Formats Unpacked

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How reaction videos re-invented how we listen to nostalgia

May 6

How a simple format makes complex decision making easier

Apr 21

How a format combines ‘warm and fuzzy’ or ‘uncomfortably harsh’

Apr 7

How memes help make sense of the news

Mar 31

How constraints shaped one of the BBC's favourite formats

Mar 17

How watching people watching TV became one of our most loved formats

Mar 10

How a podcast format fills an empty theatre space during lockdown

Mar 3

How a format became the 'loveliest show on TV'

Feb 24

How a book format inspired a groundbreaking Netflix experiment

Feb 17

How a storytelling format became so popular it became a verb

Feb 10

How an online video format built an audience of 18 million viewers

Feb 3

How to make a reality show for people who don't like reality shows?

Jan 28

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