{"id":23240,"date":"2025-08-19T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:03:31","slug":"video-interview-outlander-blood-of-my-bloods-matthew-b-roberts-maril-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/video-interview-outlander-blood-of-my-bloods-matthew-b-roberts-maril-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Outlander: Blood of My Blood\u2019s Matthew B. Roberts &amp; Maril Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<em>Outlander<\/em>\u00a0screen franchise has expanded to include the prequel series\u00a0<em>Outlander: Blood of My Blood<\/em>, which is now airing on STARZ every Friday. The new series goes back in time to tell the love stories of Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6377049725112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cast features Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy as Ellen and Brian, Fraser\u2019s parents, and Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine as Julia and Henry, Beauchamp\u2019s parents. The ten-episode first season details how the couples came together in their respective time periods\u2014and how their lives may have intersected with the help of time travel.<\/p>\n<p>Showrunner and executive producer Matthew B. Roberts and executive producer Maril Davis sat down with\u00a0<em>TV Drama Weekly<\/em>\u00a0to discuss author Diana Gabaldon\u2019s hand in the new series and the ways in which\u00a0<em>Blood of My Blood<\/em>\u00a0retains the magic of\u00a0<em>Outlander<\/em>\u00a0while being its own unique show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew B. 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