Hearing things
Star Rebecca Hall and director Janicza Bravo reveal why they believe their BBC drama The Listeners is a unique project and discuss how the story taps into themes of connection and belonging that feel particularly relevant today.
Bad form
As Bad Sisters returns to Apple TV+, Faye Dorn, head of drama at producer Merman, speaks to DQ about the challenge of following up the acclaimed first season of the show and why continuity was key on and off screen.
Sweet success
Creator Kirstie Swain and director Ella Jones reflect on their partnership behind Sky’s darkly comedic ‘coming of rage’ drama Sweetpea, working with star Ella Purnell and being inspired by workplace mockumentary The Office.
After effects
British theatre star Amara Okereke tells DQ about landing her first major TV role in The Morning After, an eight-part comedy set in Cape Town that focuses on a young woman finding her identity in a new city with new friends.
In too deep
As Silo returns to Apple TV+ for a second season, DQ speaks to showrunner Graham Yost and stars including Tim Robbins, Common and Harriet Walter about the success of the sci-fi series and the practicalities of filming a drama set a mile underground.
Code of silence
Say Nothing writer and executive producer Patrick Radden Keefe discusses the dramatisation of his own book about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and explains why the Disney+ series serves as a cautionary tale for divided societies threatening to tip into violence.
Kings of the castle
A decade after its acclaimed first season, BBC historical drama Wolf Hall is back for part two, subtitled The Mirror & The Light. Director Peter Kosminsky explains how the show continues the story of the fateful relationship between Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII.
Stealing the show
Swedish drama The Pirate Bay explores the true story behind the titular file-sharing website, its role in activist culture in the early 2000s and Hollywood’s effort to sink it. Director Jens Sjögren joins stars Helena Bergström and Simon Gregor Carlsson to tell DQ how they have dramatised this global story born in Stockholm.
Into the metaverse
Neal Street Productions execs Pippa Harris, Julie Pastor and Nicolas Brown take DQ inside the making of HBO’s meta comedy The Franchise, reveal why it’s a love letter to filmmaking and offer an update on the latest season of Call the Midwife.
Flyte and fight
Ruth Bradley reflects on joining the cast of Slow Horses for the fourth season of the Apple TV+ espionage drama, her role as MI5 agent Emma Flyte, fight scenes and starring alongside her acting hero Gary Oldman.
Sharp shooter
DQ heads to Budapest to meet Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and the team behind Sky and Peacock’s globe-trotting action thriller The Day of the Jackal, a very modern update on the classic tale of an elusive assassin and the spy out to get him.
Acting up
British-born German star Nikeata Thompson tells DQ about navigating her shift from presenting to actor and landing a role in Where’s Wanda?, the first German original series for Apple TV+.
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