Life of a legend
Vigdís star Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir and producer Rakel Garðarsdóttir outline why they spent a decade trying to make this scripted biopic of Iceland’s first female president and reveal how they overcame the creative challenges posed by making the period drama.
Thinking outside the box
Costume designer Maja Meschede opens up about her work bringing Victorian London to life for Disney+ period drama A Thousand Blows, which saw her partner with actors Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty and Stephen Graham for this epic saga set in the world of illegal boxing.
Ravens take flight
Rise of the Ravens stars Gellért K Kádár and Vivien Rujder join showrunner Balázs Lengyel to tell DQ how they transported viewers to 15th century Europe for this epic series that sees a fearless army commander face down an Ottoman invasion.
Making Adolescence – part three
In the final part of our look at the making of Netflix’s Adolescence, the show’s creative team dissect the post-production process behind the one-shot drama, discuss its social message and reveal why they’d do it all again.
Room for improv-ment
US star Denis Leary speaks to DQ about making Fox’s military sitcom Going Dutch, discusses the power of improvisation and reveals the secret to successful comedy.
Transported through time
DQ hears from the cast of Belgravia: The Next Chapter about how the costumes, props and stately home settings of the sumptuous period drama help them prepare for their roles in this sequel to the original 2020 series.
Taming The Leopard
It’s based on one of Italy’s greatest ever novels – so how did British creatives Richard Warlow and Tom Shankland team up to deliver lavish Italian-language drama Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)? They tell DQ about reuniting for this Netflix series set against the backdrop of revolution in 1860s Sicily.
Behind the headlines
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain, but was she judged for more than her crime? Writer Kelly Jones tells DQ how she wanted to present the “real woman” caught up in tragic events in ITV miniseries A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story.
Making Adolescence – part two
In the second part of our look at the making of Netflix one-shot drama Adolescence, the show’s creative team take DQ inside the rehearsal and filming process for the cast and crew, who had a strictly limited number of takes to achieve the production’s ambitions.
Lost in Kingston
Get Millie Black screenwriter Marlon James joins stars Tamara Lawrance and Joe Dempsie to dissect this five-part crime noir about a former London cop who returns to her Jamaican homeland, revealing their emotional ties to the story and explaining how the series reassesses its setting.
Home away from Holmes
Watson star Morris Chestnut reveals why he returned to medical drama to play the title character in this Sherlock Holmes spin-off, which sees Dr John Watson practising medicine at a clinic for rare disorders.
Stopping at nothing
The team behind Towards Zero, the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, explain why this ‘sexy’ show may surprise viewers who think they know what to expect from the celebrated author’s stories.
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