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Interview: The writer of Guilt talks about creating a “quicksand story”

Neil Forsyth, who wrote the four-part Scottish dark comedy Guilt, says TV dramas where no one says anything remotely funny are “so artificial”.

IMDB rating: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes rating: 62%

“Being suspected by MI5 of bugging Winston Churchill’s hearing aid – that’s all true”

Emmy nominee Stephen Poliakoff on his acclaimed, semi-autobiographical Cold War-era series Summer of Rockets.

7/10 88%

Trackers’ Rolanda Marais on being a mom and loving the Mother City

We asked the actress behind the character Milla Strachan about the role and how being a mother prepared her for it.

Peaky Blinders Season 5 gets political

Cillian Murphy says that the move from organised crime into politics was effortless for Tommy because "it's a forum of gangs, wars and truces ... the corruption is second nature to him.”

8.8/10 92%

Trackers’ Jozua Malherbe on shooting action scenes and getting into a woman’s head

We recently spoke to the second unit director and writer of M-Net's ambitious drama-thriller series.

Forest Whitaker on his experience of playing the real-life Godfather of Harlem

The Oscar winner recently shared his favourite Bumpy Johnson story and how he thinks the drug business shaped his character's life.

James McAvoy on his role as the man with “a fierce dark face”

His Dark Materials, the biggest fantasy series from HBO since Game of Thrones, is now streaming.

8.7/10 83%

Léa Drucker from War of the Worlds on making a sci-fi show set in today’s “rough” world

HG Wells's 1898 post-apocalyptic novel has been adapted many times, but it's never been set in modern-day Europe - until now.

“People think he’s kind of a dum-dum, but he can take a beating and just bounce back”

Kieran Culkin talks the success of Succession, his character Roman's evolution in Season 2, and creator Jesse Armstrong's "bullshit-ometer".

8.1/10 92%

“Story is a universal language,” says Trackers creator Deon Meyer

“Some concepts are perfect for a novel, others fit a short story, feature film, or TV series. I just follow the story and try to have fun”: Meyer chats to us about what it took to bring his novel to our screens.

Siklus: South Africa put a boer in space!

Louis Minnaar is a South African visual ninja, and he recently created the sci-fi short Siklus. He spoke to Watkykjy about what it took to make an Afrikaans movie set in deep space on a tiny budget.

The star of Shetland tells us about the town where “people seem to get murdered a lot”

Douglas Henshall, of the award-winning British detective series, shares his insights on the fourth and latest season, which arrives tonight on DStv Now.

8.1/10

Ramy: 2019’s watershed show (and Yaaseen Barnes approved!)

The year’s most original and groundbreaking show is not what you’d expect. So we asked one of SA’s top comedians to weigh in on Ramy.

8.1/10 97%

Interview: Stroop filmmakers reveal the toll it took to tell this “true, raw rhino story”

Hear from Susan Scott and Bonné de Bod as they take us behind the front lines of the war against rhino poaching.

8.9/10

Ramy Youssef talks about his groundbreaking hit sitcom

Ramy, currently at number 16 on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best TV shows of 2019 so far, is now streaming only on Showmax in South Africa.

97% 8.1/10