Category: DQ TV
Finding Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor stars Alfie Allen, Martijn Lakemeier and Colm Meaney join creator Mark Williams and producer Femke Wolting to unpack this crime thriller about two friends who cross paths with the Irish mob and become central players in a European drug ring.
Ravens take flight
Rise of the Raven stars Gellért K Kádár and Vivien Rujder join showrunner Balázs Lengyel to tell DQ how they transported viewers to 15th century Europe for this epic series that sees a fearless army commander face down an Ottoman invasion.
Home away from Holmes
Watson star Morris Chestnut reveals why he returned to medical drama to play the title character in this Sherlock Holmes spin-off, which sees Dr John Watson practising medicine at a clinic for rare disorders.
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.
Lights, camera, produce
In this special film, actors including Marta Dusseldorp, Lenny Henry, Gabija Siurbyte and Alexandra Rapaport open up about their journey into production and how they are developing series behind the camera.
Making accusations
Accused executive producers Howard Gordon and Glenn Geller explain why this Fox anthology series is more than a courtroom drama.
Friendly faces
Actor Damian Lewis and writer Alex Cary open up about their interest in bringing to the screen A Spy Among Friends, based on a true story of friendship and betrayal.
Telling tales
Writer and director Balint Szentgyörgyi discusses the political and cultural influences that inspired A besúgó (The Informant), HBO’s 1980s-set Hungarian thriller about a student living a double life as a government spy.
All according to Tran
French screenwriter Quoc Dang Tran discusses his unusual path to working in television, breaking out with horror series Marianne and adapting a Japanese manga for Drops of God.
In League with Mark Gatiss
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss reflects on his career so far – touching on shows including The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock and Dracula – and shares his journey to making feature-length drama The Amazing Mr Blunden.
Crime glee
Scottish writer Irvine Welsh speaks to DQ about making his television debut with Crime, a complex police series based on his own novel, and why he doesn’t care what medium he writes for.
History maker
Vikings creator Michael Hirst opens up about his fascination with history and explains why his latest project, Billy the Kid, isn’t the western drama you might expect.
Going Hoff script
US star David Hasselhoff and producer Siegfried Kamml discuss their partnership on Ze Network, in which the actor plays a heightened version of himself who takes a role in a conspiracy thriller he doesn’t know whether is real or imagined.
Completing The Shift
Danish director Lone Scherfig tells DQ how she delivered medical drama Ellas Vagt (The Shift), in which Sofie Gråbøl stars as the head of a busy maternity unit.
Dog days
Stars Josefin Asplund and Alexey Manvelov discuss the making of Swedish drama Top Dog, which centres on aspiring lawyer and an ex-con who forge an unlikely partnership.
Making a Minister
Icelandic star Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, writer Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson and director Nanna Kristin Magnúsdóttir tell DQ about The Minister, in which an unconventional politician with a hidden health condition becomes prime minister.
On ice
The executive producer and director of Spanish-produced Antarctic thriller The Head take DQ inside this whodunnit, set in one of the most remote places on Earth.
Scarlet fever
Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin, the stars of Miss Scarlet & The Duke, reveal why this period series is more than a Victorian-era crime drama.
Royal rumble
A Norwegian princess and US president build an unlikely friendship during the Second World War in eight-part drama Atlantic Crossing. Stars Sofia Helin, Kyle MacLachlan and director Alexander Eik discuss the real-life relationship at the heart of the story.
Normal procedure
Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson and executive producer Ed Guiney discuss developing and casting the small-screen adaptation of Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel.