Articles about Outlander
Second act
Director Azhur Saleem discusses his work on historical romance Outlander: Blood of my Blood, returning for its second season and his love of “old-school romantic epics.”
Highland flings
Stars Jamie Roy, Harriet Slater, Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine lift the lift the lid on making Outlander: Blood of My Blood, as showrunner Matthew B Roberts discusses the challenges of plotting and producing the historical prequel.
Starz, MGM+ herald Outlander: Blood of my Blood
FIRST LOOK: Outlander: Blood of my Blood, a prequel to the original Outlander historical fantasy drama, will premiere in the US on Starz on Friday, August 8.
Taking a write turn
After appearing in historical fantasy drama Outlander, Scottish actor Joanne Thomson is building a writing career across stage and screen. She opens up about shifting careers, facing rejection, and writing what you know – as well as what you don’t.
Out of time
As the time-travelling romantic drama returns for a fourth season, DQ visits the set of Outlander to find out the secrets behind ‘the biggest show ever made in Scotland.’
Fan power
Events such as Comic-Con and social media have unleashed a new breed of super-fan – but how are TV shows utilising this new audience, and what influence do they have on the shows they love?
HBO, FX dominate Emmy noms
Games of Thrones and The People vs OJ Simpson picked up a lot of Emmy nominations this week – but can they convert them into awards?
ABC Oz makes Clever decision
Cleverman, Outlander, Transparent and UnREAL all secure early renewals, while Amazon Japan unveils a new slate of shows and TV Land becomes the latest channel to turn a movie into a drama series.
Outlander outdoes itself on Starz
As Starz hit Outlander begins its second season with a bang, can The Night Manager replicate its UK success on AMC when required to rub shoulders with the channel’s zombies, ambulance-chasing lawyers and martial arts experts?
Starz shines in Golden Globe nominations
Starz is celebrating a brace of nominations at this year’s Golden Globes for projects penned by Ronald D Moore and Moira Walley-Beckett. Meanwhile, David Guggenheim is writing a new thriller series for Jack Bauer himself Kiefer Sutherland.
About Time: How to make time travel work on TV
DQ looks at the latest dramas to incorporate time travel into their storylines, and asks those behind the programmes exactly how they tackle a plot device that so often lends itself to confusion and complications.
Time to play the game of Emmys
With Games of Thrones picking up the most Primetime Emmy nominations this week, Andy Fry considers the competition it faces and the omissions from this year’s shortlist, and also looks at two US summer series whose future is far from secure.
Ladies first
In the US, Outlander and Pretty Little Liars show how female-skewing dramas benefit from the fact women are more likely than men to discuss their favourite shows online, while over in the UK No Offence and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell are struggling.