Articles about ITV
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.
Red alert
Red Eye star Jing Lusi and writer Peter A Dowling reflect on the “groundbreaking” approach to casting the ITV thriller, in which a British-Chinese police officer finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly conspiracy on a flight from London to Beijing.
Breath work
During the Covid pandemic, doctor-turned-actor Thom Petty returned to the hospital frontlines – and then used that experience to help shape the dialogue, setting and atmosphere on the set of ITV drama Breathtaking.
Northern exposure
DQ heads to the fictional Chadder Vale, the setting for the ‘otherworldy’ ITV drama Passenger, in which a detective investigates the disappearance of young people in mysterious circumstances.
Unforgotten back for season six at ITV
ITV cold case drama Unforgotten is back in production, with stars Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar reuniting for the show’s sixth season.
Eye of the storm
Writer Peter A Dowling and executive producers Julie Gardner and Lachlan MacKinnon take DQ aboard ITV’s upcoming thriller Red Eye to discuss making this locked-room mystery, filming on a plane and the importance of authentic representation.
ITV reveals Lucy Boynton in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
FIRST LOOK: Lucy Boynton stars as Ruth Ellis in forthcoming ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which details the hidden story behind the last woman in Britain to be hanged.
Unmasking the pandemic
Three writers, all with medical backgrounds, have come together to chart the NHS experience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rachel Clarke, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Jed Mercurio explain why ITV’s Breathtaking might be the most important drama they will ever write.
ITV climbs aboard Passenger
FIRST LOOK: Wunmi Mosaku (Loki) stars in Passenger, an ITV drama about a detective investigating a series of strange crimes in a close-knit community.
Green thinking
As television drama goes green on-screen and behind the camera, four executives reveal how they are helping to create sustainable productions and reduce their carbon footprint.
Flood for thought
On the set of ITV drama After the Flood, DQ learns how this six-part drama blends a murder mystery with a discussion about climate change, and why the cast and crew sought to make its dramatic water sequences as believable as possible.
Urgent delivery
ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office dramatises one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in UK history – a scandal that criminalised hundreds of Post Office managers. Writer Gwyneth Hughes, director James Strong and star Toby Jones discuss the importance and difficulty of telling this true story.
Call me Cary
DQ says hello to Jason Isaacs on the set of his ITV drama Archie, where the actor reveals the lengths he has gone to transform himself into the man who would become Cary Grant, for a biopic about the British Hollywood star’s life on and off screen.