Articles about Britbox
Something about Mary
From the shadows of Pride & Prejudice, Mary Bennet takes centre stage in BBC drama The Other Bennet Sister. DQ speaks to star Ella Bruccoleri about playing the overlooked character, brushing up on Jane Austen and stepping into a leading role for the first time.
Leading Lynley
Vikings: Valhalla actor Leo Suter suits up to star in Lynley, a new adaptation of Elizabeth George’s mystery crime novels. He tells DQ about playing the title role, partnering with co-star Sofia Barclay and how his path to acting is reflected in his character’s own journey.
ITV returns to the water for After the Flood S2
FIRST LOOK: Sophie Rundle reprises her role as Jo Marshall in season two of mystery thriller After the Flood, coming soon to ITV in the UK and BritBox in North America, Australia and the Nordics.
Ready to Riot
In Riot Women, five middle-aged women come together to form a punk band and discover they have a lot to say. Writer and director Sally Wainwright joins real punk duo ARXX to tell DQ about making the series and producing the show’s original songs.
BBC, BritBox turn up the volume for Riot Women
TRAILER: Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne and Amelia Bullmore star in Riot Women, the new drama from Happy Valley’s Sally Wainwright that will launch on the BBC this October.
Catching up with Karen
Three years after its debut, Karen Pirie continues to freshen up the crime genre with its unashamedly “normal” title character. Writer Emer Kenny and executive producer Emma Luffingham take DQ inside the series based on Val McDermid’s literary detective.
Fit for the Mitfords
Production designer Matthew Button and costume designer Claire Collins take DQ into the world of Outrageous, UKTV and BritBox’s period biopic of the real-life Mitford sisters, and reveal how they recreated British high society of the 1930s.
Karen Pirie sets ITV, BritBox return
FIRST LOOK: Lauren Lyle returns as Karen Pirie in the second season of the ITV and BritBox crime series, which is set to return to screens this summer.
Code breakers
Rose-Ayling Ellis takes her first leading role in Code of Silence, an ITV drama about a deaf woman who is thrown into a world of crime. She joins creator Catherine Moulton to detail their mission to blend an authentic representation of the deaf experience with a high-stakes thriller.
U&Drama, BritBox set for Outrageous period drama
FIRST LOOK: Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy star in Outrageous, a new period drama about the Mitford sisters launching on U and U&Drama on June 19.
Starting a Riot
Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright previews her upcoming BBC and BritBox music drama Riot Women, discusses how it was influenced by her personal experiences and explains why she now recommends singing as a way to build bonds between cast members.
Behind the headlines
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain, but was she judged for more than her crime? Writer Kelly Jones tells DQ how she wanted to present the “real woman” caught up in tragic events in ITV miniseries A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story.
Undiscovered riches
Lynley screenwriter Steve Thompson and executive producer David Stern preview this upcoming BritBox and BBC crime drama, which brings Elizabeth George’s literary detective back to the screen nearly two decades since his last appearance.
BBC turns up volume with Riot Women
FIRST LOOK: Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Grieg, Lorraine Ashbourne and Amelia Bullmore head the cast of BBC and BritBox series Riot Women, the new drama from Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright.
BBC plans more puzzles for Ludwig
The BBC has ordered a second season of crime comedy-drama Ludwig, after the series starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin became the broadcaster’s biggest scripted show of the year.
Britbox inherits Channel 5 drama
Britbox in the US and Canada will air family thriller The Inheritance after its launch last year on the UK’s Channel 5.
Killer adaptation
As Agatha Christie adaptation Murder is Easy arrives on the BBC, director Meenu Gaur and executive producer James Prichard discuss making this two-part murder mystery and why the celebrated author’s work remains timeless.
Enter the Para-verse
With long-running crime drama Death in Paradise now joined in the television schedules by sequel-spin-off Beyond Paradise, executive producers Tim Key and Alex Jones discuss expanding the world of the original series and the ‘franchisation’ of television.
Fantasy politics
Stan & Ollie director Jon S Baird tells DQ about moving into television miniseries with ITV drama Stonehouse, partnering with star Matthew Macfadyen and bringing a heightened tone to this farcical true story.
