i am working on a piece with david hockney. as skype and zoom are replacing face to face daily editorial meetings. what do you think about using that clip we have already laid down? we can do that. broadcasting is always a technical adventure, but right now, more than ever. amol rajan in central london working with producer elizabeth in kent and editorjonathan in north london. always remember, news... ..is a team effort. with lockdown, many tv and film productions inevitably came to a halt. that caused hardship, not just for the artists, but for the crews, the engineers, the makeup artists and everyone involved in production. thankfully, by the autumn, many of those productions were up and running again, as my colleague, david sillito discovered. david: it's been a while. eastenders returned to our screens after a covid—related break, but social distancing has rather changed filming. for instance, let's look again at that kiss. what you can't see is what's actually between them. there is a screen in between us which you can't s