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ITV starts The Party
FIRST LOOK: Luke Evans, Tom Cullen and Joanna Scanlan head the cast of ITV series The Party, a five-part drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Day that is now filming on location in Wales.
Catching up with Karen
Three years after its debut, Karen Pirie continues to freshen up the crime genre with its unashamedly “normal” title character. Writer Emer Kenny and executive producer Emma Luffingham take DQ inside the series based on Val McDermid’s literary detective.
Karen Pirie sets ITV, BritBox return
FIRST LOOK: Lauren Lyle returns as Karen Pirie in the second season of the ITV and BritBox crime series, which is set to return to screens this summer.
Lockerbie’s untold story
Novelist-turned-screenwriter Jonathan Lee details how years of research led him to write The Bombing of Pan Am 103, a BBC drama exploring the investigation into and response to the Lockerbie disaster in 1988.
ITV investigates new Malpractice
TRAILER: Helen Behan and Jordan Kouamé return as the medical investigators once again called to investigate a doctor under fire in the second season of Malpractice, which returns to ITV and ITVX this May.
BBC, Netflix investigate The Bombing of Pan Am 103
FIRST LOOK: Connor Swindells, Patrick J Adams, Merritt Wever and Peter Mullan lead the cast of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, a BBC and Netflix coproduction based on the true story of 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
A twist on true crime
Until I Kill You writer Nick Stevens discusses the making of this ITV drama, his approach to dramatising true crime stories for the screen and why the series breaks the genre mould.
Five Minutes With… Nathalie Armin
The actor tells DQ about filming the second season of BBC drama Showtrial and how the series plays with moral ambiguity.
Class clash
Actors Eva Morgan and Vinette Robinson reflect on making Channel 4 whodunnit thriller The Gathering, their shared passion for the Liverpool-set project and the importance of its working-class representation.
ITV back in the cold with Karen Pirie
Filming has started on the second season of Karen Pirie, ITV’s cold case detective drama once again based on the novels by Val McDermid.
BBC back on Showtrial
FIRST LOOK: Adeel Akhtar heads the cast of BBC legal mystery Showtrial, which is returning this year with a new story for its second season.
Coming together
Ahead of the launch of The Gathering, writer Helen Walsh speaks to DQ about creating the authentic world seen in her first television series, viewing its characters from multiple perspectives and why this story needs to be told today.
Channel 4 prepares for The Gathering
Vinette Robinson, Warren Brown, Richard Coyle, Sadie Soverall and newcomer Eva Morgan star in The Gathering, a new thriller coming soon to Channel 4. Here’s the trailer.
Channel 4 prepares The Gathering
FIRST LOOK: Warren Brown, Vinette Robinson, Sadie Soverall and Eva Morgan lead The Gathering, a six-part thriller coming soon to Channel 4.
No Love lost
Prime Video drama Fifteen-Love serves up a complicated story of abuse and power, set in the world of professional tennis. Writer Hania Elkington and executive producer Jake Lushington speak to DQ about balancing big themes with entertainment, developing messy characters and recreating tennis for television.
Being diplomatic
Writer Ben Richards and executive producer Simon Heath recall their decade-long journey to make The Diplomat, a series set in Barcelona that follows the work of a consul called upon to help British nationals in trouble in Catalonia.
Caring about Karen
As Karen Pirie becomes the latest detective to join the ranks at ITV, DQ interrogates series creator and writer Emer Kenny about adapting Val McDermid’s novels, her own starring role and being inspired by Lennie James.
Identifying The Suspect
Writer Peter Berry and executive producer Jake Lushington preview ITV’s psychological thriller The Suspect, in which Aidan Turner plays a psychologist helping police investigate a suspicious death while keeping more than a few secrets of his own.
Trial by media
Director Zara Hayes and executive producer Simon Heath discuss the themes and ideas behind Showtrial, a five-part BBC legal drama that takes a stylised approach to a story that mixes murder and the media.
Going deeper
DQ takes a deep dive with the team behind the BBC’s claustrophobic submarine thriller Vigil to find out how they created this unique police drama, built the show’s expansive set and overcame a global pandemic.