Articles about Jessica Hobbs
Preparing for War
Director Jessica Hobbs discusses her role on Netflix’s royal drama The Crown and breaks down her work in season four finale War, for which she won an Emmy award.
DQ Recommends: Drama directors
DQ asks some of the people who make TV around the world which directors working in the drama business have caught their eye and why.
Love and marriage
Executive producer Jane Featherstone and director Jessica Hobbs discuss the making of BBC1 and SundanceTV family drama The Split, set in the world of divorce lawyers.
Split opinions
Award-winning writer Abi Morgan explores the highly charged world of divorce lawyers for her latest BBC drama, The Split. DQ visits the set to hear how the female-led series was influenced by US legal dramas – and Sex & the City.
Hobbs’ career spark
From Heartbreak High and The Slap to Broadchurch and Apple Tree Yard, director Jessica Hobbs recounts her journey from Australia to the UK and discusses some of her biggest projects, which also include supernatural thriller River.
Pick of the bunch
Writer Amanda Coe and executive producer Manda Levin reveal how they won the battle to turn Louise Doughty’s best-selling novel Apple Tree Yard into a four-part BBC drama starring Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin.