DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this January, from a new Harlan Coben thriller and a Spanish fashion biopic to the latest instalment of True Detective and a military series from the makers of Band of Brothers.
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Building The Buccaneers
Jacquetta Levon, hair and make-up designer on The Buccaneers, tells DQ about creating the styles for the Apple TV+ period drama, working with the cast and why she has a 3D printer as part of her toolbox.
Series to Watch: 2024
DQ looks ahead to 2024 and picks out 20 new dramas expected to air over the coming year, from a Band of Brothers follow-up and a video game adaptation to a Swedish psychological thriller and the return of a Spanish hero.
Series to Have Watched: 2023
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out the shows that were worth tuning in for, from a rule-breaking Spanish saga and a stylistic murder mystery to an eccentrically British comedy-drama and the conclusions of two standout series.
Nursing a secret
Davos 1917 head writer and creative producer Adrian Illien transports DQ to the Swiss Alps, the setting for this wartime drama about a young nurse who is drawn into a world of espionage and competing powers.
Breaking through
Cynthia De La Rosa, a hair and make-up designer and one of this year’s Bafta Breakthrough creatives, speaks to DQ about her journey from stage to screen, her work on Channel 4 comedy Everyone Else Burns and her efforts to tackle hair and make-up discrimination in the performing arts.
Five Minutes With… Michael Connelly
The author and screenwriter looks back on bringing the world of his fictional LA homicide detective-turned-private investigator Harry Bosch to television and explains why AI presents an existential threat to writers.
Series to Watch: December 2023
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this December, from an Australian pop group drama and a dark Italian comedy to a slew of book adaptations including a reimagining of Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five.
DQ100 2023/24 – Part four
In the fourth and final part of the DQ100 2023/24, DQ picks out a range of shows to tune in for and the actors, directors and writers making them, as well as some of the trends and trailblazers worth catching up with.
Running up that Hill
Chris Crow, the creator of the title sequence that accompanies Welsh drama Pren ar y Bryn (Tree on a Hill), discusses how he sought to capture the essence of this absurdist crime drama to draw viewers into the series.
Absolutely Fabula
Nicola De Angelis, CEO of Italy’s Fabula Pictures, outlines the Zero and Baby producer’s approach to storytelling and discusses some of its forthcoming titles.
Divergent divulgence
Adam Welsh, the founder of the Divergent Talent Group, reveals how his own experiences led him to work towards improving accessibility in the television business and explains what the industry can do to support neurodivergent artists in front and behind the camera.
Coping with Creatures
All Creatures Great & Small director Andy Hay offers an insight into the making of the period drama and reflects on working with a rambunctious goat in an episode from its fourth season.
Lighting the way
Northern Lights star Stephen Jones joins producer Ailish McElmeel to tell DQ how he adapted his own play of the same name for this Irish drama about two grieving people who come to find hope in each other.
CODA conduct
Producer Sakabe Koji tells DQ how the creative team strived for authenticity when making Japanese miniseries Deaf Voice, in which a man from the CODA (child of deaf adults) community working as a court sign language interpreter becomes involved in a murder case.
DQ100 2023/24 – Part three
In the third part of the DQ100 2023/24, DQ picks out a range of shows to tune in for and the actors, directors and writers making them, as well as some of the trends and trailblazers worth catching up with.
Desire to Direct
Luiz Henrique Rios, the artistic director of Brazilian telenovela Terra e Paixão (Land of Desire), introduces this epic tale of a young woman’s search for justice and explains how it shows viewers a different side of Brazil.
Remade Abroad: NCIS: Sydney
As long-running crime franchise NCIS expands to Australia, showrunner Morgan O’Neill tells DQ how NCIS: Sydney blends familiarity with scale, ambition and a new cultural perspective.
Facing the light
Director Shawn Levy reflects on achieving his long-standing ambition to bring Anthony Doerr novel All The Light We Cannot See to the screen and why the themes of the Netflix drama are more resonant than ever.
Working on Wednesday
Hair and make-up designer Tara McDonald discusses her Bafta- and Emmy-nominated work on Netflix’s supernatural mystery Wednesday, in which she sought to create modern looks for its cast of iconic characters.