Star Asher Keddie and producer Imogen Banks tell DQ about their partnership behind the scenes of Fake, a stress-inducing, thought-provoking look at one woman’s search for love and the man she falls for, despite her instinct that he’s not everything he seems to be.
From starring in Sex Education and Bridgerton to launching her production company Good Catch Entertainment, Simone Ashley is building a name for herself on and off screen. She reflects on her career so far, discusses her producing ambitions and reveals what drives her to succeed.
More than a decade in the making, The Gray House is inspired by the true stories of women who helped win the US Civil War for the Union. Producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary join stars Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Vereen to take DQ into the making of the historical drama. At a difficult time for the television business, with new commissions in short supply and budgets shrinking, sometimes all you need is a little patience. As Academy Award-winning star Morgan Freeman recalls, Clint Eastwood spent more than a decade waiting for the right time to make Unforgiven, his 1992 western in which Freeman also starred. Now the actor-turned-producer has had to demonstrate a little patience of his own with his latest project, The Gray House, a series that has been 12 years in the making. “It’s almost impossible to get a project that excites you that you can pass on, but it might be a time before somebody else’s eyes light up on that project. That means for you, patience,” he tells DQ. “That’s the name of the game, actually. A lot of good stories sit on shelves for many, many years. And the lesson is, everything in its own time. “In many cases it also takes a while to get a proper script, a script you believe in. That’s the next hurdle in creating something. Who’s the writer who can take this to the next level, the level you need to be able to show it to a … Continue reading Hidden heroines
Roísín Gallagher (The Dry), Sinéad Keenan (Unforgotten) and Caoilfhionn Dunne (Industry) will star in How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, the new series from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee that is now in production.
Actors Eva Morgan and Vinette Robinson reflect on making Channel 4 whodunnit thriller The Gathering, their shared passion for the Liverpool-set project and the importance of its working-class representation.
Spanish drama Nos vemos en otra vida (See You in Another Life) dramatises the true story of how a teenager became involved in a terrorist attack on Madrid in 2004. Creators Alberto and Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo explain how they approached making the fact-based series 20 years later.
FIRST LOOK: Jeff Goldblum becomes King of the Gods when Netflix series Kaos launches on August 29.
Made in secret, Operation Sabre dramatises the events surrounding the assassination of a Serbian prime minister. Creator Goran Stankovic and producer Snezana van Houwlingen join actors Milica Gojkovic and Dragan Micanovic to reflect on making this award-winning series.
TRAILER: Take a look at The Jetty, the BBC drama starring Jenna Coleman that will launch on July 15.
FIRST LOOK: Annabel Scholey and Colin Morgan star in psychological drama Dead & Buried, coming soon to the BBC and Virgin Media Television in Ireland.
The unusual title star of a dark, gritty Netflix period drama set in 1980s New York just happens to be a giant puppet. DQ speaks to creature creation firm Stitches & Glue and puppeteer Olly Taylor about bringing Eric to life. In Netflix series Eric, there’s a scene where Benedict Cumberbatch’s character Vincent is dancing in a New York nightclub to iconic dance anthem Gloria. During rehearsals, the supporting artists who filled the 1980s set in Budapest would have seen Cumberbatch practicing his moves alongside a man dressed in black sportswear, seemingly out of step with their own period styling. But when director Lucy Forbes prepared to call action, the mysterious man disappeared, only to be replaced by a giant furry monster, the eponymous Eric. “It’s always fun with a big character because when we rehearsed and I’m sat there like some ninja, everybody’s like, ‘Well, I don’t know what that guy’s doing,’” puppeteer Olly Taylor tells DQ. “Then, of course, you come back with everything on [as Eric] and it’s very arresting for all of those supporting artists who haven’t been privy to what they’re a part of, and then they’re trying not to look at the most distracting thing in the room.” From writer Abi Morgan (The Split), director Forbes (This is Going to Hurt) and production company Sister (Chernobyl), Eric follows a father’s desperate search for his nine-year-old son, who goes missing one morning on his way to school. Vincent is one of New York’s leading puppeteers … Continue reading Becoming Eric
FIRST LOOK: Gary Oldman returns to Slough House for the fourth season of Apple TV+ espionage drama Slow Horses, which will debut on September 4.
TRAILER: Disney+ has released the first teaser trailer for Rivals, its upcoming adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name starring Alex Hassell, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Nafessa Williams.
Bridgerton’s Bessie Carter stars in Outrageous, a six-part series now in production that tells the story of the Mitford sisters set against the backdrop 1930s British high society.
FIRST LOOK: Filming is underway on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new HBO drama set in the world of Game of Thrones.
Michael Fassbender will take the lead in The Agency, a political espionage thriller described as a “fresh take” on French series Le Bureau des Légendes (The Bureau).
TRAILER: Anne-Marie Duff and Dominic Cooper star in the second season of Channel 4 drama Suspect, which will air in the UK this summer.
German crime drama Babylon Berlin will return for a fifth and final season, with filming set to begin this October on eight new episodes.
FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on a new Channel 4 drama called Patience, which is based on the French crime series Astrid & Raphaëlle.
FIRST LOOK: Here’s Doctor Who star Millie Gibson and Joshua Orpin (Titans) in the first image released from The Forsyte Saga, a new adaptation of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte novels.
