Articles about Clapperboard
Jill Halfpenny, Sally Lindsay meet 5’s Number One Fan
FIRST LOOK: Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay will come together for Number One Fan, a new four-part thriller set in the world of daytime TV. It is due to air on 5 in the UK later in 2026.
Paramount+ spotlights Girl Taken
TRAILER: Here’s Alfie Allen, Jill Halfpenny, Tallulah Evans and Delphi Evans in the trailer for Girl Taken, a psychological thriller debuting globally on Paramount+ on January 8, 2026.
Paramount+ finds Girl Taken
FIRST LOOK: Alfie Allen, Jill Halfpenny, Tallulah Evans and Delphi Evans lead six-part psychological thriller Girl Taken, which will debut on Paramount+ on January 8, 2026.
John Hannah investigates Death in Benidorm for 5
FIRST LOOK: John Hannah and Carolina Bécquer head the cast of Death in Benidorm, a new detective drama set to air in the UK on 5 in 2026.
Addressing The Rumour
All Creatures Great & Small star Rachel Shenton speaks to DQ about taking the lead in 5 drama The Rumour, in which she plays a mother who discovers that sharing some gossip brings buried secrets to the surface and leads to unintended consequences.
Getting ready for Ridley
As Ridley returns to ITV, creator Paul Matthew Thompson tells DQ about reuniting with Adrian Dunbar’s captivating detective, the challenge of writing compulsive murder mysteries and what it’s like swapping police drama for high-seas adventure aboard The Good Ship Murder.
5 hears The Rumour
FIRST LOOK: All Creatures Great & Small star Rachel Shenton heads the cast of The Rumour, a five-part thriller coming to 5 this autumn.
A lesson in suspense
Rachel Gesua, senior executive producer at The Teacher producer Clapperboard, breaks down a key scene from the second season of the Channel 5 thriller, in which the protagonist faces the police after tragedy strikes on a school trip.
Channel 5 books new trip with The Good Ship Murder
Channel 5 has booked a return trip on The Good Ship Murder, ordering two more seasons of the crime drama and a Christmas special.
Channel 5 hires new Teacher
Channel 5 has ordered a second season of its 2022 drama The Teacher, featuring a different story and a new cast led by Kara Tointon, Will Mellor and Emmett J Scanlan.
Killing the mood
BlackBox Multimedia’s Giuliano Papadia and Clapperboard’s Andy Morgan reveal how a key scene in which the protagonist watches on while her husband is arrested for murder sets up the world of Paramount+ thriller The Serial Killer’s Wife.
Watch out for Blindspot
Bafta-nominated director Jordan Hogg tells DQ about Channel 5 crime thriller Blindspot, which features a breakout performance from wheelchair user Beth Alsbury and sees ex-EastEnders star Ross Kemp return to acting for the first time in 15 years.