many years.
Return to Planet Earth
Mike Gunton
Creative Director, BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Executive Producer Mike Gunton talks about his passion for making nature programmes and why the BBC have decided to make a sequel to the Planet Earth series, first shown a decade ago.
The tragedy of Aberfan - fifty years on
Steve Humphries
Producer/director of BBC documentary Surviving Aberfan
Producer Steve Humphries talks about 'Surviving Aberfan' - part of a series of commemorative programmes by BBC Wales, marking 50 years since the Aberfan disaster, which touched people around the world.
Sheffield Documentary Festival 2016: My BBC highlights
Patrick Holland
BBC Head of Commissioning, Documentaries
From Louis Theroux to Sir David Attenborough, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries, Patrick Holland shares his highlights from the Sheffield Documentary Festival 2016.
BBC at Sheffield Documentary Festival 2016
Hannah Khalil
Digital Content Producer, About The BBC Blog
A round-up of the BBC panels, talks and screenings at this year's festival.
Music Moguls: Never let the fax get in the way of a good story
Andy Saunders
Founder, Velocity Communications
To coincide with the broadcast of the final episode in BBC Four series Music Moguls: Masters of Pop, Andy Saunders gives an insight into how the role of PR in the music industry has changed over the years.
