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Jed Mercurio
Jed Mercurio
British Writer
Born: 1966
Because Drama Duty People Think You
Related authors: Alan Moore Arthur Conan Doyle J. B. Priestley Jane Austen Lawrence Durrell Mary Wollstonecraft Norman Douglas Tom Hodgkinson
I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life. Jed Mercurio
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I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions. Jed Mercurio
Try Distinguish Facts Between Always Opinions
I don't normally think of a specific actor. I concentrate on the character, and then when we get into pre-production, that's how names come up. Jed Mercurio
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When 'Line of Duty' started on BBC2, there was a feeling that it couldn't ever become a big show because the BBC2 drama budget is much smaller, and a returning cop series would take away from the Stephen Poliakoff/David Hare stuff that they love to commission. Jed Mercurio
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Between the ages of 12 and 15, I wanted to be a pilot because I thought it would be glamorous and dangerous. Jed Mercurio
Dangerous Pilot Thought Would Would-Be Glamorous Between Because Wanted Ages
In my third year at medical school in Birmingham, I joined the Air Force as a medical cadet so that I was sponsored to become a doctor. Jed Mercurio
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As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started reading more literary fiction. Jed Mercurio
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I love writing thrillers. Jed Mercurio
Love Writing Thrillers
We're living in interesting times, where people seem to be able to say things which are contrary to what you would call rationalism. Jed Mercurio
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I'm interested in institutions, particularly in the way institutions close ranks. They have hierarchies and their own ethics. Jed Mercurio
Ethics Own Way Ranks Hierarchies Institutions Particularly Close Interested
I write what I call precinct drama, and I tend to write things set in the workplace. Having an institution which gives a workplace its distinctive identity is really important to creating something which feels different. Jed Mercurio
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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 in a different way. Jed Mercurio
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The advantage you get of something having been on the air for a while is people get to know the characters more, and they get to be more invested in the world. Jed Mercurio
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The problem with individual opinion is that it doesn't necessary correlate with what the mass audience is thinking. Jed Mercurio
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I didn't study writing or drama or anything like that... that was not really a viable route for me. Jed Mercurio
Me Writing Drama Study Like Viable Anything Really Route
There are some writers who don't write about people who do jobs. I'm not going to name them, but you watch one of their films, or you read one of their books, and you think, 'What job do they do?' They seem to have a nice house and a nice income. How have they got it? Jed Mercurio
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The part of my life where my character was defined was at work because of the decisions I make and the things I do, and I guess that's what I feel qualifies me and attracts me to write the characters I do. Jed Mercurio
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I try and relate my writing to something I know about, and I had a primary experience of being in a competitive, military environment and being part of a squadron. Jed Mercurio
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No one was more surprised than me by the success of the first series of 'Line of Duty.' Jed Mercurio
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'Line Of Duty' is first and foremost a thriller. But I hope it will also be seen as a revisionist commentary on 21st century policing. Jed Mercurio
Hope Will Seen First Duty Thriller Also Policing Line Foremost Commentary Revisionist Century
The doctor part of me recognises the light and shade of medical life, but the writer in me is more attracted by the darkness, perhaps because it is the road less travelled. Jed Mercurio
Life Me Doctor Darkness Light Recognises Shade More Writer Part Road Perhaps Attracted Because Less Travelled Medical
In 'Bodies,' we had a lot of gore because other medical dramas at the time had these hospitals where even a drop of blood seemed to be too much, which is clearly not what it's like when you cut someone up. Jed Mercurio
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I think you've got to be careful with gore. Different genres need different things. Jed Mercurio
You Think Be Careful Genres Gore Got Different Different Genres Different Things Things Need Careful
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