Vince Gilligan

Screenwriter and showrunner

Jimmy McGovern: ‘We should be in a golden age of drama but we’re not’

Ahead of an appearance at the Galway Film Centre, Jimmy McGovern, writer of TV dramas Cracker, Hillsborough and Sunday, is frank about being a ‘troublesome leftie’, meeting Martin McGuinness and bad writing

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 16:30

What ‘True Detective’ might have learned from ‘Breaking Bad’

There’s an extraordinary climax to the episode on Sky Atlantic tonight. Will it be the high point of the series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson?

Sat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00

American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave win big at Golden Globes

U2’s ‘Ordinary Love’ recorded for Nelson Mandela biopic wins best original song award

Mon Jan 13 2014 - 14:12

Lessons Love/Hate learned from US television

Get an anti-hero. Hire Aidan Gillen. Don’t be episodic. These are some of the tricks RTÉ’s drama picked up from across the water

Mon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00

Television: Carrie on crying in ‘Homeland’, and a visit to the house with wombs to rent

The third series of the spy thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis is a touch humdrum, but the documentary ‘House of Surrogates’ hits its target

Sat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00