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

Shetland star Phyllis Logan as Grace

Exclusive: Shetland star Phyllis Logan teases her character's 'sadistic' love of being feared

By Steven Perkins published

We spoke to Shetland star Phyllis Logan about her season 8 character, the matriarch Grace Bain.

Interview
Shetland season 8 team of Tosh and Detective Inspector Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen).

Shetland season 8 review: Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell have immediate chemistry

By Steven Perkins published

Shetland season 8 makes an instant impact as DCI Ruth Calder joins forces with Tosh

TV Shows
Ashley Jensen as DI Ruth Calder in Shetland. She is standing on the beach wearing a warm grey cashmere coat, with an electric blue scarf wrapped around her neck with the ends flapping in the end. Ruth's body is facing the camera but her face is looking off to the side, out to sea

Meet Shetland's DI Ruth Calder: Ashley Jensen reveals all

By Steven Perkins published

Shetland's Ashley Jensen: 'DI Ruth Calder has no intention of staying!'

TV Shows
First Officer Kate Woods (Catherine Tyldesley) and Jack Grayling (Shayne Ward) stand on the deck of a ship with a beautiful Mediterranean sunset behind them. On the deck behind them are lots of suitcases wrapped in neon yellow tape marked 'crime scene do not cross'

The Good Ship Murder's Catherine Tyldesley on working with Shayne Ward again

By Steven Perkins published

Former Corrie stars Catherine Tyldesley and Shayne Ward on being reunited in new cruise drama The Good Ship Murder.

Drama
Uncanny presenter Danny Robins wearing a red parka, looking over his shoulder towards the camera, with a spooked expression on his face. He's standing in a misty forest landscape, and there is a ghostly, shadowy figure standing in the distance.

Uncanny: release date, presenter, episode guide, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Uncanny sees host Danny Robins investigating accounts of paranormal encounters

TV Shows
Leigh (Nina Sosanya) stands in the main atrium of the prison wing wearing her uniform, with her arms resting behind her back. She is looking slightly upward at something.

Screw's Nina Sosanya: "Leigh's learning how to trust people!"

By Steven Perkins published

Screw star Nina Sosanya reveals how her character is turning over a new leaf in the prison drama's second season.

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An episodic still from Who Is Erin Carter? showing Erin (Evin Ahmad) standing on a rooftop, holding her hands up while a man behind her is pointing a gun at her

Who Is Erin Carter? — release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Who Is Erin Carter? is a gripping new limited series coming to Netflix.

TV Shows
Daniel Lang (Douglas Henshall), wearing a suit, sits at a table looking at a woman sitting opposite him, who has her back to the camera

Who Is Erin Carter? star Douglas Henshall: "Nobody needs to see me do stunts any more!"

By Steven Perkins published

Douglas Henshall on his latest role as an enigmatic single father in Netflix thriller Who Is Erin Carter?

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Erin Carter (Evin Ahmad) sits at her kitchen table, unloading bullets from a revolver

Who Is Erin Carter? star Evin Ahmad: "She's a woman of many secrets!"

By Steven Perkins published

Evin Ahmad on playing the mysterious Erin Carter in Netflix's new thriller.

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Sanditon's Charlotte (Rose Williams) and Georgiana (Crystal Clarke) are sitting inside a carriage wearing lavish party outfits. Through the windows behind them we can see a stately home with fireworks exploding above, and the characters of Alexander and Samuel Colbourne, Arthur Parker, Edward Montrose, Tom Parker, Lady Denham and Otis Molyneux

Sanditon's Rose Williams and Crystal Clarke: "It was sad to say goodbye!"

By Steven Perkins published

Sanditon stars Rose Williams and Crystal Clarke reveal what to expect from the Austen-inspired drama's final season.

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A scene from Red, White & Royal Blue showing Alex (Taylor Zakhar Perez) and Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) holding hands in the V&A Museum after-hours

Red, White & Royal Blue director Matthew López on the film's 'delicious' romance

By Steven Perkins published

Red, White & Royal Blue director/co-writer Matthew López on bringing the bestselling LGBTQ+ romance to the screen

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Annika season 2: A composite shot of the cast of Annika's second season, standing in front of a waterfront view. From left to right: Katie Leung as DC Blair Ferguson, Ukweli Roach as DS Tyrone Clarke, Nicola Walker as DI Annika Strandhed, Jamie Sives as DS Michael McAndrews, Varada Sethu as DC Harper

Annika season 2: release date, cast, plot, episode guide, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Annika season 2 stars Nicola Walker as the fourth-wall breaking detective.

TV Shows
The Beanie Bubble: Elizabeth Banks as Robbie and Zach Galifianakis as Ty, shot from a low angle, both wearing pink outfits and looking at each other with a smirk. He is leaning on a pink cane, and she has a blue stuffed plush Himalayan cat under one arm

Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis on the 'phenomenon' of The Beanie Bubble

By Steven Perkins published

Stars Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis on examining the darker side to the soft toy industry in their new movie.

Interview
The Beanie Bubble: Elizabeth Banks as Robbie and Zach Galifianakis as Ty, shot from a low angle, both wearing pink outfits and looking at each other with a smirk. He is leaning on a pink cane, and she has a blue stuffed plush Himalayan cat under one arm

The Beanie Bubble: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

The Beanie Bubble is the story of the Beanie Babies phenomenon that took the world by storm in the 1990s

Movies
An image from Cannes Confidential showing Harry King (Jamie Bamber) and Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) stand next to a swimming pool in the back garden of a large house. She has her head turned towards the camera and is smiling, he is facing to the left and wearing sunglasses and an apron, carrying two glasses of elaborate-looking drinks

Cannes Confidential: release date, plot, trailer, interview and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Cannes Confidential is a crime caper set on the sun-soaked Cote d'Azur.

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Before We Die season 2: Hannah Laing (Lesley Sharp) stands on a staircase in front of a large clock. The staircase extends both to the left and to the right behind her, leading to an upper floor.

Before We Die season 2: cast, plot, episode guide, interview, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Before We Die season 2 sees Lesley Sharp's Hannah Laing heading into even more dangerous territory

UK Shows
Sarah Beeny Vs Cancer: Sarah Beeny and her husband Graham Swift sit at their dining table, smiling, each of them resting a mug on the table. Sarah is bald in the picture, and we can see the views of their country estate through the windows behind them

Sarah Beeny Vs Cancer: release date, synopsis, interview and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Sarah Beeny Vs Cancer follows the TV presenter and property expert during her battle with breast cancer.

UK Shows
Emily (Rachel Shenton) and Laura (Jo Joyner) toast with cocktails on a night out in a bar, both looking happy

Jo Joyner teases 'complex female friendship' in For Her Sins

By Steven Perkins published

Jo Joyner stars as a struggling mum who makes a dangerous new friend in For Her Sins.

Interview
The For Her Sins key art, showing Laura (Jo Joyner) and Emily (Rachel Shenton) standing side by side in front of a multicoloured gradient background of rainbow-style colours. Laura is looking over her shoulder at Emily, while Emily is looking straight into the camera.

For Her Sins: release date, cast, plot, episode guide, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins last updated

For Her Sins is a twisty four-part thriller starring Jo Joyner and Rachel Shenton.

UK Shows
Spy In The Ocean: spy octopus scuttles along the seabed (showing one realistic eye and one camera lens) with a real blacktip shark swimming in the background

Spy In The Ocean: release date, spy creatures, locations, episode guide and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Spy In The Ocean captures the incredible world of life under the water like never before.

UK Shows
Sarah Beeny's New Country Lives: Sarah Beeny stands at the top of a cobbled country street which curves downhill and to our right behind her. The terraced street is full of quaint country cottages of different shapes, colours and sizes.

Sarah Beeny's New Country Lives: release date, episode guide, interview and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Sarah Beeny's New Country Lives sees the presenter helping city dwellers start afresh in rural areas.

UK Shows
Cathy (Stockard Channing) is standing outside, wearing a lot of rings, and pushing her hair back with her fingertips

Stockard Channing on her 'unexpected' character in Maryland

By Steven Perkins published

Stockard Channing stars in the three-part series as enigmatic Texan ex-pat Cathy.

UK Shows
Eve Best and Suranne Jones sit on the steps of a large house next to an overgrown hedge

Suranne Jones on the dream that inspired her family drama Maryland!

By Steven Perkins published

Suranne Jones and Eve Best star in a three-part series about sisters reunited by their mother's death.

UK Shows
An image from Mobile 101 showing Katarina (Satu Tuuli Karhu) and Aki (Emil Kihlström) inside an office looking out of the window

Mobile 101 - release date, cast, plot and all we know about the Nokia drama

By Steven Perkins published

Mobile 101 charts Finnish company Nokia's transformation into a telecoms giant.

UK Shows
Julia Sanina standing in front of the Eurovision 2023 logo which consists of concentric hearts in various neon colours

Eurovision presenter Julia Sanina on her 'heartwarming' welcome in Liverpool

By Steven Perkins published

Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina will host Eurovision in 2023 alongside Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham and Graham Norton.

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