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Matt Edmondson: 'I'd marry Lord Sugar for the money'
We chat all things The Apprentice with its self-proclaimed biggest fan, Radio 1 DJ Matt
The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff: Victorian television-making techniques
When Mark Evans, writer of The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff, first suggested we make a Victorian television programme I assumed he meant a programme set in Victorian times. But as he sat in my office in his frock coat, excitedly jabbing the air and then my arm with his quill pen it became clear th...
Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat
The intrigue of seeing the extent of my pet cats' territory, how active they are at night and where they actually go - cat owner Catherine Edwards' delight at being part of Horizon's study of domestic cats.
Miranda: Trying to keep a straight face
Actor Tom Ellis on his shared sense of humour with Miranda Hart (bodily functions and the hilarity therein) and some of his favourite silly moments of playing Gary in the BBC One comedy.
The Foods That Make Billions
The Foods That Make Billions is a fascinating three-part series, which grabbed my attention as it goes directly to the core issues which affect the development of markets for branded products from a very practical viewpoint. I'm a senior lecturer in retail management and this new series is v...
Love You To Death: What domestic violence does to a family
The 86 women killed by their partners in one year in Britain, and the overwhelming, lasting effects their deaths have had on their families.
Anne Lister's diaries: From page to screen
I had never heard of Anne Lister until she popped up in an email, one slow Friday afternoon. Oxford Film and Television were seeking a writer to dramatise her diaries and had attached a potted biography. She was impressive: an independent, self-educated landowner, living in Halifax in the early ...
I'm one of the scriptwriters for Torchwood: Miracle Day
I've been a writer for American TV shows for the last 20 years, and for a British one for about a year. It's like being young again. My name is Jane Espenson, and if you are a reader of TV "written by" credits, you might have seen that name on shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, The...
The Call Centre: My initiation
How the surprising maverick ways and embarrassing moments behind BBC Three's The Call Centre changed runner Angharad Evan's opinion about call centres and the people who work in them.
Getting Martin Amis' Money to the screen, with help from Nick Frost
As a former literature student, I had read Money and thrilled at its outrageous characters, gawped at its rich textual layers, and sniggered at the misadventures of its protagonist John Self - a drink-addled, swaggering misogynist, whose hopelessly flawed nature was at the centre of Martin Amis'...
Chris Packham: I'd love to hang out with Charles Darwin
Craftiness, invisibility and fast flying - just some of the skills the World's Sneakiest Animals presenter would like to pinch from the animal world.
