Steven Perkins

Steven Perkins

Staff Writer for TV & Satellite Week, TV Times, What's On TV and whattowatch.com

Steven Perkins is a Staff Writer for TV & Satellite Week, TV Times, What's On TV and whattowatch.com, who has been writing about TV professionally since 2008. He was previously the TV Editor for Inside Soap before taking up his current role in 2020. He loves everything from gritty dramas to docusoaps about airports and thinks about the Eurovision Song Contest all year round.

Latest articles by Steven Perkins

Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark with their puppets.
Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India: release date, episode guide, trailer, interviews and everything we know

By Claire Crick Published

Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India sees the chalk-and-cheese pair go on a new three-part adventure.

BBC
The Count Of Monte Cristo sees Sam Claflin as Edmond Dantès.
The Count of Monte Cristo: release date, cast, plot, interview and everything you need to know

By Nicholas Cannon Last updated

The Count of Monte Cristo is a new period drama adaptation starring Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons.

Period Dramas
Edmond Dantès (Sam Claflin) stands on rocks by the sea with the waves crashing up on the shore behind him. He is wearing a long dark coat and looks very brooding. In the background is the island castle in which he was imprisoned.
Sam Claflin on ignoring The Count of Monte Cristo director's strict instructions

By Steven Perkins Published

Sam Claflin on starring in an eight-part adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of revenge and why he didn't listen to the director!

Period Dramas
Bookish on Alibi stars Mark Gatiss as antique book seller Gabriel Book who turns super sleuth.
Bookish: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews, episode guide and everything you need to know

By Nicholas Cannon Last updated

Bookish is a crime drama starring Mark Gatiss as a crime-solving bookshop owner while Polly Walker plays his wife.

Crime Dramas
Mark Gatiss as Gabriel Book in Bookish. He's wearing a 1940s-style suit with a pair of tortoiseshell glasses and an auburn wig. He's standing on the set of Book's Books, in front of chaotically arranged bookshelves filled with tomes of all shapes and sizes. In front of him is a desk containing notecards, a quill, some notebooks, rubber stamps and so on.
Mark Gatiss reveals his new series Bookish started as a book

By Steven Perkins Published

Bookish creator and star Mark Gatiss reveals the secrets of his new 1940s detective drama

Mystery
A key art image for the ITV sitcom Transaction. The image shows Liv (Jordan Gray) riding on top of a supermarket trolley with her feet pointing towards the camera, while Simon (Nick Frost) is holding on to the trolley's handle behind her. On the left stands Beefy Linda (Kayla Meikle), wearing a supermarket uniform with a red and yellow striped apron over the top, standing with her arms folded and looking bored. On the right in the foreground stands Millie (Francesca Mills), also in a supermarket uniform, smiling brightly and holding a clipboard, and behind her is Tom (Thomas Gray), in a supermarket uniform with a neutral expression.
Transaction: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins Published

Transaction is a new ITV comedy set in a supermarket starring Jordan Gray and Nick Frost.

Comedy
Nancy Mitford (Bessie Carter) stands in the doorway of a bar, with her hands touching either side of the door frame. She is wearing a low-cut red dress with a white feathery shawl draped around her shoulders.
Outrageous star Bessie Carter: 'I'm weirdly connected to Nancy Mitford!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Bessie Carter reveals why the role of author Nancy Mitford in new drama Outrageous was a perfect fit for her.

Period Dramas
What It Feels Like For A Girl goes back to the year 2000!
What It Feels Like For A Girl: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything you need to know

By Nicholas Cannon Last updated

What It Feels Like For A Girl is a coming-of-age story following a frank and fearless trans woman.

Dramas
Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) stands in a street in semi-darkness. Her body is facing to the right of the picture, but her head is turned over her right shoulder and she's looking behind her. She's wearing an indigo denim jacket over a dark red hooded top.
'Oh my gosh, I think it's probably going to be the most dangerous battle the Doctor has faced yet,' Doctor Who's Millie Gibson teases the season 15 finale

By Steven Perkins Published

Millie Gibson chats about the dangerous threat ahead for Team TARDIS in the finale — and why she was tempted to switch sides!

Doctor Who
Diane Parker (Rosie Cavaliero), Martin Parker (Conleth Hill) and Kath Pennington (Sian Gibson) stand facing the camera in front of a pale purple background which has a rendering of the Parker's Electrics logo on it: an inverted triangle in peach with four horizontal lines in the same colour. Diane is wearing a power blazer, white blouse and skirt, and has her hands on her hips but is smiling uncomfortably. Martin is wearing a navy blue suit and a paler blue shirt underneath. He has his hands in his trouser pockets and a neutral expression on his face. Kath is wearing a pink cardigan over a magenta blouse and a blue denim skirt, and has her arms folded. All three of them have extremely voluminous hair.
The Power of Parker season 2: release date, plot, trailer, interviews and everything we know

By Steven Perkins Published

The Power of Parker season 2 sees Conleth Hill's Martin facing his own 'annus horribilis' in 1992

Comedy
An image of John Chapel (Timothy Spall) and DS Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth( standing in a spotlight, with a red tint to the area around them that isn't in the glare of the light. John is touching his chin with his fingers in a thoughtful fashion, and Janie is writing in a police notebook that she holds in her hands.
Death Valley's Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth on their 'delicious' crime comedy

By Steven Perkins Published

Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth give us the lowdown on quirky crime series Death Valley

Crime Dramas
The official poster for Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025
Eurovision 2025: release date, host country, finalists, Remember Monday interview and everything we know

By Claire Crick Last updated

Get ready for glitter and catchy tunes becasue Eurovision 2025 is here.

Competition Shows
DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and DS Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi) stand next to their police truck in an open space next to a field. Humphrey is leaning up against the truck and Esther is facing him, while looking off to her left.
Beyond Paradise season 3 ending explained: do Esther and Archie get back together?

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 6 brings the latest run to a close, with major life changes for Humphrey, Martha and Esther...

Dramas
A posed shot of Zahra Ahmadi as DS Esther Williams in Beyond Paradise, visible from the waist upwards. She is standing in front of a grey background and wearing a white shirt with a black sleeveless jumper over the top. She is half-smiling and has her left hand tucked into her trouser pocket while her right arm hangs by her side.
Beyond Paradise exclusive: Zahra Ahmadi teases the finale — and why she originally thought Esther would never go for Archie

By Steven Perkins Published

Zahra Ahmadi chats with us about her character's on-off romance with Archie — and what the season 3 finale holds

Dramas
Taskmaster's Mathew Baynton: "I thought I was the chaos contestant!"

By Steven Perkins Published

Mathew Baynton reveals all about the fears, fashions and fun of taking part in Taskmaster

Comedy
A stylised picture of the Taskmaster season 19 cast, portraying Greg Davies as a giant mad scientist who has trapped each of the contestants in containers full of green liquid. He is holding the container with Rosie Ramsey in it in his right hand (the left hand as we look at the image), and the other containers are holding Jason Mantzoukas, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Mathew Bayton and Stevie Martin. In the background of the laboratory, Alex Horne looks on in alarm.
Taskmaster season 19: release date, line-up, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins Published

Taskmaster season 19 features five new funny famous people trying to impress Greg Davies.

Competition Shows
A scene at night on a farm. Michaela Robson (Rebecca Lee), Lotty Robson (Caroline Quentin), DS Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi) and DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) are standing in a field in twilight, looking slightly to the right, and holding bright battery-powered torches.
Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 5 recap: Corn under a bad sign

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 5 sees a local farmer hitting a run of bad luck... or is it sabotage?

Mystery
Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 4 recap: Regatta get out of this place

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 4 sees an old family rivalry resurfacing during a sailing competition

Mystery
A posed shot of Anne Lloyd (Barbara Flynn) standing in front of a plain grey background. Anne is wearing a bright red shirt and holding her left arm up towards her shoulder, while her right arms reaches across her torso towards her left elbow.
Beyond Paradise's Barbara Flynn: 'People worry about me living in the boat!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Barbara Flynn shares her thoughts on Anne's health worries and the number one concern fans have for her character

Mystery
Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) stands at the controls of the TARDIS, which in its current incarnation is a blue-grey colour on the inside, with lots of circular lights all around the walls. She is wearing a dark green zip-up jumpsuit.
Doctor Who's Varada Sethu: "Belinda isn't afraid to stand up to the Doctor!"

By Steven Perkins Published

Varada Sethu reveals what we can expect as new companion Belinda Chandra joins the Doctor in the TARDIS

Doctor Who
DS Esther Williams (Zahra Ahmadi) and DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) are inside Dalmori's Chocolate Shop. Both of them have very serious looks on their faces.
Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 3 recap: Death by chocolate

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 3 sees multiple locals poisoned by tainted chocolates — but who's responsible?

Mystery
Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 2 recap: Look who's stalking

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 2 puts Kelby in the spotlight as he helps an old schoolfriend deal with a stalker

Mystery
Death in Paradise season 14 ending explained: who killed Rosa Martinez?

By Steven Perkins Published

Death in Paradise season 14 episode 8 sees DI Mervin Wilson in the frame when a body is found in the beach shack...

Mystery
Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 1 recap: Humphrey says 'sexy time' and disturbs Martha's mum!

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise season 3 episode 1 features a murder investigation that sparks a classic Devon/Cornwall conflict

Mystery
DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) are sitting at a table in a restaurant with candles on it. It also has a couple of bottles of wine and some platters of fruit and cheese. There are fairy lights in the background.
Beyond Paradise's Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton tease season 3

By Steven Perkins Published

Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton reveal what's in store for DI Humphrey Goodman and Martha Lloyd as the hit crime drama returns

Mystery
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