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TELEVISUAL GATHERS THE WINNERS OF THE 2021 TELEVISUAL BULLDOG AWARDS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE TELEVISION THAT TRULY STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD


04 DRAMA ONE-OFF OR SERIAL How Michaela Coel’s critically acclaimed I May Destroy You found its way to the screen


06 DRAMA SERIES How the well oiled production machine behind The Crown dealt with Covid


20 DOCUMENTARY SERIES A focus on character driven narrative was the key to Once Upon a Time in Iraq


22 SPECIALIST FACTUAL Attenborough’s first feature hit a nerve with a public waking up to the threat of climate change


24 MUSIC How The Crown’s score made its audience lean in to the unfolding drama


26 VFX VFX creative director Russell Dodgson on the evolution of His Dark Materials


08 COMEDY Sex Education, where comedy is always the driving force of the show’s drama


10 ENTERTAINMENT How the Strictly team’s ‘the show must go on’ attitude was vital to its 2020 success


EDITOR JON CREAMER


CONTRIBUTING EDITORS TIM DAMS MEG CARTER


ART EDITOR RICK ROGERS


MANAGING DIRECTOR JAMES BENNETT


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12 LIVE SPORT England vs Germany in the Euros was a moment relished by the BBC Sport team covering it


14 LIVE EVENT How the Springwatch team kept its ambitions high despite battling lockdown restrictions


16 FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT Clarkson’s Farm: “a snapshot of a warm, dysfunctional farm knocking along on hard work”


18 DOCUMENTARY SINGLE How the American Murder team captured the unfolding narrative of a horrific crime


32 INDIE 72 Films’ success in making documentary that feels like a drama box set


34 BEST IN SHOW Find out which individual programme has been awarded the 2021 Best In Show Award


28 EDITING How the editing team behind I May Destroy You was given creative licence to try new ideas


30 CINEMATOGRAPHY How the Perfect Planet team pushed technology to its limits


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