After achieving dizzying heights with his first series, Baby Reindeer, creator and star Richard Gadd is back with BBC drama Half Man. He reveals the origins of the project, his biggest TV inspiration and how he ended up playing a lead role once again.
Director Mark Munden, writer Jack Thorne and executive producer Joel Wilson take DQ inside the BBC’s new Lord of the Flies miniseries, revealing the origins of the first TV adaptation of William Golding’s novel and how they wrangled a large cast of young boys on location in Malaysia.
Unforgotten creator Chris Lang’s new show, I, Jack Wright, focuses on the shockwaves sent through a family by its deceased patriarch’s will. The writer and exec producer lays out his wishes for the series and explains why he wanted to tell this story.
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.
A decade after its acclaimed first season, BBC historical drama Wolf Hall is back for part two, subtitled The Mirror & The Light. Director Peter Kosminsky explains how the show continues the story of the fateful relationship between Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII.
A Very Royal Scandal is the second scripted project telling the story of Emily Maitlis’s bombshell interview with Prince Andrew. Stars Ruth Wilson and Michael Sheen – and Maitlis herself – pull back the curtain on the Prime Video three-parter.
Young House of the Dragon star Harry Collett, who plays Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, sits down with DQ to talk about his process as an actor, learning to sword fight and his dream collaborators.
Writer Abi Morgan and director Lucy Forbes pull back the curtain on Eric, a Netflix miniseries that stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a desperate father who believes a puppet holds the key to bringing home his missing son.
The Woman in the Wall star and executive producer Ruth Wilson joins creator and writer Joe Murtagh to explain how the BBC/Showtime “gothic mystery” puts the spotlight on a dark period of Irish history, revealing surprising character inspirations and the art of sleepwalking on screen.
Series creator Charlie Brooker joins stars Paapa Essiedu and Anjana Vasan to take DQ inside Demon 79, a horror-focused episode from the new season of Black Mirror that stands apart from the rest for one reason – it’s got nothing to do with technology.
Writer Jack Thorne and star Sharon Horgan explain how they approached the challenging subject at the heart of the BBC’s Best Interests, in which two parents find themselves at odds with each other and the NHS when it comes to their critically ill daughter.
Writer and director Stefan Golaszewski and stars Nicola Walker and Sean Bean take DQ down the aisle to explain how they attempted to bring a detailed and realistic portrait of a relationship three decades in the making to TV with BBC miniseries Marriage.
Greg Davies plans to add some polish to UK screens this week with the debut of his dark comedy series The Cleaner. He discusses how he adapted the show from a German series and why he’s excited by his lead role as a professional crime scene cleaner.
12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen comes to the small screen for the first time with Small Axe, a series of feature-length TV films focusing on London’s West Indian community. He reveals how the long-gestating project took shape and explains how these historical stories look to the future.
Executive producer Jane Tranter and writer Jack Thorne explain why the second season of Philip Pullman adaptation His Dark Materials has a different feel from the first and discuss the pitfalls of bringing the beloved book trilogy to the screen.
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes turns his hand to the origins of football in his latest period drama, Netflix series The English Game. DQ discovers why it will appeal to fanatics and non-fans alike.
Based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novels, HBO and BBC drama His Dark Materials aims to set a new benchmark for fantasy series. The cast and writer Jack Thorne reveal their approach to writing and filming the adaptation.
Known for her frequent Agatha Christie adaptations, writer Sarah Phelps reveals how she transformed Tana French’s Irish crime novels into BBC drama Dublin Murders.
As Killing Eve’s second season launches in the UK, star Jodie Comer and exec producer Sally Woodward Gentle extol the contribution of new head writer Emerald Fennell and discuss the show’s female perspective.
Stephen Graham gives an award-winning performance as a man facing up to his haunting past in Channel 4 miniseries The Virtues. Shane Meadows, the director known for This Is England, details how his own life experiences inspired the drama.
