Category: ON LOCATION
Killing them softly
DQ meets Midsomer Murders stars Neil Dudgeon and Nick Hendrix as they film the upcoming 25th season of the beloved crime drama, discussing their on-screen partnership and why suits and scents help them get into character to play the show’s lead detective duo.
Directing the Blues
On the set of the BBC’s Belfast crime drama Blue Lights, actor turned director Angela Griffin reveals her passion for filmmaking as she takes charge behind the camera for season three’s climactic scenes.
Once upon a time in Naples
DQ travels to Naples to watch filming for Gomorra – Le Origini (Gomorrah – Origins), a 1970s-set prequel to the iconic Italian mafia drama. Director Marco D’Amore, writer Maddalena Ravagli, producer Riccardo Tozzi and Sky exec Nils Hartmann go back to the beginning.
Under the Lights
DQ heads to Belfast to see filming for Blue Lights season three as the BAFTA-winning BBC police drama delves into the hidden world of white-collar crime while members of the PSNI force tackle issues relating to mental health, grief and trauma.
Living the Dream
DQ steps onto the otherworldly set of The Sandman to hear from showrunner Allan Heinberg, the cast and the creative team about bringing gods, Hell and magic to life for the second and final season of the Netflix fantasy series.
Gold minds
As The Gold returns for a second season, DQ visits the set of the factual drama to find out how the fallout from the Brink’s-Mat heist in S1 is affecting both the police and the plotters, and how writer Neil Forsyth sought to balance fact and fiction.
Killer style
Director Simon Hynd, costume designer Hayley Nebauer and hair and make-up designer James Spinks tell DQ about the “unique” prospect of making BBC comedy-drama Death Valley, which centres on an unlikely crime-solving partnership who must unravel a series of bizarre murders.
Transported through time
DQ hears from the cast of Belgravia: The Next Chapter about how the costumes, props and stately home settings of the sumptuous period drama help them prepare for their roles in this sequel to the original 2020 series.
Lost in Kingston
Get Millie Black screenwriter Marlon James joins stars Tamara Lawrance and Joe Dempsie to dissect this five-part crime noir about a former London cop who returns to her Jamaican homeland, revealing their emotional ties to the story and explaining how the series reassesses its setting.
Dope and glory
DQ visits the Welsh town of Bridgend to find a television studio transformed into 1918 London for Dope Girls, a BBC series based on the real experiences of the women living – and surviving – in Soho’s illicit world of illegal nightclubs.
High tech on the high seas
DQ travels to Rome to meet stars Can Yaman and Alanah Bloor plus the creative team behind Sandokan and find out how skilled craftmanship and state-of-the-art technology have been merged for this ambitious retelling of Emilio Salgari’s classic pirate saga.
Clearing the air
DQ heads to Manchester and the set of Toxic Town, where writer Jack Thorne, executive producer Annabel Jones and stars including Jodie Whittaker discuss making Netflix’s four-part drama based on the enduring impact of one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals.
Nice to meet you
A pair of parents face a devastating dilemma in ITV psychological thriller Playing Nice. DQ heads to Cornwall to meet stars James Norton and James McArdle and the team behind the this adaptation of JP Delaney’s novel of the same name.
In the thick of it
The South Wales town of Newport is the setting for Ar y Ffin (Mudtown), a crime drama that sees a local magistrate and a criminal kingpin brought together in a story about what people will do for their families. DQ gets stuck in with stars Erin Richards, Tom Cullen, producer Hannah Thomas and writers Hannah Daniel and Georgia Lee to find out more.
Hitting the Road
As Paramount+ brings to the screen an adaptation of Beth O’Leary romcom novel The Road Trip, the cast and crew tell DQ about the numerous changes they’ve made to the source material, filming on a virtual production stage, and why the main star of the show isn’t one of the human characters.
Sharp shooter
DQ heads to Budapest to meet Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and the team behind Sky and Peacock’s globe-trotting action thriller The Day of the Jackal, a very modern update on the classic tale of an elusive assassin and the spy out to get him.
Seine-sational drama
DQ arrives in Paris to meet the team behind Paris Has Fallen, a spin-off from the Gerard Butler film series that sees a terrorist plot target the French capital, and hear why they believe this could be the start of a new international action-drama franchise.
Life imitating art
DQ heads to Cardiff to meet the cast and crew behind BBC comedy-drama Death Valley, in which a former TV detective utilises his investigative skills in the real world when he strikes a partnership with an actual detective.
Love, power and Rivals
Disney+ brings high drama and romance with Rivals, an adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel. DQ visits the set to meet the stars and creative team behind this lavish, witty exploration of 1980s duelling egos in the fictional county of Rutshire.
Back to the City
DQ visits the set of the eagerly awaited City of God: The Fight Rages On, the Max series that returns to the Brazilian favelas to tell the story of what happened to the original film’s characters 20 years later.