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How did they make @netflix one-shot drama #Adolescence? Find out with DQ's three-part report here:
Part One: dramaquarterly.com/making-ad…
📺 Ahead of the third season of ITV detective drama Karen Pirie, star Lauren Lyle tells DQ why she loves playing the show’s title character, how she’s building a bond with new head writer Gillian Roger Park and how she's stepping into a producer role.
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📺 Canadian actor #KathleenRobertson is taking the next step in her showrunning career with #BlessedSacrament, a hospital-set family drama in which she also stars. She tells DQ how she got to this point and why her goal is just to have fun.
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📺 Leila Khan speaks to DQ about starring in new ITV drama Adultery, learning the ropes of making television on the set of Heartstopper and realising there was no acting required when she found herself filming on a rollercoaster.
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Catch up with the best from Drama Quarterly this week...
❤️ Caught in the middle: Adultery star Leila Khan on ITV’s tale of forbidden romance
✍️ Reacher and Tracker actor Kathleen Robertson on showrunning hometown-set drama Blessed Sacrament
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🎭 Karen Pirie S3: Star Lauren Lyle on returning to the ITV drama – and stepping up as an executive producer
📆 Series to Watch: November 2026 – Blade Runner 2099, Muhammad Ali drama The Greatest, Amy Poehler comedy Dig and Killing Eve prequel Honey
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⭐️ Youth matters: Star and showrunner Sharon Horgan on the perils of the ‘sandwich generation’ in HBO’s comedy-drama
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📺 As her play Yaga arrives on television, Canadian playwright-turned-showrunner Kat Sandler tells DQ about adapting her theatrical fairy-tale mystery, the series that inspired the show and why she never wants an audience to stop paying attention.
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📺 As #BBC crime drama #ThisCityisOurs gets a third-season commission ahead of its second-season launch, director #SaulDibb speaks about continuing the story of the civil war inside a criminal organisation and his focus on authenticity.
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📺 The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King are back in court, this time taking on Silicon Valley in CBS drama Cupertino. They discuss their love of the law, backing the underdog and how tech is changing their own creative partnership.
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📺 Celebrating 10 years of Tall Story Pictures, co-founder Catherine Oldfield speaks to DQ about crime dramas Grace and The Bay, why she never wants to repeat herself and the importance of not taking the audience for granted.
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📺 As Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake arrives, showrunner Brad Caleb Kane tells DQ why Pamela Voorhees deserved a story of her own, blending character drama with creative kills, and why he calls the series “a show for fans made by a fan.”
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📺 ITV drama The Party is based on Elizabeth Day’s novel and written by showrunner Sarah Solemani. Speaking to DQ, they reflect on their collaboration, adapting the story for the screen and how Day reacted to seeing her characters brought to life.
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