Category: SIX OF THE BEST
Six of the Best: Vanessa Shapiro
Gaumont’s president of worldwide TV distribution and coproduction shares her six favourite series of all time, featuring a mix of US comedies and international dramas.
Six of the Best: Timur Weinstein
Russian network NTV celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018. Here, its general producer picks out his six favourite scripted series, which include a pair of comedies, a crime caper and a portrait of gangsters in Prohibition-era America.
Six of the Best: Hilary Salmon
The BBC Studios head of drama, London, picks an all-British half-a-dozen shows that she wishes she had made herself, including one she almost did.
Six of the Best: Zhanna Shakhshaeva
The head of the international department at Russian distributor All Media makes a selection of scripted shows worthy of binge-watching, including an Icelandic thriller, a Spanish prison drama and an award-winning US series.
Six of the Best: Oriana Kujawka
The head of series development at Polish broadcaster TVN reveals her top half-dozen dramas, including a childhood favourite, an Israeli thriller and some award-winning US series.
Six of the Best: Victoria Madden
The writer and co-creator of Australian drama The Kettering Incident and forthcoming supernatural thriller The Gloaming picks her six favourite dramas, which include a blend of science fiction, crime and Scandi noir.
Six of the Best: Nigel Marchant
The joint MD of Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films selects the series that inspired his career in film and television, including a superbly crafted period drama perfect for binge-watching and a second appearance this issue for Friday Night Lights.
Six of the best: Kathryn Busby
The senior VP of development at Sony Pictures Television Networks chooses her six favourite television dramas, picking a selection of game-changing series that challenge, thrill and set new markers for inclusion and diversity.
Six of the Best: Tim Key
Tim Key is executive producer for BBC1 crime drama Death in Paradise, which has been recommissioned for an eighth season to air in 2019. For his Six of the Best, he chooses an eclectic mix of classic adaptation, soap, comedy, mystery, western and one emotional rollercoaster.
Six of the best: Frith Tiplady
The executive producer of dramas including Peaky Blinders, Fortitude and Ripper Street chooses a mixture of British and US dramas – including one that has been stuck in her mind for the past 20 years.
Six of the best: Kay Mellor
Politics, humour and strong female characters lead the pack for the creator of some of Britain’s best-loved dramas, from Fat Friends to Band of Gold, who also has two new series on the horizon – Love, Lies & Records for the BBC and ITV’s Girlfriends.
Peter Lenkov
As US drama MacGyver prepares for its UK debut, airing on Sky1 on February 8, the showrunner and executive producer of the CBS drama – who also takes charge of network sibling Hawaii Five-0 – finds room for a pair of Hawaii-set series and an ‘honest, raw portrayal of teenage life’ in his list.
Rola Bauer
The StudioCanal executive’s contemporary selection includes her firm’s darkly compelling drama Spotless alongside global mega-hits like HBO’s Game of Thrones.
Sarah Doole
The FremantleMedia director of global drama’s list is largely UK-focused, mixing hard-hitting drama with a healthy dose of comedy, while there’s also a space for some Nordic noir.
Ashley Pharoah
As Life on Mars creator Ashley Pharoah prepares to return to BBC1 with ‘eerie’ drama The Living and the Dead, he tells DQ about the six shows that have inspired his career in television.
Kjartan Thor Thordarson
Sagafilm Nordic CEO Kjartan Thor Thordarson’s picks include the ‘perfect copro’ and a series that kept him in on Friday nights
Mikiko Nishiyama
Mikiko Nishiyama, senior director of international business development at Nippon Television Network, finds room for recent Japanese hit The Long Goodbye on a US-dominated list of drama favourites.
Alexandra Finlay
The head of acquisitions and coproductions at UKTV opts for a crime-dominated batch of shows that have both shocked and astonished – as well as one ‘aspirational guilty pleasure.’
Sara Johnson
Sara Johnson is executive producer and head of coproductions, scripted, at Keshet International UK. Opting to give DQ a whopping 10 shows instead of the usual six, Sara adds Keshet titles Prisoners of War and The A Word to her ‘nostalgic’ list of top dramas.
Marty Adelstein
Marty Adelstein is the CEO of Tomorrow Studios, producer of Aquarius, starring David Duchovny. The 1960s-set drama premiered on NBC earlier this month.