Articles about Sony Pictures Television
Stepping into Boots
Boots creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker tells DQ how he was inspired by a memoir and his own experiences to tell the comedic and dramatic coming-of-age story of a Marine recruit confronting his sexuality when it was illegal to be gay in the US military.
BBC, Stan take off with Lord of the Flies
FIRST LOOK: Here’s the first images from Lord of the Flies, Jack Thorne’s four-part adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel that is coming soon to the BBC in the UK and Stan in Australia.
Taking the Narrow Road
The Narrow Road to the Deep North star Jacob Elordi, director Justin Kurzel and writer Shaun Grant discuss their route to making this five-part drama, which tells a love story set against the shadows of the Second World War.
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.
Jing Lusi, Martin Compston board new season of ITV’s Red Eye
FIRST LOOK: Jing Lusi and Martin Compston are teaming up for season two of ITV thriller Red Eye, which is currently in production.
The sounds of This City
Set in Liverpool, the city that gave the world The Beatles, BBC crime drama This City is Ours makes music an integral part of its storytelling. Lead director and exec producer Saul Dibb picks out some key scenes from the series where music drives the story emotionally and rhythmically.
Down the River
Dark secrets, fractured families and the weight of addiction – star Amanda Seyfried joins the team behind Long Bright River to delve into a book-to-screen adaptation that hits close to home.
Scouse rules
Stars James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow and Jack McMullen join writer Stephen Butchard to take DQ inside the world of This City is Ours, a BBC crime drama where a delicate love story takes centre stage against a backdrop of ambition and power on the streets of Liverpool.
BBC books return trip with Ten Pound Poms
TRAILER: Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown return down under for season two of Ten Pound Poms, which will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday, March 9.
Dope and glory
DQ visits the Welsh town of Bridgend to find a television studio transformed into 1918 London for Dope Girls, a BBC series based on the real experiences of the women living – and surviving – in Soho’s illicit world of illegal nightclubs.
Masterpiece, BBC to solve Marble Hall Murders
PBS Masterpiece in the US has ordered Marble Hall Murders, a sequel to Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders once again based on a novel by Anthony Horowitz. The BBC has acquired the series for the UK.
BBC claims This City is Ours
FIRST LOOK: Sean Bean, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow, Jack McMullen and Julie Graham head the cast of Liverpool-set crime drama This City is Ours, launching on the BBC this spring.
Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time spins for season three
FIRST LOOK: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Zoë Robins and Madeleine Madden lead the cast for the third season of Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time, which will debut globally on March 13.
BBC One sets a date with Mr Loverman
TRAILER: Lennie James stars in Mr Loverman, an eight-part adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel launching on BBC One and iPlayer on Monday, October 14.
Authentic Antigua
Baden Prince Jr tells DQ about his role as a consultant on forthcoming BBC drama Mr Loverman, an adaptation of Bernadine Evaristo’s novel of the same name that stars Lennie James as an Antiguan man hiding a decades-old secret.
Paramount+ captures Stags
FIRST LOOK: Nico Mirallegro, Corin Silva and Charlie Cooper suffer a stag do gone wrong in Stags, coming to Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland in August.
Scare tactics
Deborah Ayorinde, the star of Prime Video anthology series Them: The Scare, introduces the series and dissects a key scene that leaves viewers unsure which side of the law her LAPD detective character is actually on.
BBC finds Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
The BBC will air Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, a six-part mystery from Anthony Horowitz first commissioned by MGM+ in the US.
Dope Girls head to BBC One
FIRST LOOK: Julianne Nicholson and Eliza Scanlen travel back to 1918 Soho for Dope Girls, a BBC series set in the world of illicit underground nightclubs.
Apple TV+ visits Star City in For All Mankind spin-off
Apple TV+ has ordered a spin-off of For All Mankind, the space drama that has also been renewed for a fifth season.