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

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.

UK 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

UK 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.

UK 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

Reality
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.

Dramas
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?

Crime Dramas
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

Disney Plus
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

UK 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.

Dramas
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.

Dramas
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.

Dramas
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.

Disney Plus
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 Published

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

Dramas
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.

Dramas
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.

US 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.

Dramas
Michael Peterson (Colin Firth) and Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette) stand in a hallway, looking up toward the ceiling. Kathleen is holding a mug in her right hand and a sauce in her left. Both of them look concerned.
The Staircase star Toni Collette on the true-crime drama: 'It was nice not to be the one grieving!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Toni Collette tells What To Watch why she was drawn to playing Kathleen Peterson in the new miniseries based on the true-crime documentary.

Crime Dramas
Rebecca Front, Ellie White, Lauren Socha and Siobhan Finneran in The Other One
The Other One season 1: everything you need to know about the sibling comedy

By Steven Perkins Last updated

The Other One season 1: everything you need to know about the sibling comedy

Comedy
The cast of Lovestruck High pose in front of a wall of lockers at the launch for the show
Lovestruck High — release date, premise, cast, trailer and everything we know about the new dating show

By Steven Perkins Published

Lovestruck High gives UK singletons a shot at love in a teen movie-style US high school.

Reality
Heartstopper stars Kit Connor and Joe Locke as Nick and Charlie.
Heartstopper star Kit Connor on THAT iconic guest star playing his mum

By Steven Perkins Last updated

Heartstopper's Kit Connor reveals his embarrassing first encounter with the A-lister playing his character's mother.

Dramas
The cast of Ten Percent: seated around a table from left to right are Prasanna Puwanarajah as Dan, Maggie Steed as Stella, Jack Davenport as Jonathan and Lydia Leonard as Rebecca. Standing behind them from left to right are Fola Evans-Akingbola as Zoe, Rebecca Humphries as Julia, Harry Trevaldwyn as Ollie and Hiftu Quasem as Misha.
Ten Percent star Jack Davenport: 'I took my own agent out for lunch and took notes!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Jack Davenport reveals how he prepared for the role of an ambitious agent in new comedy Ten Percent.

Comedy
Heartstopper stars Kit Connor and Joe Locke as Nick and Charlie
Heartstopper's Joe Locke and Kit Connor: 'It's a good old-fashioned love story!'

By Steven Perkins Published

Teen drama Heartstopper follows the unexpected romance that blossoms between classmates Charlie and Nick.

Dramas
All The Old Knives - Celia Harrison (Thandiwe Newton) and Henry Pelham (Chris Pine) sit across from each other at a table for two in a fancy restaurant. She is wearing a black dress with a coral-coloured pattern, he is in a suit with an open-necked white shirt. There are several empty wine glasses on the table in front of them, and the view out of the window behind them is of a pink-hued sunset. They are smiling at each other.
All The Old Knives stars Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton on their 'sexy, elegant' new thriller

By Steven Perkins Published

All The Old Knives sees Chris and Thandiwe playing spies and ex-lovers reunited after nearly a decade.

Thrillers
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