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STAR POWER Stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West spill the tea on Big Mood as Channel 4 comedy returns for second season

By Michael Pickard

As Channel 4 comedy Big Mood returns for a second season, stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West discuss continuing this story of female friendship and mental health, stepping up as executive producers and the need for their characters to have an “honest conversation.”

 

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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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In production Studio N CEO Mikyung Kwon on bringing Korean webcomics to TV with shows like The Legend of Kitchen Soldier

By Michael Pickard

Following the world premiere of The Legend of Kitchen Soldier, Studio N CEO Mikyung (Michelle) Kwon speaks to DQ about making the Korean series, its origins as a webcomic and how this source of IP is fuelling a wave of new projects.

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STAR POWER Bergerac star Damien Molony on returning for the detective show's second season and filming in Jersey

By Michael Pickard

As the show returns for its second run, Bergerac star Damien Molony tells DQ about taking the lead in this reimagining of the classic detective series, why this season is more hopeful than the first and the perks of filming on location in Jersey.

 

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In production Producer Ivar Køhn explains how Norwegian medical drama Still Breathing blends fiction and authenticity

By Michael Pickard

Ahead of the launch of Norwegian medical drama LIS (Still Breathing), DQ speaks to producer Ivar Køhn about making a show that blends fictional drama with real-world issues, building a hospital and why it is set to fill a hole in TV schedules.

 

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IN FOCUS Dialling into Ethernel – the new Belgian series in which the living can call the dead

By Michael Pickard

As Ethernel launches in Belgium, DQ speaks to the creative team behind this fantasy thriller about a police officer grieving his wife in a world where the living can communicate with the dead.

 

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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 Behl 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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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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STAR POWER

Bergerac star Damien Molony on returning for the detective show’s second season and filming in Jersey

IN FOCUS

Dialling into Ethernel – the new Belgian series in which the living can call the dead

In production

Studio N CEO Mikyung Kwon on bringing Korean webcomics to TV with shows like The Legend of Kitchen Soldier

STAR POWER

Stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West spill the tea on Big Mood as Channel 4 comedy returns for second season

In production

Producer Ivar Køhn explains how Norwegian medical drama Still Breathing blends fiction and authenticity

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

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