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

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip stars Emily Atack, Melanie Brown and Ruby Wax stand on a dirt highway in a remote location in the USA, all wearing warm coats. Emily is dragging a backpack along the ground.

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip — start date, cast, historical inspiration, trailer and all we know

By Steven Perkins published

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip sees three celebs following in the footsteps of a pioneering explorer.

UK Shows
Pudsey Bear posing with his thumbs up for Children in Need 2022

Children in Need 2022: air date, presenters, celebrity line-up and all we know

By Lucy Buglass, Steven Perkins published

Children in Need 2022 has a great line-up of stars and specials this year, all for some great causes.

BBC
Pudsey Bear gives two thumbs up on the building site of this year's DIY SOS Children In Need special. Surrounding him, all in high-vis jackets and hard hats, are designer Gaby Blackman, Flavia and Sharan from the charity Getaway Girls, and presenter Nick Knowles

DIY SOS Children In Need Special: air date, presenter, charity, celebrity helpers, interview and all we know

By Steven Perkins published

This year's DIY SOS Children In Need Special will be helping an important Leeds charity.

UK Shows
Lorraine Kelly stands in the Queens For The Night studio in front of a screen displaying the show's logo

Queens For The Night: air date, host, cast, judges, interview and all we know about the drag-stravaganza

By Steven Perkins published

Queens For The Night sees six stars unleashing their inner drag divas for one night only.

UK Shows
The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) stands in a darkened room with smoke swirling around her and an open door behind her with a light shining through it. The Doctor is looking over her shoulder apprehensively

Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker on filming with other Doctors: 'It was like the ultimate Comic Con!'

By Steven Perkins published

Jodie Whittaker shares why she was delighted to have so many iconic Doctor Who stars return for her swansong

TV Shows
The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) stands in a darkened room with smoke swirling around her and an open door behind her with a light shining through it. The Doctor is looking over her shoulder apprehensively

Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker to Ncuti Gatwa: 'It's yours for the taking'

By Steven Perkins published

Jodie Whittaker teases what we can expect from the feature-length special The Power Of The Doctor

TV Shows
Harry Lawtey as Robert in Industry, wearing a suit with no tie and standing mostly in shadow, with the light just shining on the right side of his face

Industry's Harry Lawtey: "We meet a very different Robert in season two!"

By Steven Perkins published

Industry star Harry Lawtey reveals why his character Robert Spearing has a new outlook on life in the second season.

TV Shows
Nicola Walker in character as Annika, standing in a powerboat in the harbour wearing a navy windbreaker and a red lifejacket

Nicola Walker on her preparation for Annika: "I now have a level 2 powerboat licence!"

By Steven Perkins last updated

Nicola Walker reveals how she got ready to play a detective in charge of a Marine Homicide Unit in Annika.

TV Shows
Lucianne McEvoy as Meg and Douglas Henshall as Perez in the season 7 finale of Shetland. Meg and Perez are both sitting on a low wall, facing each other, having a heart-to-heart, with the sea behind them in the background

Shetland star Lucianne McEvoy teases the romantic finale for Perez and Meg

By Steven Perkins published

Shetland finale: Lucianne McEvoy reveals what lies in store for the slow-burn romance between Perez and Meg in the season seven finale

TV Shows
Professor T season 2: Ben Miller as Professor Jasper Tempest, standing in dim light on what looks like a nightclub dancefloor, with plastic gloves on his hands, which are clasped and his index fingers are pressed against his lips

Professor T season 2 — release date, cast, episode guide, interview and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Professor T season 2 sees Ben Miller returning as the brilliant but troubled criminologist.

TV Shows
A composite shot of The Masked Dancer's panellists, all wearing colourful outfits and standing in a disco-esque room filled with dots of various bright colours. From left to right: Joel Dommett, Peter Crouch, Davina McCall, Oti Mabuse and Jonathan Ross

The Masked Dancer panelists: 'Pearly King keeps attacking Joel Dommett!'

By Steven Perkins published

The Masked Dancer panelists reveal which of this year's secret stars have grabbed their attention

TV Shows
Julie Graham as Rhona Kelly in Shetland, standing on grassland with the beach and the sea in the background. She is wearing a long grey knitted scarf that runs down to her waist, over an open wax jacket and a blue top, with a pair of dark trousers

Shetland star Julie Graham: "Rhona comes back at a very opportune moment!"

By Steven Perkins published

Julie Graham reveals what brings her character Rhona Kelly back to Shetland in the middle of its seventh season.

UK Shows
Guilt season 2: Mark Bonnar as Max McCall wearing a turtleneck top and a dark jacket, with the Edinburgh skyline behind him

Guilt season 2 — US release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Guilt season 2 — what's next for brothers Max and Jake?

TV Shows
Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk, sitting on a sofa in Hulk mode and staring at someone off-camera to her right.

Tatiana Maslany on going green as She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Marvel's newest star

By Steven Perkins published

Tatiana Maslany on 'going green' as She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Marvel's newest star

TV Shows
Alan Carr's adventures with Agatha Christie - Alan Carr stands in front of the sign at St Martin's Theatre reading 'This performance is number 28660 of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap'. He is dressed in a theatre front-of-house uniform of a white shirt, red tie, and a black waistcoat with matching trousers

Alan Carr's Adventures With Agatha Christie — air date, locations, guests, interview and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

Alan Carr's Adventures With Agatha Christie reveals the comic's lifelong love of the Queen of Crime.

Documentaries
Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez in Shetland, standing on the seafront and staring out to sea, looking troubled. He is wearing his trademark black double-breasted peacoat, and has his hands in his jacket pockets. Behind him, out of focus, there are dry stone walls and a cottage

Why has Douglas Henshall left Shetland? And what's in store in his final series?

By Steven Perkins published

Douglas Henshall reveals why he's decided to step down as Shetland's DI Jimmy Perez after 10 years

TV Shows
Charlotte Ritchie as Bonnie, wearing a red and blue plaid flannel shirt and indigo jeans with big turn-ups, sitting on a bench resting her chin on her hand

Charlotte Ritchie reveals what left her embarrassed on her first day filming Grantchester

By Steven Perkins last updated

Grantchester star Charlotte Ritchie reveals what left her red-faced on the first day of filming as Cathy Keating's niece Bonnie.

TV Shows
AIDS: The Unheard Tapes - a picture of a Philips dictaphone recording on an audio cassette, sitting on the edge of a wooden table next to a pint tankard of beer

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes — air date, contributors and all we know about the documentary

By Steven Perkins published

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes is the story of the AIDS crisis in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s.

Documentaries
Dr Catherine Halsey (Natascha McElhone) in a private room in her lab, standing in front of an egg-shaped pod. The pod has a glass roof, which is reflecting the hexagonal pattern from the ceiling.

Halo's Natascha McElhone: 'Halsey's brain goes to places it shouldn't go to!'

By Steven Perkins published

Natascha McElhone reveals why she's fascinated by the morals of her character in the video game spin-off.

TV Shows
George (Paapa Essiedu) and Wes (Caroline Quentin) sit in a darkened office, the only light coming from a lamp on the desk in front of Wes. George is sitting on the opposite side, slumped back in a chair, while Wes is staring intently at a pen-like device in her hands

The Lazarus Project's Caroline Quentin: 'I've never read a script as good as this!'

By Steven Perkins published

Caroline Quentin reveals why she was excited to sign up for sci-fi thriller The Lazarus Project.

UK Shows
Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) looks down at a small blue superhero-style eyemask she is holding in her hands, with a smile on her face

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani reveals why she was always destined to play a superhero

By Steven Perkins published

Iman Vellani reveals why becoming Marvel's latest superhero means so much to her.

TV Shows
A studio shot of Bel Powley in a white and blue Breton top as Birdy, and Emma Appleton in a black leather jacket as Maggie. Maggie has her arm around Birdy's waist

Emma Appleton and Bel Powley on Everything I Know About Love: 'We were standing in the street in pig costumes!'

By Steven Perkins last updated

Emma Appleton and Bel Powley star as best friends Maggie and Birdy in Dolly Alderton's new drama.

UK Shows
Steve Jones (Toby Wallace) sits in a dirty, decrepit room strumming a guitar, with the open case next to him. He's wearing jeans and a white sleeveless top designed by Vivienne Westwood, reading "you're gonna wake up one morning and know what side of the bed you've been lying on"

Toby Wallace on recreating the Sex Pistols for TV series, Pistol

By Steven Perkins published

Toby Wallace tells us what it was like to recreate "the anger that birthed the Sex Pistols" for Danny Boyle's new TV show, Pistol.

TV Shows
Midsomer murders - DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix) stand in their work suits under a red brick archway in a country house garden

Midsomer Murders star Nick Hendrix on working with his real-life wife: 'It was great to have her on set'

By Steven Perkins published

As Midsomer Murders celebrates its 25th anniversary, Nick Hendrix chats about working with real-life wife Jessica Ellerby on the latest episode.

TV Shows
Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) sits on the stand in a courtroom. There is a flag hanging loosely on a pole next to him, and a microphone directed into his face. He is wearing a navy blue jacket over a light blue shirt and looks very serious.

Bosch: Legacy star Titus Welliver: 'Harry's more on his own than ever!'

By Steven Perkins published

Titus Welliver reveals why his detective alter-ego is adjusting to a new way of working in spinoff Bosch: Legacy.

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