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DQ TV DQ goes behind the screens to find out Who’s Running the Show

By DQ writer

In this DQTV film, contributors including Rivals execs Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Alexander Lamb and directors Kari Skogland and Mohini Herse come together to discuss the changing role of creatives in making scripted television series.

 

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Job Description First cast: BAFTA-winners Nathan Toth and Julie Harkin on the art of casting BBC dramas Reunion and What It Feels Like For a Girl

By Michael Pickard

Newly crowned BAFTA winners Nathan Toth and Julie Harkin take DQ inside their winning partnership as casting directors, backing new talent and why they are perfectly matched, with a focus on their recent BBC series Reunion and What It Feels Like For a Girl.

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IN FOCUS The Cage stars Barry Sloane, Geraldine James and writer Tony Schumacher unlock this BBC casino drama

By Michael Pickard

The Responder writer Tony Schumacher returns to his home city for The Cage, a BBC drama set within the world of a Liverpool casino. He joins stars Barry Sloane and Geraldine James to discuss making this five-part series about addiction, control and two people stealing from the gangster they work for.

 

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IN FOCUS Rivals returns: stars Alex Hassell, Bella Maclean, Emily Atack, Nafessa Williams, Rufus Jones and Luca Pasqualino on S2 of the Disney+ drama

By Michael Pickard

The cast of Rivals take DQ back to Rutshire, where S2 brings polo matches, political battles, farcical dinner parties and even more sex, scandal and hairspray to Disney+ and Hulu.

 

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IN FOCUS Burden of Justice writer Frans Milisic Wiklund and director Lisa Linnertorp put morals and ethics at the heart of this Swedish legal drama

By Michael Pickard

The murky morals and ethics of a pair of defence lawyers are placed at the centre of Swedish drama Burden of Justice. Writer Frans Milisic Wiklund and director Lisa Linnertorp tell DQ about their partnership behind the scenes of this eight-part SVT series.

 

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The Writers Room From Ozark to M.I.A: Bill Dubuque on his new Peacock show and writing ordinary people into extraordinary danger

By Michael Pickard

M.I.A. creator Bill Dubuque tells DQ how he built Peacock’s Miami-set revenge thriller, why ordinary people make the best protagonists and when he is happy to hand a series over to others.

 

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IN FOCUS Making Monyová: how the biopic of a bestselling Czech author shines a light on domestic abuse and violent relationships

By Michael Pickard

The team behind Monyová tell DQ how they brought Czech writer Simona Monyová’s life to screen in a series that portrays her strength while confronting the domestic abuse that led to her murder.

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SHOWRUNNER How Neil Forsyth turned Britain’s undercover Customs officers into Netflix crime drama Legends

By Michael Pickard

Neil Forsyth goes undercover with DQ to discuss Legends, Netflix’s true crime drama about Customs officials infiltrating drug gangs in 1990s Britain.

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IN FOCUS

Making Monyová: how the biopic of a bestselling Czech author shines a light on domestic abuse and violent relationships

IN FOCUS

Rivals returns: stars Alex Hassell, Bella Maclean, Emily Atack, Nafessa Williams, Rufus Jones and Luca Pasqualino on S2 of the Disney+ drama

DQ TV

DQ goes behind the screens to find out Who’s Running the Show

SHOWRUNNER

How Neil Forsyth turned Britain’s undercover Customs officers into Netflix crime drama Legends

The Writers Room

From Ozark to M.I.A: Bill Dubuque on his new Peacock show and writing ordinary people into extraordinary danger

Ones to Watch

Adolescence dominates as BAFTA TV Awards 2026 celebrates Amandaland, The Studio and more

STAR POWER

Alfonso Herrera and Fernanda Castillo on moving into Prime Video’s The House of the Spirits with Isabel Allende adaptation

IN FOCUS

Number One Fan: star Sally Lindsay and director Paul Wilmshurst on 5’s psychological thriller

In production

Finland’s YLE shows Guts with cross-country skiing drama from creator Jemina Jokisalo

IN FOCUS

Burden of Justice writer Frans Milisic Wiklund and director Lisa Linnertorp put morals and ethics at the heart of this Swedish legal drama

IN FOCUS

The Cage stars Barry Sloane, Geraldine James and writer Tony Schumacher unlock this BBC casino drama

IN FOCUS

Secret Service: How Tom Bradby partnered with Potboiler Productions’ Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood on ITV espionage thriller

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