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

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.

Dramas
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.

Documentaries
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.

Dramas
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.

Dramas
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.

Dramas
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.

Competition Shows
Scott Mills and Rylan stand in front of the 2023 Eurovision logo which shows a series of concentric hearts in different colours
Eurovision's Rylan jokes 'worst decision' ever switching semis to BBC1

By Steven Perkins Published

Semi-final commentators Scott Mills and Rylan promise they won't be changing a thing as it switches from BBC3 to BBC1

Competition Shows
A scene from Still: A Michael J Fox Movie where Michael J Fox is being interviewed, facing into the camera. He is resting his chin on his right hand and looking off to the side slightly pensively
STILL: A Michael J Fox Movie — release date, what it's about, trailer, interview and all we know

By Steven Perkins Published

STILL: A Michael J Fox Movie sees the Back To The Future actor reflecting on his life and career so far.

Apple TV+
Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest and Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction. They are standing in a courtroom - he has his back to the camera and she is holding several folders and looking up into his eyes brightly
Fatal Attraction's Lizzy Caplan: 'Covid ate my perm!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Lizzy Caplan on her starring role in the remake of the 80s thriller — and the mystery of her vanishing curls

Mystery
Guilt season 3: Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Silves) are inside a barn, crawling through a pool of cow dung on their hands and knees
Guilt season 3: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

By Steven Perkins last updated

Guilt season 3 sees Max and Jake making one last attempt to get themselves out of trouble.

UK Shows
A shot from Our Changing Planet season 2 showing Chris Packham standing in a snowy tundra in Greenland
Our Changing Planet season 2: release date, presenters, episode guide and all we know

By Steven Perkins Published

Our Changing Planet season 2 returns for an update from six of the world's under-threat ecosystems.

Documentaries
Oti Mabuse sitting in a chair on the set of Oti Mabuse's Breakfast Show
Oti Mabuse's Breakfast Show — release date, guests, interview and all we know

By Steven Perkins Published

Oti Mabuse's Breakfast Show sees the former Strictly star getting your weekend off to a lively start.

UK Shows
Paul O'Grady poses with Peggy, a large black Newfoundland, at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
The late Paul O'Grady on his final season of For The Love Of Dogs

By Steven Perkins Published

Paul O'Grady revealed why the dogs of Battersea meant so much to him.

UK Shows
Freema Agyeman and Lily Allen in character as Trish and Mel in Dreamland. They are standing on the beach with Dreamland amusement park in the background behind them, and they are looking at each other warily. Trish is holding a 'mum to be' balloon, and Mel is holding a 99 ice cream
Freema Agyeman on what persuaded her to sign up for Dreamland

By Steven Perkins Published

Freema Agyeman reveals what persuaded her to sign up for darkly comic drama Dreamland.

Dramas
Beyond Paradise's Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) and Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) stood together
Beyond Paradise makers reveal they're already working on season 2

By Steven Perkins Published

Plans for Beyond Paradise's second season are already well underway.

Dramas
Beyond Paradise's Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) and Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) stood together
Beyond Paradise boss teases what's next after heartbreaking cliffhanger

By Steven Perkins Published

Beyond Paradise's final episode sees Martha and Humphrey at a crossroads...

Dramas
Kiell Smith-Bynoe stands on a barge, wearing a red all-in-one suit covered in patches with slogans on them, and putting a white sailor's hat on his head
Taskmaster's Kiell Smith-Bynoe: "This show brings out the worst in me!"

By Steven Perkins Published

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe on facing the challenges set by Greg Davies and Alex Horne.

Comedy
Jamie Bamber as Archie Hughes in Beyond Paradise, wearing a dark jacket and standing in a field
Beyond Paradise's Jamie Bamber: 'Archie is a suspect!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Jamie Bamber reveals why his Beyond Paradise character is still carrying a torch for Martha...

Dramas
Anton and Giovanni's Adventures In Sicily on BBC1 sees the Strictly pals having fun travelling through Gio's home island..
Anton and Giovanni's Adventures In Sicily: release date, trailer, what happens, where they go, episode guide and all about the Strictly stars' adventure

By Nicholas Cannon Published

Anton and Giovanni's Adventures In Sicily on BBC1 sees Strictly duo Anton du Beke and Giovanni Pernice explore Giovanni’s home island.

Strictly Come Dancing
Sir David Attenborough sits on Skomer Island, with puffins in the background in Wild Isles.
Wild Isles: release date, presenter, episode guide, trailer and all about the wildlife series

By Steven Perkins Published

Wild Isles sees Sir David Attenborough exploring the flora and fauna of the UK and Ireland.

Documentaries
A composite shot of the Comic Relief 2023 presenters: Joel Dommett, AJ Odudu, Paddy McGuinness, David Tennant and Zoe Ball. They are in front of a red background and everyone is wearing red outfits, except for Paddy, who is wearing a dark suit with a maroon tie, and David, who is wearing a blue suit with a blue tie
Comic Relief 2023: date, time, presenters, sketches and everything we know

By Steven Perkins Published

Comic Relief 2023 has got a brand-new hosting line-up and will be packed full of laughs.

UK Shows
The Taskmaster season 15 Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne sitting in their throne-like chairs in the Taskmaster studio
Taskmaster season 15: release date, cast, and everything we know so far

By Steven Perkins Published

Taskmaster season 15 sees five more faces from the world of comedy complete mini missions.

Comedy
Gethin Jones practises his armography in the Morning LIve studio, wearing a Red Nose
Gethin Jones on his Red Nose Day Keep Dancing challenge: "I'll be doing the slowest dances possible!"

By Steven Perkins Published

Gethin Jones will be dancing for 24 hours to raise money for Comic Relief.

Comedy
Sergeant Esther Williams in Death in Paradise
Beyond Paradise's Zahra Ahmadi teases episode three art heist

By Steven Perkins Published

Zahra Ahmadi reveals why she's delighted to be playing DS Esther Williams in the Death In Paradise spinoff

UK Shows
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