The Winter Issue

The Televisual Winter 2023 issue is out now.

Inside you’ll find our landmark 2023 Facilities 50 survey; our genre report on TV drama; a roundtable with the Grierson trustees on the future of the documentary; an eight page special on the creation and production of the entire span of The Crown; The Inspiration Behind Great Television supplement; features on production design, cinematography, longform content production and distribution and post production workflows as well as BTS pieces on The Winter King and Mog’s Christmas plus all the best recent work in post and vfx.

FACILITIES 50

Jon Creamer introduces the 2023 Facilities 50 Survey

PRODUCER POLL – Which post houses do their producer clients rate most highly?

PEER POLL – Post houses vote for the rivals they admire the most?

TECH TRENDS – The technology that’s currently front of mind for post production

NEW BUILDS – A snapshot of who’s been building what in 2023?

THE TOP FACILITIES – Who’s up and who’s down in this year’s Facilities 50 survey?

GENRE REPORT: TV DRAMA

TV Drama has been hit by cutbacks at home and strikes abroad, but producers are now looking ahead to a new normal. Pippa Considine reports

ROYAL ASCENT

As Left Bank and Netflix’s The Crown comes to a close, Televisual talks to the producers and craftspeople responsible for its success

WHAT’S UP DOC?

Grierson roundtable: Guy Davies, Harjeet Chhokar, Lorraine Heggessey, Danny Horan, Maxine Watson, Ben Anthony, Andy Worboys and Eloise Millard on the future of the documentary

WINNING WAYS – SUPPLEMENT

The winners of the 2023 Televisual Bulldog Awards reveal the inspiration behind the making of great television

READY, GET SET, GO!

Top Production Designers explain how they transform scripts into physical reality. Jon Creamer reports

FOCUS GROUP

The cinematographers responsible for lensing The Lazarus Project, The Buccaneers, The Sixth Commandment and Bodies run Michael Burns through their creative decision making

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

The future of post production workflows in the high-end television sector

FUTURE PROOF

What are the next steps for longform content production and distribution?

COLD WAR

Behind the scenes of ITVX and Bad Wolf’s Arthurian epic drama, The Winter King

CAT TALES

The making of Lupus Films’ Channel 4 special, Mog’s Christmas

IN POST & STORYBOARD

A showcase of recent work from Framestore, Jellyfish, Cinesite, Nexus, Aardman, Blink Industries and more

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