DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this November, including two TV spin-offs from blockbuster movies, a fast-paced Brazilian biopic, a US crime drama and a new take on The Day of the Jackal.
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Series to Watch: November 2024
Five Minutes With… Nathalie Armin
The actor tells DQ about filming the second season of BBC drama Showtrial and how the series plays with moral ambiguity.
Proud moment
Director John Mark dissects a key scene from OUTtv’s latest comedy series, Off Shoot, and explains how he found the balance between thought-provoking and entertaining television.
DQ100 2024/25 – Part three
In the third part of the DQ100 2024/25, 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.
Series to Watch: Mipcom 2024
At the end of the television industry’s annual Mipcom market, DQ picks out some of the new international series to look out for, from a British period drama and the first English-language Turkish drama to a “live-action anime” and a Danish crime mystery.
History repeating
French thriller Brocéliande sees a biologist return to her former university to uncover the truth behind her friend’s disappearance, when another person goes missing in similar circumstances. Dominique Farrugia, CEO of producer Shine Fiction, tells DQ more.
Lies and loss
Une Amie Dévouée (The Confidante) director Just Philippot explains how this French drama will offer viewers a unique perspective on the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris, almost a decade on from the tragedy.
Prime performers
Stars including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Octavia Spencer and Felicity Ward previewed their new series at a Prime Video event outlining its mission to create a television destination for women. DQ has all the details.
Disappearing act
As Apple TV+ launches its first German-language original series, DQ speaks to stars Heike Makatsch, Axel Stein and Lea Drinda about solving the mystery behind eight-part dark comedy-drama Where’s Wanda?.
Series to Watch: October 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this October, from a dark German comedy and a Australian romantic drama to a thrilling Welsh crime noir and the first series from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg.
A lesson in suspense
Rachel Gesua, senior executive producer at The Teacher producer Clapperboard, breaks down a key scene from the second season of the Channel 5 thriller, in which the protagonist faces the police after tragedy strikes on a school trip.
Deeper underground
Subterranea creator Brian Munene introduces DQ to this groundbreaking Showmax sci-fi series and explains why the story will resonate beyond its Kenyan setting.
Casting the net wide
Lucy Hellier offers insight into her role as a British casting director working overseas and how she came to work on productions such as Spain’s La Templanza (The Vineyard) and France’s Mort sur la piste (Death on the Track).
Dressed to impress
Vestidas de Azul (Dressed in Blue) is the sequel to acclaimed Spanish biopic Vereno, about the life of transgender singer and TV star Christina Ortiz Rodríguez. DQ hears from Montse García Alvarez of producer and distributor Atresmedia about continuing the story and the importance of highlighting underrepresented voices.
The Write Way
In this special film, showrunners and writers including Chris Brancato, Steven Knight, Anna Winger, Jeff Melvoin and Suzie Miller break down the origins of the television writing room, its evolution over 50 years and how it has been adopted overseas.
Working the room
With credits on series including Fake and Bump, Australian scribe Jessica Tuckwell takes DQ inside a writers’ room and reveals what it’s like for a writer to work on a show they haven’t created themselves.
Series to Watch: September 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this September, from an Icelandic crime adaptation and a Netflix murder mystery to a Leonard Cohen biopic and the final season of an acclaimed Italian drama.
Right of reply
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story recounts the true story of the eponymous model’s kidnap ordeal in 2017 and the subsequent media storm when she was accused of faking the whole thing. Writer Georgia Lester, star Nadia Parkes and Ayling herself recount the making of this factual drama.
Rising Son
Serbian drama Volja sinovljeva (Son’s Will) is set to break boundaries for broadcaster Telekom Srbija. DQ hears from creators Strahinja Madžarević and Nemanja Ćeranić and producer Miloš Avramović about this fantastical, post-apocalyptic adventure series told in the style of an epic folk poem.
Team player
As Seal Team returns for a seventh and final season, star David Boreanaz reflects on the impact of the action drama, his breakout role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his multi-discipline approach to making television.