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Socks, chocolate and saddle sores: Filming The Hunt
How a friendship 'for life' was formed in the wild for this assistant producer and camerawoman
We ask Aidan Turner: Are you Team Elizabeth or Team Demelza?
Alright, Demelza's mostly had eyes for her dog so far and Elizabeth's told Ross to forget her. But what does lead actor Aidan Turner think about the two ladies in Poldark's life?
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
Human senses are not well adapted for life in the dark so it's not surprising that we are not familiar with what goes on when the sun goes down. The opportunity to be a presenter on a TV expedition to South America is one that few biologists would pass up. But The Dark: Nature's Nighttime Wo...
Marvellous: Q&A with Lou Macari
'He looks nothing like me!' Lou Macari tells of his first impressions of Tony Curran who would play him in BBC Two's uplifting drama, starring Toby Jones.
Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
Eddie Chapman was a crook, a womaniser, an opportunist and a manipulator. But he was also an unlikely sort of World War II hero. He was motivated by a strange combination of self-interest, hunger for adventure, greed, bravery and patriotism. He was freed from prison and trained as a spy b...
Burton And Taylor: The script had me hooked
Discover what was so special about the dysfunctional love story between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor for Lachlan MacKinnon, producer of the BBC Four film.
The Sound And The Fury: Pioneers of minimal music
"Glass invents new sonic torture" Go behind the scenes of BBC Four's 20th Century classical music series to meet Philip Glass and fellow minimialist composers Arvo Pärt and Steve Reich.
The Chilean Miners - 17 Days Buried Alive
The Chilean Miners - 17 Days Buried Alive was really conceived on day 18. The miners had just been found - though not actually rescued for another 52 days - and I was rung while on holiday by Guillermo Galdos, a colleague from Peru. He descended on the mine and has made two very good films ...
Must-see telly moments – on BBC iPlayer now
Including this spider monkey's climbing lessons
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School For Boys
In the summer term of 2010 I was welcomed by Chris Thurgood, the head teacher of Pear Tree Mead Primary School, to teach a class of 39 boys. Since arriving at the school two years previously, she had been aware of the discrepancy in educational achievement between boys and girls. Quite simp...
The thousands of creative decisions behind BBC Four's Dirk Gently
One man, Douglas Adams, wrote two and a half books about the adventures of holistic detective, Dirk Gently, and now over 100 people have collaborated to bring his character to the small screen for a new series which starts tonight. Dirk Gently (Stephen Mangan) and Richard MacDuff (Darren Bo...
Excluded: How we made the BBC School Season drama
I'm the director of Excluded, a one-off drama and part of BBC Two's School Season. It's set in the fictional The Lamont School, a struggling comprehensive in north London. Spanning the first few weeks of a new school year, the drama charts the intersecting stories of Amanda, an ambitious hea...
Garrow's Law: The original courtroom drama
Garrow's Law is a show that I love and am very proud of. I've loved dramatising the trials to make history come alive and reading and using the trial transcripts, the words of defendants and prosecutors and judges and barristers, to hear that world as it was described by those who were there, ...
‘Humphrey? He’s like a pressure cooker ready to burst!’ Kris Marshall talks Death In Paradise
With series four of the sunny crime drama back on TV, the actor - who plays detective Humphrey Goodman - reveals the secret his character is hiding, and what it's like filming with a star-studded cast in sunny Guadeloupe.
Disappearing Dad: is fiction better off without fathers?
When I had the chance to write and present the documentary Disappearing Dad, about fathers in fiction, I immediately knew which way I wanted to go. I had just been trying to invent a plot for a novel, and I'd been thinking it would be useful if the villain of the piece had been psychological...
Orphan Black: It's about imagination
Orphan Black actress Tatiana Maslany on preparing for her multiple roles in the BBC Three thriller.
Peaky Blinders: Filming with a PJ Harvey trilogy
The second series has 'a different voice within the music' while the 'violent acts have larger consequence and danger for our central characters.'
Dances, battles and love: War and Peace's most heart-stopping moments
From Paul Dano's performance to that ballroom scene. Script writer Andrew Davies reveals the moments that swept him away.
Who Do You Think You Are: Researching celebrities' family histories
The most exciting time for me on Who Do You Think You Are? is always the last days in the run up to transmission of the first episode. This year's 10-part series has taken over a year to make, so being able to see the finishing line is a moment to cherish and enjoy. As the executive producer...
Top Coppers: Introducing a new wave of comedy talent
From Edinburgh winners to a session soul singer - Top Coppers' creators talk about their impressive cast
