Category: ON LOCATION
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.
Extra special
As Vienna Blood returns for a fourth season, DQ writer James Rampton considers the life of a supporting artist after making his screen debut in the return of this historical crime drama.
Shades of Grey
In reality, Lady Jane Grey lost her head. However, Prime Video series My Lady Jane imagines an alt-history fantasy where she survived – and thrived. DQ heads to the 16th century set to see the cast and crew at work.
Cancelled out
In a TV studio in west London, DQ meets Douglas is Cancelled stars Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan and writer Steven Moffat to hear about the timely themes and issues behind this ITV comedy-drama in which a news presenter falls foul of cancel culture.
Reinventing Rebus
Ian Rankin’s literary detective John Rebus returns to the screen as a young officer disenchanted by the police and his role in it. DQ visits the Edinburgh set to find out how Rebus tells the story of a man at a crossroads as his personal and professional lives implode.
Hope amid horror
DQ heads to Bratislava, Slovakia, to see the making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Sky and Peacock’s adaptation of Heather Morris’s novel inspired by a real love story set against the atrocities of a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Northern exposure
DQ heads to the fictional Chadder Vale, the setting for the ‘otherworldy’ ITV drama Passenger, in which a detective investigates the disappearance of young people in mysterious circumstances.
Shiv show
DQ visits Dublin to meet the cast of The Dry as they reunite to film the second season of the ITVX and RTÉ comedy-drama about a family’s battle with addiction – and each other.
Flood for thought
On the set of ITV drama After the Flood, DQ learns how this six-part drama blends a murder mystery with a discussion about climate change, and why the cast and crew sought to make its dramatic water sequences as believable as possible.
Paradise lost
DQ heads to the beach to find the cast and crew of Paramount+ series The Castaways filming this mystery thriller based on Lucy Clarke’s novel, in which two sisters are separated after an apparent plane crash.
Fit for a queen
DQ goes Dutch to watch filming for Máxima, a six-part royal drama about the Argentinian who would become the Queen of the Netherlands.
Taking flight
DQ heads to Scotland to meet the cast and writer of BBC thriller Vigil, which is shifting the action from its first season submarine setting to explore the fallout from a disastrous airbase weapons demonstration in season two.
Call me Cary
DQ says hello to Jason Isaacs on the set of his ITV drama Archie, where the actor reveals the lengths he has gone to transform himself into the man who would become Cary Grant, for a biopic about the British Hollywood star’s life on and off screen.
Winds of change
Lenny Henry, creator and writer of ITV drama Three Little Birds, and star Saffron Coomber reflect on the real-life stories and experiences that inform this six-parter about three young women who leave Jamaica to start a new life in 1950s Britain.
Burning ambition
DQ goes on location to meet the cast and creative team behind Paramount+ series The Burning Girls, a horror series, whodunit and character drama wrapped in one.
Domina theory
As historical drama Domina returns for a second season, DQ heads to Rome and the celebrated Cinecittà Studios to meet the cast of this epic series and find out why it’s described as Rome meets House of Cards.
Bridging the divide
DQ heads to Belfast to meet the team behind Sky series The Lovers, which sees romance blossom between a mismatched couple in a modern city coming to terms with its past.
One of a Kind
Paramount+ drama The Killing Kind delves into a hidden part of London to tell the story of barrister confronting her relationship with a troubled former client. DQ visits the set to discover the secrets behind this adaptation of Jane Casey’s novel.
Just add water
DQ heads to Scotland to hear about the importance of crime drama Annika’s riverside setting and why star Nicola Walker was left feeling queasy during production.
Divine comedy
DQ heads to Scotland to meet stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and co-showrunners Douglas Mackinnon and Neil Gaiman – sort of – during filming for the second season of heavenly adaptation Good Omens.