Pushing Buttons: Breaking Bad meets GTA – and other shows I’d like to play
Game adaptations don’t have to be terrible. But as Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan admits, bringing action from screen to console isn’t as easy as it sounds
November 2018
Breaking Bad movie in the works
Breaking Bad: The Movie? Why it could be Vince Gilligan's worst idea
October 2018
'S’all good, man': How Better Call Saul became superior to Breaking Bad
It used to be a contrarian opinion espoused by fickle TV hipsters but now the truth is unavoidable: Vince Gilligan’s spin-off is superior
August 2018
Better Call Saul: the audacious prequel series keeps getting better
In the new season of the Breaking Bad prequel, creator Vince Gilligan once again showcases his ability to rewrite the rules with flair
January 2018
Breaking Bad: 10 years on, TV is still in Walter White's shadow
Skyler White: the Breaking Bad underdog who set the template for TV's antiheroine
July 2017
Vince Gilligan on Better Call Saul: 'We dread the future as much as the fans do'
The Breaking Bad showrunner explains how a throwaway joke created some of the world’s most compelling TV
June 2017
The perfect prequel: how Better Call Saul left Breaking Bad in its dust
The Breaking Bad spin-off is mesmerising TV that gets better the more it distances itself from its big brother. Vince Gilligan knows exactly what he’s doing
February 2016
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Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould on Better Call Saul: 'It could have been a huge flop'
As the second season of the Breaking Bad spinoff starts, its creators reveal what happens next, the pitfalls of time travel – and why their female characters have suffered until now
November 2015
Breaking Bad cast visits Smithsonian museum as show's props join collection
Walter White’s crystal meth and Heisenberg hat join the likes of Edison’s first lightbulb in Washington as Bryan Cranston and Vince Gilligan visit the museum
October 2015
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From Breaking Bad to Battle Creek: six reasons to try Vince Gilligan’s one-season wonder
What it lacks in industrial quantities of crystal meth, it makes up for in a great mismatched-buddy pair-up. So should you give the show a spin?
April 2015
Breaking Bad creator to make revisionist take on Jack and the Beanstalk
Emmy winner Vince Gilligan is teaming up with Disney for Beanstalk, a new spin on the classic fairy tale
March 2015
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Better Call Saul's Vince Gilligan: 'We want to reward the fans'
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Has Better Call Saul lived up to expectations?
February 2015
The other side
Better Call Saul: ‘Like all the best comedies, it doesn’t make you laugh’
If ever a spin-off show had big shoes to fill, it’s Better Call Saul. But the makers of Breaking Bad have earned the right to go their own way
January 2015
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Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul to make Netflix debut
New 10-part series from Breaking Bad creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould will air on video-on-demand service on 9 February, day after its airs on US cable channel AMC
December 2014
Brian Moylan's having an episode
What's up with the Better Call Saul teaser tsunami?
AMC seems determined to hammer fans with a never-ending deluge of teaser trailers ahead of Better Call Saul’s release. One reason for the hard sell? The network needs a hit
October 2014
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Breaking Bad: exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the final season
Breaking Bad Blu-ray covers, as illustrated by Ralph Steadman – in pictures
