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The Independent UK · Mar 12

A loving homage to pop culture’s also-rans: best podcasts of the week

Maisie Adam and Scott Bryan talk comically and sensitively to people who found sudden tabloid and early internet fame in the 00s. Plus, Norse myths and history with Iain Glen from Game of Thrones

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you

Martin Freeman does his best to lift this three-parter, but it feels like Enid Blyton – made for an international market that thinks Paddington Bear is holding the queen’s hand in heaven

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

The Rig season two: Martin Compston's smash hit Prime Video Scots series set to return

Series Two of the Amazon hit, filmed and set in Scotland, will continue exploring global themes about the past, present, and future of the planet and once again will be filmed in Scotland.

Daily Record · Feb 23, 2023

The Rig season two confirmed as Martin Compston to return in Amazon Prime show

Martin Compston is set to return to Amazon Prime's The Rig after a second series was confirmed by the streaming service. Filming will take place in Edinburgh later this year.

Glasgow Live · Feb 23, 2023

Martin Compston's The Rig confirmed for second season as Amazon Prime show to return

Prime Video is set to return to Scotland for a second instalment of supernatural series The Rig, starring Scottish actor Martin Compston - who will return to the show this year.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 23, 2023

The Rig: Ex-oil worker reveals backstabbing, isolation and brutality of living offshore

Although he has never had to deal with any supernatural horrors at sea, former oil worker Andrew Morrissey says that life offshore can be even more monstrous in reality

Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

The Rig: Cast, plot and how to watch the Martin Compston drama

This new six-part drama is full of Line of Duty stars

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

The Rig review – prepare to drill down into Martin Compston’s spooky North Sea drama

Compston, Iain Glen and a deeply unsettling Mark Bonnar star in this creepy thriller set on an oil platform that is attacked by supernatural forces. You’ll have a gas

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023

The Rig on Prime Video review: this fantastic concept falls short of being truly terrifying

Strange things start happening to a crew abandoned on an oil rig in the North Sea in this thriller

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2023