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

French & Saunders: Funny Women - Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders pose side-by-side and smiling in the 'White Room' set used in French & Saunders

French and Saunders: Funny Women — release date, premise and everything you need to know

By Steven Perkins last updated

French and Saunders: Funny Women sees Dawn and Jennifer paying tribute to their comedy heroines.

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Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitríona Balfe) stand outside in warm autumnal clothes, listening to an unseen speaker with concern

'Outlander' star Caitríona Balfe: 'Claire's still experiencing a lot of trauma'

By Steven Perkins published

Caitríona Balfe discusses the challenges ahead for her character as 'Outlander' season 6 begins.

TV Shows
The Last Kingdom Season 5: A battle-scarred Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon) stands in dark clothing with his back to a darkened doorway, looking toward the camera with a foreboding expression on his face

'The Last Kingdom' season 5 — release date, cast, plot, trailer, and everything we know so far

By Steven Perkins published

'The Last Kingdom' season 5 is set to see Uhtred's hard-won peace under threat once again.

TV Shows
Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker in Death In Paradise, walking along a Caribbean beach with the water up to his ankles. He's wearing a blue jacket, a checked shirt of a lighter blue, a green tie, and sand-coloured chinos rolled up to the knee. Behind him are several houses; beyond them are mountains covered in trees

'Death in Paradise': Neville makes surprising dating move to forget Florence

By Steven Perkins published

The 'Death In Paradise' finale sees the lovelorn detective moving on from Florence...

TV Shows
Ben Whishaw as Adam Kay in This Is Going To Hurt, standing in front of a blue hospital curtain wearing blue surgical scrubs and pulling on a pair of rubber surgical gloves

Ben Whishaw on 'This Is Going To Hurt' — 'It's a love letter to the NHS'

By Steven Perkins published

'This Is Going To Hurt' star Ben Whishaw on his new medical comedy-drama — and why he wouldn't make a good doctor.

UK Shows
Sheridan Smith as Kathy in No Return, standing outside a Turkish police station in a denim jacket over a floral-patterned black dress, with a look of concern and anxiety on her face

Sheridan Smith on 'No Return' — 'It's every parent's worst nightmare!'

By Steven Perkins published

'No Return' star Sheridan Smith reveals how the new four-part drama gave her 'jelly-belly' when she read the script.

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The cast of The Teacher in a posed group shot: (L-R) Anil Desai as Mr Mills, Sharon Rooney as Nina, Cecilia Noble as Pauline, Kelvin Fletcher as Jack, Sheridan Smith as Jenna, Samuel Bottomley as Kyle, Tillie Amartey as Izzy, Aaronveer Dhillon as Adnan

Meet the cast of 'The Teacher' starring Sheridan Smith

By Steven Perkins published

'The Teacher' stars Sheridan Smith as a popular English teacher accused of sleeping with a pupil.

Channel 5
Sheridan Smith as Jenna, standing in a school corridor wearing a staff ID badge, next to Samuel Bottomley as Kyle, wearing school uniform - the two of them are looking directly into the camera

Sheridan Smith on 'The Teacher': 'I want the audience to doubt Jenna!'

By Steven Perkins published

Sheridan Smith reveals why she's hoping that viewers will feel conflicted about her character in 'The Teacher'.

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Masters Of The Universe: Revelation — a still of Skeletor and He-Man locking swords in a fierce battle

'Masters Of The Universe: Revelation' on Netflix — release date, cast, plot, trailer, and everything you need to know

By Steven Perkins last updated

By the power of Grayskull! Masters Of The Universe: Revelation is on its way to Netflix.

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Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor in a preview image for Eve Of The Daleks featuring Dan (John Bishop), Yaz (Mandip Gill), Sarah (Aisling Bea) and Nick (Adjani Salmon) , standing in front of the Tardis and surrounded by Daleks, while a clockface in the background ticks towards midnight and fireworks erupt in the sky

'Doctor Who' star Jodie Whittaker on shooting her final scenes: 'I cried so much!'

By Steven Perkins published

Jodie Whittaker talks about shooting her last scenes and hints at what's in store for the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan on New Year's Day.

TV Shows
Joel Dommett stands in front of a purple background with pyrotechnics erupting behind him, wearing a red velvet tuxedo jacket and black trousers

Joel Dommett on 'The Masked Singer': 'I'm all over the place with my guesses!'

By Steven Perkins published

Joel Dommett reveals why the third series of 'The Masked Singer' is set to be the best one yet.

UK Shows
Ralf Little as DI Neville Parker in Death In Paradise, walking along a Caribbean beach with the water up to his ankles. He's wearing a blue jacket, a checked shirt of a lighter blue, a green tie, and sand-coloured chinos rolled up to the knee. Behind him are several houses; beyond them are mountains covered in trees

'Death in Paradise' star Ralf Little 'all for Neville and Florence romance' after Christmas shock

By Steven Perkins published

'Death in Paradise' star Ralf Little on Neville and Florence's romantic future. Contains spoilers if you've not watched the Christmas episode!

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Danny John-Jules in character as Officer Dwayne Myers, in uniform and leaning against a motorcycle with his arms folded while standing under a palm tree

'Death In Paradise' star Danny John-Jules: 'I didn't want to make a comeback for the sake of it!'

By Steven Perkins published

Why has 'Death In Paradise' star Danny John-Jules returned? The star explains all...

TV Shows
Mark Gatiss, Simon Callow and Tamsin Greig in character as Mr Wickens, Mr Blunden and Mrs Wickens in the key image for The Amazing Mr Blunden. The image shows the three of them surrounded by snow against a blue background, while an image of the country house from the film is superimposed over Mr Blunden's chest, and in front of them is clock face, on top of which the four child characters from the film are running away from the house

Mark Gatiss on 'The Amazing Mr Blunden': 'It's a very personal project!'

By Steven Perkins published

Mark Gatiss reveals why his festive remake of cult classic film The Amazing Mr Blunden means so much to him.

UK Shows
Mark Gatiss, Simon Callow and Tamsin Greig in character as Mr Wickens, Mr Blunden and Mrs Wickens in the key image for The Amazing Mr Blunden. The image shows the three of them surrounded by snow against a blue background, while an image of the country house from the film is superimposed over Mr Blunden's chest, and in front of them is clock face, on top of which the four child characters from the film are running away from the house

Tamsin Greig on 'The Amazing Mr Blunden': 'My character is Robin Hood from Hell!'

By Steven Perkins published

Tamsin Greig reveals why she was delighted to play the twisted Mrs Wickens in the festive drama.

Christmas TV
Bloods: Wendy (Jane Horrocks) and Maleek (Samson Kayo) in uniform outside an ambulance. Wendy is leaning on Maleek's shoulder.

'Bloods' season 1 on Hulu and Sky — release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

By Steven Perkins published

Bloods is a comedy about paramedics starring Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo.

TV Shows
Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor in 'Flux' - a profile shot of the Doctor in front of an amber background with a rainbow-coloured stripe behind her rupturing as it approaches the right margin

'Doctor Who' star Jodie Whittaker: 'Even thinking about leaving makes me upset!'

By Steven Perkins published

Jodie Whittaker reveals that saying goodbye to the TARDIS has been emotional...

TV Shows
John Bishop as Dan Lewis, standing in front of a wall comprised of glass windows in Liverpool, with the Liver Building visible in the distance behind him

'Doctor Who' star John Bishop: 'My audition was on the TARDIS!'

By Steven Perkins published

John Bishop talks about his role as the Doctor's newest companion, Dan Lewis

TV Shows
Pearl Mackie as DS Jen Rafferty and Ben Aldridge as DI Matthew Venn in The Long Call, both standing with their hands in their pockets on the street in front of a row of bungalows

'The Long Call' star Pearl Mackie: 'Devon is a shock to Jen's system!'

By Steven Perkins published

Pearl Mackie on playing the outsider in new crime drama 'The Long Call'.

TV Shows
The Long Call - Ben Aldridge as DI Matthew Venn, in a shirt and tie with a long dark trenchcoat, standing on a Devon beach with police cars behind him

'The Long Call' star Ben Aldridge: 'I feel proud to be a part of it!'

By Steven Perkins published

Ben Aldridge tells us why his role as DI Matthew Venn in The Long Call means so much to him.

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DI Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) stands on the Shetland coastline, with an charcoal-y fade effect at the borders of the image

'Shetland' star Douglas Henshall: 'The raciest I get is going to Tesco!'

By Steven Perkins published

Douglas Henshall on staying safe while filming the latest series during the pandemic

UK Shows
Jean White (Sally Lindsay) stands in front of a majestic chateau, holding a magnifying glass with police tape reflected in it

'The Madame Blanc Mysteries' star Sally Lindsay: 'Jean's observation is her superpower!'

By Steven Perkins published

Sally Lindsay reveals all about playing an antiques expert turned amateur sleuth in her new show.

Drama
'Portrait Artist Of The Year' 2021 hosts Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell.

'Portrait Artist Of The Year' 2021 — release date, presenters, judges, celebrity sitters, and everything we know

By Steven Perkins published

'Portrait Artist Of The Year' is back to bring us more brushes with greatness.

UK Shows
Outsiders: David Mitchell stands in the woods next to a wooden signpost with branches pointing to 'David HQ', 'Camp', 'Trees', 'Shepherding', 'More Trees' and 'Water', with a tent in the background

'Outsiders' on Dave — release date, host, contestants and all we know

By Steven Perkins published

Outsiders tests comedians on their ability to survive in the wilderness.

UK Shows
A group shot of Strictly judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse in front of a silver glitter backdrop with light blue neon lights

'Strictly' star Shirley Ballas: My rules for sending celebs packing

By Steven Perkins published

Shirley Ballas reveals what she'll be looking out for ahead of this weekend's first live show

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