Articles about ITV
ITV appoints Gemma Arterton for Secret Service
FIRST LOOK: Gemma Arterton takes the lead in Secret Service, a political thriller based on Tom Bradby’s novel of the same name that is set to launch on ITV and STV in 2026.
ITV investigates new Malpractice
TRAILER: Helen Behan and Jordan Kouamé return as the medical investigators once again called to investigate a doctor under fire in the second season of Malpractice, which returns to ITV and ITVX this May.
ITV honours Code of Silence
TRAILER: Rose Ayling-Ellis takes the lead in Code of Silence, a crime thriller coming to ITV and STV on Sunday, May 18.
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.
Transported through time
DQ hears from the cast of Belgravia: The Next Chapter about how the costumes, props and stately home settings of the sumptuous period drama help them prepare for their roles in this sequel to the original 2020 series.
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.
Gone but not Unforgotten
Unforgotten director Andy Wilson looks back on six seasons of ITV’s cold-case detective drama and picks out his favourite moments from each one, revealing how they were brought to the screen.
Ahead of the game
G’Wed star Jake Kenny-Byrne previews the return of this standout Liverpool-set ITV comedy, talks taking on his first major acting role and discusses the sensitive side of the “fast, naughty” series.
ITV identifies The Hack
FIRST LOOK: David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones will star in phone-hacking factual drama The Hack, written by Jack Thorne for ITV in the UK and Stan in Australia.
ITV calls in Protection
FIRST LOOK: Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley), Nadine Marshall (Champion) and Katherine Kelly (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) star in Protection, a new six-part thriller coming to ITV and STV this spring.
A twist on true crime
Until I Kill You writer Nick Stevens discusses the making of this ITV drama, his approach to dramatising true crime stories for the screen and why the series breaks the genre mould.
Ray of light
DI Ray star Parminder Nagra joins creator and writer Maya Sondhi to uncover the secrets behind the second season of this ITV crime drama in which personal and professional challenges collide for the titular detective as she investigates a high-profile murder.
ITV uncovers jewel in Joan
TRAILER: Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) stars as notorious jewel thief Joan Hannington in ITV’s upcoming six-part drama Joan. See the trailer here.
Tick, tick, boom
Former British Army bomb-disposal expert Joel Snarr recalls working with Vicky McClure and the team behind ITV drama Trigger Point, filming scenes in a deserted London street and balancing reality with television fiction.
Cancelled out
In a TV studio in west London, DQ meets Douglas is Cancelled stars Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan and writer Steven Moffat to hear about the timely themes and issues behind this ITV comedy-drama in which a news presenter falls foul of cancel culture.
ITV back in the cold with Karen Pirie
Filming has started on the second season of Karen Pirie, ITV’s cold case detective drama once again based on the novels by Val McDermid.
ITV drops Douglas is Cancelled trailer
TRAILER: Here’s the first look at Douglas is Cancelled, a comedy-drama starring Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan set to air later this month on ITV and ITVX.
A cut above
Hair & make-up designer Lisa Parkinson takes DQ inside her Bafta-winning job on ITV true crime drama The Long Shadow and discusses working on a budget and being mentored by a Hairy Biker.