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Home away from Holmes
Watson star Morris Chestnut reveals why he returned to medical drama to play the title character in this Sherlock Holmes spin-off, which sees Dr John Watson practising medicine at a clinic for rare disorders.
BBC crowns King & Conqueror in 2025
FIRST LOOK: James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star in King & Conqueror, a historical epic retelling the relationships and conflicts that led to the Battle of Hastings, coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2025.
Modernising Matlock
Matlock is returning to television, but this new version is more than a gender-flipped reboot. Creator Jennie Snyder Urman discusses her ambition behind the legal drama, partnering with star Kathy Bates and the “unimaginable” task of being a showrunner.
Turk of the town
From teen drama Skins to new show The Turkish Detective, Ben Schiffer has risen from aspiring screenwriter to head writer. He speaks about building his TV career and blending British drama sensibilities with the hustle and bustle of modern-day Istanbul in his first original series.
Team player
As Seal Team returns for a seventh and final season, star David Boreanaz reflects on the impact of the action drama, his breakout role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his multi-discipline approach to making television.
Together again
NCIS stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo reunite on screen for franchise spin-off NCIS: Tony & Ziva. The actors talk about the long-gestating project, their off-screen friendship and how the drama breaks the procedural mould.
Carrie on crime-fighting
Elsbeth star Carrie Preston reflects on leading a television series for the first time in a series that puts her character from The Good Fight in the spotlight, and considers the revival of case-of-the-week dramas and how she’s adjusting to being recognised in public.
Hidden heroines
More than a decade in the making, The Gray House is inspired by the true stories of women who helped win the US Civil War for the Union. Producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary join stars Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Vereen to take DQ into the making of the historical drama.
BBC hires The Turkish Detective
The BBC has picked up Turkish/English crime thriller The Turkish Detective, an adaptation of the Inspector Ikmen novels by Barbara Nadel, to air later this year.
Lighting up The Darkness
Nordic noir goes international in The Darkness, an English-language Icelandic series based on Ragnar Jónasson’s books featuring detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir. Director Lasse Hallström and executive producer Lindsey Martin explain how the show pushes the boundaries of the genre and talk about filming with star Lena Olin.
Getting to know Elsbeth
The Good Fight attorney Elsbeth Tascioni gets her own series in CBS crime drama Elsbeth. Showrunner Jonathan Tolins breaks down the origins of the show, his relationship with the character and the evergreen comfort of the murder-mystery genre.
High stakes remake
Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements from Tomorrow Studios invite DQ inside to discuss making Let the Right One In, Showtime’s series adaptation of the Swedish vampire film of the same name.
Deadly Games
Munich Games writers Michal Aviram and Martin Behnke reveal how they overcame their long-distance relationship to partner on this political thriller, which focuses on a new threat upon the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games massacre.
Xbox to telly box
Kiki Wolfkill, executive producer of Halo: The Series, discusses bringing the world of the science-fiction Xbox franchise to television, Hollywood versus video games and meeting fan expectation.
Down to Earth
Writers and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet tell DQ about their latest collaboration – updating Walter Tevis’s classic sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth – working with an all-star cast and why humour is the show’s secret weapon.
Arriving at Station Eleven
Patrick Somerville, showrunner of HBO Max drama Station Eleven, looks back on the making of this post-apocalyptic series set both before and 20 years after a devastating pandemic sweeps around the world.