DQ100 – Part one
In the first part of the DQ100 2022/23, we pick out a range of shows to tune in for and the actors, directors and writers making them, as well as some of the trends and trailblazers worth catching up with. ACTORS Anita Bríem Best known for her role in period drama The Tudors, Icelandic star Bríem will head the cast of local broadcaster Channel 2’s As Long As We Live, which she also created and wrote. Based on her own experiences, the show stars Bríem as Beta, a former pop queen and now struggling mum stuck in a stale marriage. When a young man becomes a part of their household and starts introducing Beta and her husband to flirting games, she is led down a path of lust and excitement that reignites their relationship but also strips their marriage to the core and threatens its entire existence. Robert Carlyle Roles in films and TV series including The Full Monty, The World Is Not Enough, Once Upon A Time and Cobra (pictured) have made the Scottish actor one of the most recognisable stars on screen. One of his most iconic parts is that of Begbie, which he played in 1996 Danny Boyle film Trainspotting its 2017 sequel. Carlyle is now set to reprise the incendiary role once more in The Blade Artist, a television adaptation of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name. The story picks up 20 years after that first film, at a time when Begbie – … Continue reading DQ100 – Part one
