STAR POWER

Career heist

As production continues on upcoming Spanish-language drama Uzal, star Itziar Ituño discusses her latest project and reflects on the impact La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) has had both on her career and the wider Spanish television industry.

In production

Royal premieres

Three years after its launch, Scandinavian production company Nordic Drama Queens is unveiling its first three projects. Founders Josefine Tengblad, Sandra Harms and Line Winther Skyum Funch speak to DQ about their ambitions and upcoming series Cry Wolf, Blind Spot and The Scarab Flies at Dusk.

ON LOCATION

Love, power and Rivals

Disney+ brings high drama and romance with Rivals, an adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel. DQ visits the set to meet the stars and creative team behind this lavish, witty exploration of 1980s duelling egos in the fictional county of Rutshire.

IN FOCUS

Ray of light

DI Ray star Parminder Nagra joins creator and writer Maya Sondhi to uncover the secrets behind the second season of this ITV crime drama in which personal and professional challenges collide for the titular detective as she investigates a high-profile murder.

IN FOCUS

Criminally good cuisine

With filming underway on Icelandic series Reykjavik Fusion, creator Hörður Rúnarsson tells DQ about the inspiration behind this culinary creation, in which a former prisoner turns restauranteur, and Michelin star chef Þráinn Freyr Vigfusson discusses his role behind the scenes.

IN FOCUS

Affairs of the heart

Mr Loverman star Lennie James joins writer Nathaniel Price and director Hong Khaou to take DQ inside this BBC adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel about a married Antiguan man facing up to his future following a lifelong affair with his best friend.

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Star baker

Koek (Cake) star Cindy Swanepoel speaks to DQ about this award-winning South African drama about a housewife who is thrust into Cape Town’s criminal underworld, and why it’s time to put Afrikaans series in the spotlight.

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Getting away with it

In Welsh drama Cleddau (The One That Got Away), Elen Rhys and Richard Harrington play two detectives – and former lovers – brought back together to solve  a string of murders. They talk about the love story at the centre of the series and the challenge of filming versions in English and Welsh.

 

The Writers Room

Crash course

Upcoming German drama Hundertdreizehn explores a single story through connected characters and multiple points of view. Writer Arndt Stüwe outlines the scriptwriting process and discusses his love of non-linear storytelling.

In production

History repeating

French thriller Brocéliande sees a biologist return to her former university to uncover the truth behind her friend’s disappearance, when another person goes missing in similar circumstances. Dominique Farrugia, CEO of producer Shine Fiction, tells DQ more.

IN FOCUS

Noob beginnings

Noob creators Victoria Boult and Rachel Fawcett tell DQ about this coming-of-age comedy’s journey from TikTok to television and explain why social media can become the home for emerging creative talent on and off the (phone) screen.

The Director’s Chair

Lies and loss

Une Amie Dévouée (The Confidante) director Just Philippot explains how this French drama will offer viewers a unique perspective on the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris, almost a decade on from the tragedy.

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