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Jed Mercurio: ‘Some of the colloquialisms in Line of Duty are inspired by my dad’ – The Guardian
The screenwriter on series six of the police procedural, laughing at Ted Hastings’s colloquialisms, and his forthcoming drama about Stephen Lawrence
Staffordshire-raised Jed Mercurio is a former RAF officer and hospital doctor. He answered an ad in the British Medical Journal for an adviser on a TV show and ended up writing the acclaimed BBC drama Cardiac Arrest. He promptly retired from medicine to pursue a full-time writing career, with TV credits including Bodies and Bodyguard. Hes the creator of the hit police thriller Line of Duty, which is filming its sixth series.
How is shooting going on Line of Dutys next series?Really well. Ive just…
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