For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
What makes an audience watch something and care about the characters is the emotional life of the characters. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I try and relate my writing to something I know about, and I had a primary experience of being in a competitive,… — 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
The advantage you get of something having been on the air for a while is people get to know the characters more,… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
When a critic or journalist writes, 'It's too complex,' or, 'It's full of plot holes,' they very rarely take the step of… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I believe that attributing flaws to medical characters makes them not just doctors but something more. It makes them people. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
There's something very frightening about the vulnerability of mothers and babies. — 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
