Category: ON LOCATION
Shiv show
DQ visits Dublin to meet the cast of The Dry as they reunite to film the second season of the ITVX and RTÉ comedy-drama about a family’s battle with addiction – and each other.
Flood for thought
On the set of ITV drama After the Flood, DQ learns how this six-part drama blends a murder mystery with a discussion about climate change, and why the cast and crew sought to make its dramatic water sequences as believable as possible.
Paradise lost
DQ heads to the beach to find the cast and crew of Paramount+ series The Castaways filming this mystery thriller based on Lucy Clarke’s novel, in which two sisters are separated after an apparent plane crash.
Fit for a queen
DQ goes Dutch to watch filming for Máxima, a six-part royal drama about the Argentinian who would become the Queen of the Netherlands.
Taking flight
DQ heads to Scotland to meet the cast and writer of BBC thriller Vigil, which is shifting the action from its first season submarine setting to explore the fallout from a disastrous airbase weapons demonstration in season two.
Call me Cary
DQ says hello to Jason Isaacs on the set of his ITV drama Archie, where the actor reveals the lengths he has gone to transform himself into the man who would become Cary Grant, for a biopic about the British Hollywood star’s life on and off screen.
Winds of change
Lenny Henry, creator and writer of ITV drama Three Little Birds, and star Saffron Coomber reflect on the real-life stories and experiences that inform this six-parter about three young women who leave Jamaica to start a new life in 1950s Britain.
Burning ambition
DQ goes on location to meet the cast and creative team behind Paramount+ series The Burning Girls, a horror series, whodunit and character drama wrapped in one.
Domina theory
As historical drama Domina returns for a second season, DQ heads to Rome and the celebrated Cinecittà Studios to meet the cast of this epic series and find out why it’s described as Rome meets House of Cards.
Bridging the divide
DQ heads to Belfast to meet the team behind Sky series The Lovers, which sees romance blossom between a mismatched couple in a modern city coming to terms with its past.
One of a Kind
Paramount+ drama The Killing Kind delves into a hidden part of London to tell the story of barrister confronting her relationship with a troubled former client. DQ visits the set to discover the secrets behind this adaptation of Jane Casey’s novel.
Just add water
DQ heads to Scotland to hear about the importance of crime drama Annika’s riverside setting and why star Nicola Walker was left feeling queasy during production.
Divine comedy
DQ heads to Scotland to meet stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and co-showrunners Douglas Mackinnon and Neil Gaiman – sort of – during filming for the second season of heavenly adaptation Good Omens.
Significant developments
DQ heads to Manchester to meet the cast and creative team behind ‘anti-romcom’ Significant Other, an adaptation of an Israeli series that brings together two unlikely soulmates. But as ever, the path to true love doesn’t run smoothly…
It’s all about You & Me
DQ hits the park and the pub in London to join the cast and crew on location for You & Me, a new three-part ITVX drama that asks whether the power of love is worth the risk of heartbreak.
Baby on board
Maternal writer Jacqui Honess-Martin and star Lisa McGrillis reveal how reality met fiction when making this six-part drama about three working mothers returning to their hospital jobs after having children.
Father time
As BBC series Father Brown returns for a milestone 10th season, DQ heads to the sunlit Cotswolds to find the vicar-turned-detective entertaining a royal visitor while gathering an increasing number of famous fans around the world.
Oil aboard
A unique workplace procedural is heightened by mysterious environmental forces in Prime Video’s The Rig. DQ meets writer David Macpherson, executive producer Derek Wax and the drama’s A-list cast dubbed the Scottish Avengers.
Going it Alone
The cast and creative team behind UKTV comedy We Are Not Alone tell DQ why this feature-length comedy focuses less on Earth’s alien visitors than humankind’s own stupidity.
Hitting the dance floor
DQ visits Valencia to get the lowdown on Spanish drama series La Ruta (The Route), which portrays the personal journey of five friends in the middle of a cultural movement around techno music in the 1980s.