Articles about Eric
Friendly rivals
After another stellar year of British drama, Baby Reindeer, Slow Horses and Rivals each took two trophies apiece at the BAFTA TV Crafts Awards 2025. DQ was backstage at the ceremony to chat to the winners about their work.
Series to Have Watched: 2024
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out the shows that were worth tuning in for, from a Post Office scandal and a Welsh crime drama to a stellar spy thriller and a stalker series that proved to be the surprise hit of the year.
Becoming Eric
The unusual title star of a dark, gritty Netflix period drama set in 1980s New York just happens to be a giant puppet. DQ speaks to creature creation firm Stitches & Glue and puppeteer Olly Taylor about bringing Eric to life.
Puppet masters
Writer Abi Morgan and director Lucy Forbes pull back the curtain on Eric, a Netflix miniseries that stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a desperate father who believes a puppet holds the key to bringing home his missing son.
Benedict Cumberbatch brings Eric to Netflix
TRAILER: Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Netflix series Eric, a crime drama that follows the desperate search of a father when his nine year old son disappears one morning on the way to school.
Series to Watch: May 2024
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this May, from a Tudor murder mystery and a Spanish thriller to an award-winning German series and the poignant adaptation of novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz.