Articles about ITV Studios
ITV starts The Party
FIRST LOOK: Luke Evans, Tom Cullen and Joanna Scanlan head the cast of ITV series The Party, a five-part drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Day that is now filming on location in Wales.
Making Miss Take
British actor Talisa Garcia tells DQ about her role as Miss Take in ITV heist drama Frauds, the character’s secret ties with one of the show’s protagonists and the close bond she forged with her co-stars on set in Tenerife.
Double trouble
ITV heist thriller Frauds marks the first time Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker have starred together on screen. They tell DQ about their partnership as complicated leads Bert and Sam in a series that’s also the latest project from Jones’s TeamAkers production company.
Stan investigates The Killings: Parrish Station
FIRST LOOK: Alice in Wonderland star Mia Wasikowska headlines Australian cold case crime series The Killings: Parrish Station, which is now in production in New South Wales.
ITV uncovers Frauds trailer
TRAILER: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker partner up for the first time in Frauds, a heist drama coming to ITV and STV this autumn.
Boiling over
Coldwater writer David Ireland speaks to DQ about penning this ITV thriller about family, masculinity and serial killers, working with star Andrew Lincoln and why he doesn’t like being on set.
Special Guest
Writer Matthew Barry reveals the inspirations behind his BBC thriller The Guest, discusses the toxic friendship at the heart of the story and explains why he wants his work to be “unashamedly commercial.”
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.
ITV moves to Coldwater
FIRST LOOK: Andrew Lincoln stars in six-part thriller Coldwater, coming to ITV and STV this autumn.
ITV, David Tennant investigate The Hack
FIRST LOOK: David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones appear in The Hack, a new ITV drama about the phone hacking scandal coming soon to ITV.
Suranne Jones, Jodie Whittaker lead ITV’s Frauds
FIRST LOOK: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker team up for Frauds, an ITV heist thriller due to launch on ITV1 and ITVX later this year.
Family justice
Creator John Quaintance, star Luke Cook and executive producer Jeff Wachtel unpack crime comedy-drama Good Cop/Bad Cop, from its sibling-centred story to indie-style financing – and why Quaintance hopes it becomes someone’s favourite show.
BBC welcomes The Guest
FIRST LOOK: Gabrielle Creevy, Eve Myles, Sion Daniel Young and Emun Elliott star in The Guest, a four-part thriller debuting on the BBC this autumn.
The talented Ms Ritchie
Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie tells DQ about playing a detective for the first time in ITV drama Code of Silence, why leaving Ghosts was “a big loss” and the lessons she learned making Netflix thriller You.
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.
French polish
Writers Claire Lemaréchal, Franck Philippon and director Cathy Verney tell DQ about making new French drama Clean, their partnership behind the scenes and their approach to adapting the British series on which it is based.
Bay of reckoning
The Bay creator and writer Daragh Carville reflects on the fifth season of the ITV crime drama and a pivotal moment in the finale where “truths long unspoken” are finally brought out into the open.
Clubbing together
A retired archaeologist, a dog walker and a vicar’s wife walk into a crime scene… As The Marlow Murder Club returns for a second season, stars Samantha Bond, Jo Martin and Natalie Dew discuss making the murder-mystery series and why it’s a comfort on television.
ITV, BritBox reunite After the Flood
FIRST LOOK: Sophie Rundle returns to lead the cast for the second season of ITV and BritBox thriller After the Flood, which is now filming in Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.
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.