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
No one was more surprised than me by the success of the first series of 'Line of Duty.' — 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
Some shows do nosedive at the end, or some piece of content could become incredibly controversial and affect the way the show… — 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
'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
'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic world we… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
So with 'Ascent,' one of the things I wanted to do was not make it too remote from the reader, for it to be… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
