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People's Strictly for Comic Relief: Robin Windsor and Anna Kennedy in conversation
At the dress rehearsal for the finale of People's Strictly, we made Robin and Anna sit down and record a chat for you!
Russell Kane: I'd like to travel with Jimmy Carr in his exploring shorts
The comedian on which internet stars are handy in a crisis, and why he's not comfortable sleeping under the stars
The Field Of Blood: Directing the drama
About five years ago Andrea Calderwood's company, Slate Films, sent me a book to read asking if I would be interested in adapting it. Set in Glasgow in 1982, and telling the story of Paddy Meehan - a young girl working in a newspaper office - The Field Of Blood was full of detail and charact...
Serious documentary for children on CBBC
Almost six months ago as I began my job as controller of CBBC I was told about early plans for a new documentary series that would endeavour to provide an insight into the lives of six very different groups of children from across the UK, all with unique stories to tell. At this time we wer...
Flamenco: Gypsy Soul: Searching for the real story
“Would our cameras somehow interfere with the genuineness of the event?” Assistant producer Laura Kaye on filming the un-sanitised version of the classic Andalusian art form for BBC Two’s Flamenco: Gypsy Soul.
Anne Robinson says goodbye to the Weakest Link
After 11 years fronting the Weakest Link, Anne Robinson has today announced that she has decided to relinquish her title as the Queen Of Mean and step down as its presenter. You can read more about her decision to leave the show in an interview in today's Guardian. The Weakest Lin...
A decade of Doctors
In September of 2002 my agent called and said I'd been asked to go and meet the producers of a show called Doctors. I must confess I'd never seen it, so I sat down and watched the show, trying to familiarise myself with the characters.
The Boy in the Dress: I was a bit nervous about working with Kate Moss
Kate was nice and very easy to talk to. But it was hard to keep a straight face around Inbetweener James Buckley! Thirteen-year-old actor Billy Kennedy tells us what he learned from his co-stars in The Boy in the Dress: Boxing Day on BBC One.
Robert Hughes On Goya: Crazy Like A Genius
The late art critic Robert Hughes had always been captivated by the great Spanish artist Goya. But it was only when he narrowly survived an automobile accident in Western Australia in 1999 that Robert was impelled to act on that fascination by writing a book and making a film for BBC Four a...
Henry IV and Henry V: Q&A with the costume designer
The Hollow Crown is a series of four adaptations of Shakespeare's History Plays on BBC Two starting with Richard II. Annie Symons is the costume designer on the three continuing films: Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V. Annie talked to me about the creative and practical process of cl...
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
'Material like this tells a story in a way that words cannot.' Documentary filmmaker Mark Kidel on working with Elvis Costello and his archivist.
Radio 1's Big Weekend: I directed the Introducing stage
I'm on a train on the way home from Carlisle playing reserved seat roulette, hoping like crazy that the elderly couple heading toward me with a steely look in their eyes aren't booked into my seat. I do so hate tears on a train. I'm the senior producer for Radio 1's visualisation team and thi...
Call The Midwife: In search of a new home
Watch video interviews where cast and production team members reveal the inner-workings of the new Nonnatus House and their favourite props from set.
Love And Death In City Hall: Stories from a register office
How the idea for a documentary in Belfast City Hall came about and what it was like capturing the thrills and heartbreak of pivotal moments in people's lives.
Symphony: The fireworks of Johann Stamitz
Directing the first two episodes of the new Symphony series for BBC Four was a real voyage of discovery for me. Although I've been making classical music documentaries for about 15 years now, I always find new music and new stories that I've not encountered before. The big revelation of ...
Bonding with the villagers through laughter and rituals for Tribes, Predators & Me
Producer and series director Rachael Kinley on why her seven weeks in the Ecuadorian rainforest created some of her favourite memories
The Killing on BBC Four
The Killing is back! Well, we're repeating all of the first series in its entirety, at least. The whole original and best version in one mad block of programmes so that fans and newcomers, people who missed the series first time around, and those hungry to watch it again, can submerge themsel...
Merlin: Enter the Knights of the Round Table
The Arthurian legends are ripe with tales of magic and prophecy, love and hate, courage and adventure. They have a large cast of exciting characters and enduring narratives. As such, using them as a basis for ideas is a storyteller's dream. For centuries, every generation has had their own v...
The Shadow Line: Getting the shot
Scene 1: Aerial shot of two lines of torchlight sweeping across the screen like searchlights. Then they both come together. On a stationary car. CONSTABLE FELIX So what are we looking at? It's 8.07pm on Thursday, 2 September 2010 and we're about to start shooting the opening image...
For DIY SOS, Princes William and Harry rolled up their sleeves and joined in the banter
Nick Knowles on DIY SOS' biggest-ever build, and their royal helpers.
