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STAR POWER Better late than never: Lesley Manville on Escorted, Broadway success and the latest stage of her career

By Michael Pickard

Lesley Manville has spent her career moving between stage and screen, and her latest project keeps that momentum going. After Broadway triumphs, major film roles and acclaimed television work, she reveals why she’s heading back to New York for a new role that is as playful as it is unexpected.

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The Writers Room Author Elizabeth Day and showrunner Sarah Solemani on organising The Party for ITV

By Michael Pickard

ITV drama The Party is based on Elizabeth Day’s novel of the same name and written by showrunner Sarah Solemani. Speaking to DQ, they reflect on their collaboration, adapting the story for the screen and how Day reacted to seeing her characters brought to life by a cast including Luke Evans and Tom Cullen.

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STAR POWER Song of the Samurai: How star Yuki Yamada channelled his 'samurai spirit' for this historical Japanese drama

By Michael Pickard

Following the launch of Japanese drama Song of the Samurai on HBO Max, star Yuki Yamada takes DQ inside this thrilling series that blends Japanese period dramas and samurai culture to tell a story about loyalty, brotherhood and betrayal.

 

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IN FOCUS Into the Dark: Cast and creatives behind ITV crime series reveal the secrets of this GR Halliday adaptation

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The cast and creative team behind ITV serial killer drama The Dark discuss what drew them to this adaptation of GR Halliday’s novel From the Shadows, the detective duo at the heart of the story and what director Gilles Bannier learned about working with cats.

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The Writers Room Two Weeks in August writer Catherine Shepherd on crafting this tale of rising tensions among friends on holiday in Greece

By Michael Pickard

Two Weeks in August creator Catherine Shepherd tells DQ how a family holiday, Maltese locations and a tangled web of friendships shaped her BBC drama about paradise turning sour.

 

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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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STAR POWER Kristin Scott Thomas on Slow Horses, career anxiety and starting again

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Fresh from receiving the Crystal Nymph Award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Kristin Scott Thomas discusses her screen career, how she eventually came to television with a starring role in Slow Horses and why new opportunities are opening up after she wrote and directed her first feature film.

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SHOWRUNNER Why Ponies showrunner David Iserson is interested in people of no interest

By Michael Pickard

In Peacock series Ponies, two secretaries become CIA operatives in 1977 Moscow after their husbands die in mysterious circumstances. Showrunner David Iserson reveals his interest in spy stories, discusses filming in Budapest and explains how his start on Saturday Night Live shaped his approach to writing.

 

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The Writers Room

Author Elizabeth Day and showrunner Sarah Solemani on organising The Party for ITV

DQ100

DQ100 2026/27 – Part three, featuring Matthew Rhys, Nell Tiger Free, Ruth Jones, Casualty and many more

IN FOCUS

Archie Panjabi counts down to The Quiet Hour with writer Sarah Louise Madden and director Margo Roe

The Director’s Chair

Inside Hunters: How director Mathieu Mortelmans led the dramatisation of Europe’s biggest manhunt

IN FOCUS

Breaking free: The Paz Brothers and Ariel Cohen on partnering for eight-part cult drama The Escape

IN FOCUS

Jimmy McGovern does more Time in the third season of his prison drama anthology

The Writers Room

Inside Australian crime drama Fortitude Valley with writers Hunter Page-Lochard, Stephen M Irwin and Leigh McGrath

IN FOCUS

On set in Glasgow with Careless star Solly McLeod, executive producer Claire Mundell and director Stevie Cruz-Martin

Ones to Watch

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In production

She Lies in Wait: Clapperboard’s Rachel Gesua on bringing Gytha Lodge’s crime novel to ITV

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House of Yang: Stefanie Ren opens the door to her Black Forest horror mystery

STAR POWER

Invisible: Dougray Scott and Tim Theron head out on Blood Safari for Deon Meyer adaptation

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