Television Magazine

July/August 2019

Lydia Noakes (Credit: Paul Hampartsoumian)
RTS bursary student Lydia Noakes seeks nocturnal inspiration as she prepares for a career in...
Gregor Clegane (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) and Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) (Credit: Sky/HBO)
James Cordell recalls some strange and outré demises
Judge Rinder (Credit: ITV)
"People say I used to do a serious job and now I just do television. But look at what television...
Killing Eve (Credit: Steve Schofield)
Once upon a time, not too long ago, big TV series would be discussed around the office ...
Werner Herzog (Credit: Alberto Rodriguez/WireImage)
Werner Herzog tells Pippa Shawley how he met Bruce Chatwin, the subject of his latest film – and...
Kiera Knightley
The National Trust’s filming and locations manager Lauren Taylor studied history and film at...
Alex Scott
Alex Scott, a BBC TV commentator at the Women’s World Cup, relishes how football is empowering...
Our Next Prime Minister (Credit: BBC)
Stewart Purvis argues that our fragmented politics is challenging news broadcasters, especially the...
Line of Duty (Credit: BBC)
Melvyn Bragg hosted a special event at which top writers revealed their modi operandi. Matthew Bell...
David Harewood (Credit: CBS)
The star of Homeland and Supergirl gives an unvarnished account of his career to the RTS. Roz Laws...
C+I’s most popular original show, Murdertown featuring Hull (Credit: A&E Networks)
A&E, Channel 5 and ITV all invest in making shows outside London. Tara Conlan travels beyond...
Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen), DCI Bill Wong (Matt McCooey) and Charles Fraith (Jason Merrells) in Sky One's Agatha Raisin (Credit: Sky)
Simon Shaps enjoys a new history of Europe’s most successful pay-TV operator but thinks a key...
Damien Timmer
Ben Dowell meets the co-founder of drama specialist Mammoth Screen, Damien Timmer, whose eye for...