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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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DQ TV Rupert Graves and Samuel Kissous speak up about their collaboration on 5 thriller Missed Call

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In 5 series Missed Call, Joanna Scanlan plays a woman searching for her daughter after she vanishes during a trip to France. Fellow star Rupert Graves and executive producer Samuel Kissous tell DQ how they dialled up the tension in this five-part thriller.

 

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IN FOCUS Keeping up with Jones: Inside this Agatha Christie-inspired Portuguese whodunnit with creator Bruno Gascon and star Rafael Morais

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Portuguese murder-mystery drama Jones introduces a detective who can speak to the deceased in an Agatha Christie-style whodunnit. Creator and director Bruno Gascon joins actor Rafael Morais to tell DQ about putting a fresh twist on a familiar genre, mixing languages and talking to the dead.

 

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STAR POWER Fra Fee is Unchosen as an escaped convict on the run in Netflix’s British cult drama

By Michael Pickard

Lost Boys & Fairies star Fra Fee opens up about his latest role in Netflix drama Unchosen, in which he plays an escaped prisoner who finds sanctuary within the closed confines of a cloistered Christian sect. But is he a saviour, or will his arrival spell the undoing of the devout community?

 

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The Writers Room Inside the making of Slow Horses and Trespasses with BAFTA-nominated writers Will Smith and Ailbhe Keogan

By Michael Pickard

Ahead of the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2026, nominated writers Ailbhe Keogan and Will Smith speak to DQ about making Trespasses and Slow Horses respectively, adapting books for the screen and their contrasting approaches to following the shows they write through production.

 

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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 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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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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The Writers Room

Inside the making of Slow Horses and Trespasses with BAFTA-nominated writers Will Smith and Ailbhe Keogan

DQ TV

Rupert Graves and Samuel Kissous speak up about their collaboration on 5 thriller Missed Call

IN FOCUS

Keeping up with Jones: Inside this Agatha Christie-inspired Portuguese whodunnit with creator Bruno Gascon and star Rafael Morais

STAR POWER

Fra Fee is Unchosen as an escaped convict on the run in Netflix’s British cult drama

IN FOCUS

Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd on following up the Netflix sensation with new drama Half Man for the BBC and HBO

STAR POWER

Mint stars Laura Fraser and Lindsay Duncan discuss their partnership with filmmaker Charlotte Regan on this fresh, romance-driven crime drama

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

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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

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

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