TeeJay's musings on her favourite TV shows, actors and fandom in general.
It was in early September that something popped up on the socials announcing John Simm was going to appear as one of the panel guests for Dave Haslam’s new book launch Creative Journeys as part of the Manchester Literature Festival. And I thought: Manchester. Hm. That’s not that far. Let’s look into flights and accommodation.
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If you’ve watched some of the more recent John Simm interviews where he talks about his recurring role of Roy Grace on ITV’s popular crime series Grace, you might have heard him say that while he’s very grateful for the opportunity to embody the whip-smart detective, he also sometimes wants to break out of the goody-two-shoes mould and play something very different.
One such chance came along when he was offered a role on the 2025 UKTV series I, Jack Wright. And when you dive in and meet washed-out music producer Gray Wright, the appeal of the role quickly becomes apparent. Because, really, the man is a bit of a mess.
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It doesn’t happen very often, but occasionally I get drawn into a TV series deeply enough that I start losing sleep over it – in the sense that I know I need to switch off the telly and go to bed because it’s past 1 a.m. and I have to work the next day, but I can’t because it’s just that good and I need to know what happens next.
So here I am, that next day, bleary-eyed and worse for wear, writing up my thoughts about it in a manner that is probably a little less coherent than it should be.
Continue readingAccording to What’s on Netflix, filming for series 2 has wrapped on 24 Oct 2026, so now the production team is moving into the next phase of post-production on series 2 which follows the second Jussi Adler-Olsen book titled Disgrace.
Netflix hasn’t announced a release date for series 2 yet, but it won’t be before next year. Based on previous feedback from the editing team regarding the duration of the post-production process, the best estimate we have is some time in the second half of 2027.
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It was back in June 2026 when it was first announced that the Bloody Scotland literary festival would be hosting a discussion panel with the Dept. Q showrunner and main cast on Sep 20th, and what excellent timing because the event happened to be right smack in the middle of a two-week holiday in the Lake District I had already booked.
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Transcript of the 1-hour discussion panel at the Bloody Scotland literary festival in Stirling – Sep 20, 2026
Continue readingAccording to British tabloid The Sun, comedian James Corden will be joining the Dept. Q series 2 cast in the role of “eccentric but brilliant forensic psychologist Dr Ben Smith”.
Interestingly, this casting choice has sparked some controversial discussion on Reddit. More in the article published by The Sun. A subsequent article on What’s On Netflix says that Netflix has confirmed Corden’s appearance in series 2.
New article just published about shooting series 2. Well worth a read!
Looks like you can now purchase tickets to access the Dept. Q panel discussion via online streaming. Tickets are £6.75.
The Matthew Goode fanpage As Goode As Gold has received confirmation from Bloody Scotland that the online ticket gives you access to the live stream of the physical event at the festival on Sunday, 20th September at 3 pm. You can either watch it live on the 20th or a recording that will be available to watch until 30th September.
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