AUTUMN 2022 CONTENTS


06 IN POST AND STORYBOARD Recent work from ILM, Framestore, Untold and more


24 FACTUAL GENRE REPORT Streamer demand for factual TV is still on the rise, and the PSBs are upping their game too. Pippa Considine reports


P01 PRODUCTION 100 Tim Dams introduces Televisual’s Production 100 survey of the indie television sector and finds an industry experiencing an unprecedented boom


30 FROZEN PLANET II The making of the BBC Natural History Unit’s awesome Frozen Planet II


18 THE ENGLISH Behind the scenes of Hugo Blick’s epic Western, The English


62 POST: THE BIG QUESTIONS There has been an unprecedented boom in work for UK post houses, but there are big structural challenges too. Michael Burns asks what the solutions might be


P14 THE PEER POLL Production companies reveal the rival indie outfits they rate and respect


P17 SUPERINDIES Profiling the key superindie and studio groups, and the labels they own


P23 TRUE INDIES A look at the producers who really live up to the word independent


74 NEED FOR SPEED Making work flow faster from set to screen


THE TELEVISUAL BULLDOG AWARDS Head to the special supplement to see all the nominees for this year’s Televisual Bulldog Awards and have your say about the best of British TV.


P29 DISTRIBUTORS The distribution companies that indies like to deal with


46 GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will have an increasing impact throughout the production process, and it’s vfx that’s first to the party. Andy Stout reports


34 FIXED RIG: FROM ALL ANGLES Multi-camera and fixed-rig reality and factual have been around for a long time but the technology and workflows they use is moving on apace. Tim Dams reports


82 IN MY VIEW Zoe McGivern, head of


54 THE ART OF SOUND Sound has always played a key role in creating screen atmosphere but, in the age of immersive technologies, it is more important than ever. Kevin Hilton talks to leading audio exponents about their craft


P37 THE P100 LIST Televisual’s annual showcase of the UK’s top 100 production companies. From A Productions to Zinc, who’s number one this year?


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P31 BROADCASTERS Indies on the best PSB and SVOD customers to work for


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