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Worth watching
The stories of Swedish soldiers operating during the Bosnian War are dramatised in six-part drama A Life’s Worth. Writer Mona Masri and director Ahmed Abdullahi speak to DQ about creating this suspenseful and hopeful military series that finds its characters walking the line between duty and humanity.
Uncovering Secrets
Danish director Kaspar Munk reflects on the changing television landscape that led him to write and direct eight-part drama Secrets, the story of two siblings caught in a spiral of co-dependency and the lies that threaten to tear their seemingly perfect lives apart.
Now and then
Swedish stars Alexandra Rapaport and Ella Hammasten Liedberg join writer-director Martina Haag to pull back the curtain on the making of Det är något som inte stammer (Little Did I Know), a Viaplay film about a woman looking back on her childhood as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Reinventing Rebus
Ian Rankin’s literary detective John Rebus returns to the screen as a young officer disenchanted by the police and his role in it. DQ visits the Edinburgh set to find out how Rebus tells the story of a man at a crossroads as his personal and professional lives implode.
Happily Eva after
Allt och Eva (All & Eva) follows a woman who grows close to her sperm donor, without telling him she is carrying his baby. Director Johanna Runevad and producer Sofie Palage tell DQ about upending romcom expectations and why their partnership is the real love story.
Rebus reimagined on BBC One
FIRST LOOK: Outlander star Richard Rankin plays the title character in Rebus, a reimagined adaptation of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels, coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on May 17.