29 h. ago Netflix's Dept Q star had an ordinary job before landing life

Netflix star Alexej Manvelov who plays Akram in the streaming platforms latest thrilled Dept Q had a very normal job before coming into the spotlight.

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29 h. ago ‘I’m paranoid all the time’: surveillance and fear in a city of immigrants as White House ramps up deportations

New York’s once-bustling immigrant neighborhoods are chilled as Trump administration cracks downTwo months after fleeing death threats in Colombia, Juan landed a construction job in New York. But on his first day, the bulky GPS monitor strapped to his ankle caught the manager’s attention. It wouldn’t fit inside standard work boots. The boss shook his head. “Come back when you’ve resolved your status,” he said.Since arriving in the US with his teenage daughter to seek asylum, Juan has lived in a state of constant anxiety. “It feels like I committed a crime, like they’re going to arrest me at any moment,” he said, speaking near the migrant shelter where they now live in Queens. Juan started wearing oversized pants to hide the monitor, a style he finds uncomfortable. “I’m paranoid all the time,” he said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'Lucky' Russell Martin gets Rangers warning as former Swansea boss lands new job

Ex-Rangers star Jermain Defoe has issued a telling warning to the man who will be tasked with filling the Ibrox hotseat, former Swansea manager Russell Martin

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4 d. ago Davide Ancelotti puts Rangers next manager chance on 'standby' as Inter move for Cesc Fabregas gives Italian cold feet

Ancelotti had been the favourite but reports in Spain now say his desperation to land the Ibrox job has cooled

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4 d. ago Inside Netflix Dept. Q star Chloe Pirrie life from Hollywood link to romance

Chloe Pirrie is currently starring in Netflix's Dept. Q, the thriller series that has been adapted from the work of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen

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5 d. ago Stuart Lancaster lands top coaching job after links with Wales roles

A contender for the Wales job has decided to go elsewhere

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5 d. ago Why Russell Martin ticks the boxes for Rangers as brief Ibrox stint a vital lesson if he lands top job

The Ibrox club are on the verge of picking a new boss with Martin and Davide Ancelotti in the running

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6 d. ago Steven Pressley lands Dundee manager job as Hearts hero seals sensational Scottish football return

The Dee have a new man in the dugout after sacking Tony Docherty last month

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6 d. ago Netflix fans hail 'cream of the crop' British crime thriller as 'pure greatness'

The Scottish drama sees cranky detective Carl Morck, played by Matthew Goode, attempt to solve Edinburgh's cold cases from a shabby office.

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9 d. ago Dept. Q Review: Is the new Netflix crime drama set in Edinburgh worth watching?

There’s a new crimefighter on the streets of Auld Reekie in a hotly-anticipated new Netflix series - and we’ve seen the first two episodes.

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9 d. ago Netflix fans confused after new drama Dept Q mysteriously disappears from streamer

New psychological thriller series was unavailable on streamer just hours after its release

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9 d. ago Dept Q star Leah Byrne looks completely different in forgotten Call the Midwife role

Netflix's new drama Dept Q stars Leah Byrne as cadet Rose - however, some fans may recognise the Scottish actress for her role in an episode of BBC One's Call the Midwife

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9 d. ago TODAY's TV WITH SARA WALLIS: Netflix's remake of hit Nordic crime drama airs on TV tonight

Dept. Q is arriving on Netflix today, with Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode starring as an arrogant detective who must lead a team of misfits in cracking an Edinburgh cold case

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1 week ago Matthew Goode is both good and bad cop in Netflix's 'Dept. Q'

British actor Matthew Goode’s been a leading man before

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1 week ago Dept Q review – this excellent crime drama is a grimy, gothic treat

After getting another officer killed, a detective is forced to head up a cold-case department in a dank basement. This Scotland-based adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Danish crime novels is fantastic, rich TVIt must be so galling for an actor to be blessed with just the right face for one kind of part. Galling for good actors anyway. Pretty sweet for the others – “You need a face someone would definitely kill for? Put this useless hunk/babe in there and just move the scenery round them.”Matthew Goode is, nomenclaturally and otherwise, one of the former, but cursed with a face best described as “modern patrician” and has therefore been the first port of call for just about every period drama there has been for the last 20 years. He’s been in everything from Brideshead Revisited (as Charles Ryder) on the big screen, to Downton Abbey (Henry Talbot) and The Crown (where at least he got to play that bounder Lord Snowdon) on the small one. Judging by the relish with which he seizes the c...

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1 week ago Downton Abbey star Matthew Goode looks unrecognisable in new Netflix thriller

Matthew Goode stars in Netflix's latest crime thriller Dept Q. as a broken but brilliant detective and terrible colleague - worlds away from his polished days as Henry Talbot.

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1 week ago Dept. Q Cast: Here are all of the Scottish actors in Netflix's new crime drama

Though the cast is lead by Matthew Goode, there are plenty of Scottish cast members in Dept. Q.

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1 week ago Dept. Q on Netflix: What it's about, episodes, full cast and where you've seen them before

The streaming platform's latest drama is set in Scotland

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1 week ago Chloe Pirrie: Everything you need to know about the Scottish star of Netflix's Dept. Q

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Dept. Q marks Chloe Pirrie’s first time working in her hometown.

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1 week ago Warren Gatland lands surprise new job in South America three months after Wales sacking

Former Wales boss Warren Gatland has found himself work in Uruguay and will head to South America to serve as an advisory following his sacking during the Six Nations

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