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IN FOCUS Finding The Flaws: Bastian Reiber and Arne Feldhusen on making satirical, absurdist German comedy Das Manko

By Michael Pickard

From German creative collective Das Manko comes a self-titled, largely silent comedy about a group of hopeless government workers navigating a series of professional mishaps. Showrunners Bastian Reiber and Arne Feldhusen tell DQ why making the four-part series was a “dream come true.”

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The Director’s Chair Growing Harvest: How Martin Zandvliet seeded a Danish succession drama on a family farm

By Michael Pickard

Høst (Harvest) is a new Danish drama about siblings, succession and the cost of leadership. Creator and director Martin Zandvliet takes DQ inside the making of the seven-part series, in which a family farm becomes the setting for a fight over money, power and legacy.

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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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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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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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The Director’s Chair Kenneth Karlstad on directing chaotic energy into Norwegian wartime drama The Traitor Within

By Michael Pickard

Norwegian director Kenneth Karlstad tells DQ how he brought his chaotic visual storytelling to The Traitor Within, the first fictional drama to explore Henry Rinnan, one of Norway’s most infamous wartime figures.

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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 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 Director’s Chair

Growing Harvest: How Martin Zandvliet seeded a Danish succession drama on a family farm

IN FOCUS

Finding The Flaws: Bastian Reiber and Arne Feldhusen on making satirical, absurdist German comedy Das Manko

The Director’s Chair

Trion director Anders Hazelius on building chemistry, intimacy and a love triangle for SkyShowtime

IN FOCUS

The Best Immigrant stars Jennifer Heylen and Farouk Ben Ali discuss the making of this dystopian political drama

Ones to Watch

Series to Watch: June 2026 – The Trio, Alice & Steve, Cape Fear and The Season

STAR POWER

Antonia Thomas finds trouble in paradise with BBC drama Two Weeks in August

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Reading The Testaments with star Mattea Conforti, director Mike Barker and costume designer Leslie Kavanagh

IN FOCUS

Dear England: James Graham and Rupert Goold on taking the Gareth Southgate football drama from stage to screen

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

DQ TV

The Season: inside this Hong Kong-set revenge drama from Yalun Tu, Agatha Lo and Chloe Dan

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Kenneth Karlstad on directing chaotic energy into Norwegian wartime drama The Traitor Within

The Director’s Chair

Director Pol Rodríguez takes to the streets of Barcelona in HBO Max drama Ravalear

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