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“'Line of Duty' had originally been conceived as a returnable drama, with the premise being that the fictional anticorruption unit AC-12 would move on to a new case in each series, centred on a high-profile antagonist accused of corruption.”

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When I'm writing, I am just doing what feels right for me.

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'Frankenstein' is a timeless classic. As science advances, it becomes more relevant, not less. Its fantasy moves closer to fact, its horrors closer to…

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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…

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Standards in public life have decayed over time... Incompetence is the norm.

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For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected.

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I like to stay away from writing about good versus evil. I think the world is more complicated.

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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…

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I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics.

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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…

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I'm always thinking about my work, always thinking about where it's taking me.

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I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

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