In 'Bodies,' we had a lot of gore because it was a medical drama. The gore was authentic. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
British drama can compete with America creatively. But the two systems are very different. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
If you're a drama writer, obviously you always have to tell the truth; there's no element of fiction in at all. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think that the audience is smart enough to know that just because a drama is relating to real-world parallels, it doesn't… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
'Cardiac Arrest' was the first British drama to use a lot of medical jargon. 'ER' began the following year and was the… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned on medical drama 'Bodies' was that actors can't play ambiguity. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I didn't study writing or drama or anything like that... that was not really a viable route for me. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
'Line of Duty' had originally been conceived as a returnable drama, with the premise being that the fictional anticorruption unit AC-12 would… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
There's a classic medical aphorism: 'Listen to the patient; they're telling you the diagnosis.' Actually, a lot of patients are just telling… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
You can have characters that say one thing and do another, and in certain kinds of drama, you can't get away with… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think it's hugely important to have a strong episode one; you can lose an audience so quickly now. You can't afford… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think once you do the unexpected, and you take the viewers to a position of discomfort about being able to rely… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
When 'Line of Duty' started on BBC2, there was a feeling that it couldn't ever become a big show because the BBC2… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Part of me isn't that interested as a person and a viewer in people's personal lives. I'm much more interested in what… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I love to do things that kind of mess with the movie formula that you can always find the right place to… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
'Frankenstein' is a timeless classic. As science advances, it becomes more relevant, not less. Its fantasy moves closer to fact, its horrors closer to… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think a lot of police procedurals are very conventional. With the stuff I'm doing, I'm trying to approach the institution of the police… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Standards in public life have decayed over time... Incompetence is the norm. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I like to stay away from writing about good versus evil. I think the world is more complicated. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
In the modern workplace, sexism has adopted a more subtle persona; therefore, people can be accused of sexism where it's far harder to determine… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
If you look at American medical fiction written by doctors, like 'The House of God' by Samuel Shem and 'The Blood of Strangers' by… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret; just play… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about my work, always thinking about where it's taking me. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The footballer I've admired most in the last ten years is Zinedine Zidane... one of those rare individuals who had the skill but also… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
