The Bold and the Beautiful: Returning to our screens
Find out how mannequins and actors’ real-life partners are playing a role in getting this popular daytime soap safely back on-air amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Daily television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful has been on-air for over 30 years, won 99 Daytime Emmy Awards and broadcasts to over 100 countries across five continents, making it the ‘world’s most-watched U.S-produced daily soap.’
When coronavirus hit, filming stopped as the industry went into lockdown, but the makers are pioneering new creative ground as they go back into production in Los Angeles, and onto our television screens, at a time when Coronavirus is still rife.
Laura Hubber follows the producers, directors and actors of the daily soap, which includes a lot of intimate scenes, as they use their Hollywood creativity to get the series safely back on air.
How can they show an on-screen kiss in a world of masks and social distancing? We hear about a ‘new normal’ where actors’ real-life partners’ now work as ‘kissing doubles’, joined by a cast of mannequins, dedicated Coronavirus Coordinators, and strict new acting rules.
Presenter: Laura Hubber
Producers: Laura Hubber, Emma Wallace and Ella-mai Robey
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- Tue 18 Aug 2020 10:32GMT91Èȱ¬ World Service
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