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In production Japanese series Themis’s Uncertain Court raises the bar for legal dramas

By DQ writer

Shintaro Kanbayashi, executive producer of Themis’s Uncertain Court, makes the case for this eight-part Japanese legal drama that centres on a judge with a hidden secret and an unconventional way of determining justice.

 

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HOLLYWOOD OR BUST Part 4: A New Hope?

By Alister McDermott

In part four of his story, Alister McDermott describes the aftermath of pitching his TV show to Ricky Gervais inside a packed Academy theatre. Was Ricky interested, and would a new contact hold the key to breaking into the business? Or was Ali’s American dream about to go up in flames?

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SCENE STEALERS Hidden Assets writers Mary Fox and Marty Thornton reveal how they dialled up the pressure for season three

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With international crime drama Hidden Assets back for a third season, writers Mary Fox and Marty Thornton detail how interview scenes are the show’s “pressure cooker” as they take DQ inside a key scene from episode four.

 

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IN FOCUS A Hole new world: Inside Netflix crime series Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole

By Michael Pickard

The stars of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole – Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Ellen Helinder – join author-turned-screenwriter Jo Nesbø to discuss the making of Netflix’s Oslo-set drama, which brings iconic detective Harry Hole to the small screen for the first time.

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SHOWRUNNER Inside Netflix's Rachel Weisz series Vladimir with creator Julia May Jonas

By Michael Pickard

What does it take to bring an unreliable narrator to life? As Vladimir debuts on Netflix, creator Julia May Jonas discusses casting Rachel Weisz, embracing ambiguity and holding her nerve through strikes, notes and self-doubt.

 

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IN FOCUS The road to Portobello: Fabrizio Gifuni and Marco Bellocchio tell the true story behind HBO Max’s Italian crime drama

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For their fifth collaboration, Portobello, star Fabrizio Gifuni and director Marco Bellocchio chose to dramatise the true story of an Italian TV host at the centre of a miscarriage of justice. They tell DQ about working together, using digital technology and how Gifuni transformed into protagonist Enzo Tortora.

 

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DQ TV Ahead of the game: DQTV sits down with writer-director John Morton and executive producer Nerys Evans to talk BBC comedy Twenty Twenty Six

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In this DQTV interview, Twenty Twelve and W1A creator John Morton and executive producer Nerys Evans reveal how they partnered with Hugh Bonneville’s bureaucratic Ian Fletcher to organise a global soccer tournament in new BBC comedy Twenty Twenty Six.

 

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Remade Abroad Shameless pride: How Goldie Behl transformed the UK dramedy for Indian audiences as Itti Si Khushi

By Michael Pickard

Indian filmmaker Goldie Behr tells DQ how he has adapted British comedy-drama Shameless for Indian audiences, why he didn’t want to just copy the original and how he ensured it felt as authentic as possible.

 

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IN FOCUS

The road to Portobello: Fabrizio Gifuni and Marco Bellocchio tell the true story behind HBO Max’s Italian crime drama

Remade Abroad

Shameless pride: How Goldie Behl transformed the UK dramedy for Indian audiences as Itti Si Khushi

DQ TV

Ahead of the game: DQTV sits down with writer-director John Morton and executive producer Nerys Evans to talk BBC comedy Twenty Twenty Six

SCENE STEALERS

Hidden Assets writers Mary Fox and Marty Thornton reveal how they dialled up the pressure for season three

In production

Japanese series Themis’s Uncertain Court raises the bar for legal dramas

IN FOCUS

A Hole new world: Inside Netflix crime series Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole

SHOWRUNNER

Hugo Blick visits California Avenue for latest BBC drama

IN FOCUS

Russell T Davies and Nicola Shindler on their enduring partnership and new project Tip Toe

ON LOCATION

Behind the Eyes: On location at Mont-Saint-Michel with the Cat’s Eyes cast and crew

IN FOCUS

Paapa Essiedu and Siobhán Cullen discuss making Babies with Stefan Golaszewski

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Go inside The Glass House with the creative team behind this 90s-set comedy

Ones to Watch

Series to Watch: April 2026 – Euphoria, Half Man, The Miniature Wife and more

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  • Netflix finds Legends in new Neil Forsyth drama starring Tom Burke and Steve Coogan
  • The road to Portobello: Fabrizio Gifuni and Marco Bellocchio tell the true story behind HBO Max’s Italian crime drama
  • Shameless pride: How Goldie Behl transformed the UK dramedy for Indian audiences as Itti Si Khushi
  • Ahead of the game: DQTV sits down with writer-director John Morton and executive producer Nerys Evans to talk BBC comedy Twenty Twenty Six
  • Hidden Assets writers Mary Fox and Marty Thornton reveal how they dialled up the pressure for season three

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