Articles about Channel 4
Unusual Suspect
Eagle Eye Drama’s Jo McGrath and writer Joy Wilkinson sit down with DQ to discuss the return of Channel 4 thriller Suspect, building its starry cast and why its unique structure is rooted in the theatre.
Class clash
Actors Eva Morgan and Vinette Robinson reflect on making Channel 4 whodunnit thriller The Gathering, their shared passion for the Liverpool-set project and the importance of its working-class representation.
Channel 4 identifies new Suspect
TRAILER: Anne-Marie Duff and Dominic Cooper star in the second season of Channel 4 drama Suspect, which will air in the UK this summer.
Channel 4 meets Patience
FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on a new Channel 4 drama called Patience, which is based on the French crime series Astrid & Raphaëlle.
Manifesting Malala
The return of We Are Lady Parts for a second season about the titular Muslim punk band brought with it a standout cameo from Malala Yousafzai. Series creator Nida Manzoor explains how a song title led to the activist arriving on set for a western-themed music sequence.
Cops and rockers
Lucie Shorthouse is currently starring in two primetime series, but they couldn’t be more different. She discusses becoming a detective for Rebus and returning to the beat of music comedy We Are Lady Parts for its second season.
Party people
After the Party’s award-winning star Robyn Malcolm and producer Helen Bowden reflect on the moral storm swirling at the centre of this New Zealand drama and explain how they worked to keep viewers on edge until its conclusion.
Coming together
Ahead of the launch of The Gathering, writer Helen Walsh speaks to DQ about creating the authentic world seen in her first television series, viewing its characters from multiple perspectives and why this story needs to be told today.
Bridget Christie brings more Change to Channel 4
Bridget Christie’s Channel 4 comedy The Change will return for a second season, with the comedian back on board to write and star.
Hulu introduces Queenie
TRAILER: Here’s Dionne Brown as Queenie, the titular character in a series based on Candice Carty-Williams’ novel of the same name. It debuts in the US on Hulu on June 7.
We Are Lady Parts return to the stage for C4, Peacock
For those about to rock, here’s the first look at season two of We Are Lady Parts, coming to Channel 4 and Peacock in the US in May.
Channel 4 prepares for The Gathering
Vinette Robinson, Warren Brown, Richard Coyle, Sadie Soverall and newcomer Eva Morgan star in The Gathering, a new thriller coming soon to Channel 4. Here’s the trailer.
Channel 4 prepares The Gathering
FIRST LOOK: Warren Brown, Vinette Robinson, Sadie Soverall and Eva Morgan lead The Gathering, a six-part thriller coming soon to Channel 4.
To Hull with it
Fable Pictures creative director Hannah Farrell outlines how Channel 4 series Hullraisers balances the portrayal of real-life problems facing its three central protagonists with moments of outlandish, heightened comedy.
Breaking through
Cynthia De La Rosa, a hair and make-up designer and one of this year’s Bafta Breakthrough creatives, speaks to DQ about her journey from stage to screen, her work on Channel 4 comedy Everyone Else Burns and her efforts to tackle hair and make-up discrimination in the performing arts.
Setting the Mood
Channel 4 comedy-drama Big Mood shines a light on mental health from the perspective of two best friends. Writer Camilla Whitehill joins stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West to reveal more.
Meet the neighbours
Belgian director Dries Vos pulls back the curtain on the making of The Couple Next Door, Channel 4’s dark psychological thriller in which two couples living in the same suburban street become drawn to each other, with dramatic consequences.
The course of Truelove
Six-part drama Truelove flips the script on romance with an older central couple who become embroiled in a story of love and death. As co-creators Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby and executive producer Petra Fried explain, television isn’t just for the younger generation.
Letting their guard down
Laura Checkley and Faraz Ayub, stars of Channel 4 prison drama Screw, do time with DQ to discuss the show’s uncensored view of life behind bars and the demands of playing prison officers.
Change for the better
Actor and stand-up comic Bridget Christie tells DQ about writing her first television series, The Change, a Channel 4 comedy-drama pitched as Shirley Valentine meets Deliverance – with pigs.