Cold Feet 7: Interviews

“I’D always resisted bringing Cold Feet back.

“I didn’t want to revisit something and go along that well-trodden path where things are resurrected and then don’t have the strength, innovation or the voice they had originally.

“But when I read the scripts I thought they were very good. We slotted back into it really well but there was no complacency.

“We did feel under pressure and so it was lovely that people took to it.”

James Nesbitt talking to me about last year’s return of Cold Feet.

Ahead of series seven which begins on ITV this Friday (Sept 8) at 9pm.

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Home Fires: Interviews

“I hope viewers will see Home Fires as a really gripping drama telling various personal stories.

“It shows what goes on behind closed doors with elements of discovery and intrigue.”

Samantha Bond talking to me about ITV’s new World War Two drama, which begins at 9pm this Sunday (May 3).

The six-part series, also starring the likes of Francesca Annis, Ed Stoppard, Ruth Gemmell and Daniel Ryan, is not what you might be expecting.

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Lucan: Interviews

“THERE are an awful lot of things that are plausible and just a few things that are probable.”

Rory Kinnear talking to me about new two-part ITV drama Lucan, which tells a story most will not know.

He plays the Lord who created a headline-grabbing mystery after murdering his children’s nanny Sandra Rivett (Leanne Best).

Having mistaken her in a darkened basement kitchen for his wife Lady Lucan (Catherine McCormack).

And then vanishing – never to be seen again.

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