Anaon director David Hourrègue reflects on making this fantastical French coming-of-age series and working with teenagers again after Skam France, and explains why making the show was the “greatest experience” of his career.
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Into the Otherworld
Keeping up appearances
Just Act Normal creator and writer Janice Okoh joins executive producer George Ormond to discuss adapting for television her award-winning play about three siblings fighting to stay together after their mother’s disappearance, and the challenges of production on a limited budget.
Disney+ sets launch for Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
TRAILER: Edison Alcaide, Conleth Hill, Max Beesley and Emily Mortimer lead the cast of factual drama Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a four-part series launching on Disney+ on April 30.
Arranging Reunion
BBC thriller Reunion is a story of revenge and redemption – and a bilingual series featuring spoken English and British Sign Language. Creator William Mager and star Matthew Gurney tell DQ how they made the show and how they sought to represent deaf people authentically.
Channel 4 takes a dip with Summerwater
FIRST LOOK: Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson and Valene Kane have completed filming Scottish drama Summerwater, a six-part series based on the book by Sarah Moss that is coming soon to the UK’s Channel 4.
TNT reads up on The Librarians: The Next Chapter
TRAILER: Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Olivia Morris and Bluey Robinson take the lead in The Librarians: The Next Chapter, a spin-off of fantasy series The Librarians launching on US cable network TNT on May 25.
Cracking Black Mirror
As Black Mirror returns, creator Charlie Brooker and exec producer Jessica Rhoades reveal the creative process behind Netflix’s mind-bending anthology while stars Emma Corrin, Sienna Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Lewis Gribben and Josh Finan offer insights into their unsettling and thought-provoking episodes.
Second act
From learning lines to writing them, actors Andrei Alén, Genevieve Barr, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Leah Purcell discuss their individual journeys behind the camera to become screenwriters, and how they have used their unique experiences and perspectives to shape the stories they want to tell.
Down the River
Dark secrets, fractured families and the weight of addiction – star Amanda Seyfried joins the team behind Long Bright River to delve into a book-to-screen adaptation that hits close to home.
A wing and a scare
DQ hears from the cast and creative team behind Québécois crime drama Corbeaux (Crows) about how they blended horror, the supernatural and local folklore to tell this story of two detectives on the hunt for a serial killer.
French polish
Writers Claire Lemaréchal, Franck Philippon and director Cathy Verney tell DQ about making new French drama Clean, their partnership behind the scenes and their approach to adapting the British series on which it is based.
BBC, Netflix investigate The Bombing of Pan Am 103
FIRST LOOK: Connor Swindells, Patrick J Adams, Merritt Wever and Peter Mullan lead the cast of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, a BBC and Netflix coproduction based on the true story of 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
BBC looks forward to Reunion
TRAILER: Here’s the trailer for Reunion, the BBC’s upcoming four-part bilingual series that blends spoken English with British Sign Language. It debuts on Monday, April 7.
Apple TV+ honours Chief of War
FIRST LOOK: Jason Momoa stars in upcoming Apple TV+ drama, a series he has also written and executive produced. It is set to debut on August 1, 2025.
Disney+ hunts for The Stolen Girl
TRAILER: Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod and Jim Sturgess star in The Stolen Girl, a five-part psychological drama launching on Disney+ around the world and Freeform in the US on April 16.
Baring her Soul
Soul Sucker creator, writer and star Bat Hen Sabag tells DQ how her own relatives inspired this Israeli horror comedy about a woman who attempts to escape a deadly family curse.
Warp speed
Warp Films CEO Mark Herbert reflects on the success of Netflix one-shot drama Adolescence, previews BBC revenge thriller Reunion and explains how the production company continues to push boundaries through storytelling.
Scouse rules
Stars James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow and Jack McMullen join writer Stephen Butchard to take DQ inside the world of This City is Ours, a BBC crime drama where a delicate love story takes centre stage against a backdrop of ambition and power on the streets of Liverpool.
Married to the mob
While she may be best known for playing lady’s maid Anna Bates in Downton Abbey, Joanne Froggatt has built a career defined by variety. Here, she tells DQ about her latest part – starring opposite Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren in Guy Ritchie’s new TV drama, MobLand.
Next in line
Generationer (Generations), the latest flagship drama from Danish broadcaster DR, takes viewers into the mystery behind a shocking discovery that leads one family to reconsider the past. Creator Anna Emma Haudal dissects the themes behind the show and reveals her writing process.