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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
We earned the 'Line of Duty' audience's loyalty over a number of years, and I feel privileged to have that.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always useful to know that people are emotionally invested in a series because it means that you can take them down a certain road, and they should be interested.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to do things that kind of mess with the movie formula that you can always find the right place to park; you've always got a phone signal. And I think audiences really respond to the limitations of real life when they intrude on drama.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a classic medical aphorism: 'Listen to the patient; they're telling you the diagnosis.' Actually, a lot of patients are just telling you a lot of rubbish, and you have to stop them and ask the pertinent questions. But, yes, in both drama and medicine, isolated facts can accumulate to create the narrative.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's hugely important to have a strong episode one; you can lose an audience so quickly now. You can't afford to take the attitude that you will use the first one as an introduction and save the high drama for later.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching TV as a kid, and whenever there was some sort of jeopardy involving the hero, I could reassure myself that they were what I'd call a 'can't-die' character, so everything would be OK.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some shows do nosedive at the end, or some piece of content could become incredibly controversial and affect the way the show is seen.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 whether they're actually committing sexism or thinking in a sexist way.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can have characters that say one thing and do another, and in certain kinds of drama, you can't get away with that because the audience will become confused - or certainly, the commissioners will become confused and tell you to stop doing it!
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of a physical stigma is quite appealing. When I wrote the book of 'Bodies,' there was a lot of that in the book about how there are physical manifestations of psychological problems - I think it's described as 'Narrativizing The Body.'
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell the truth where it's the ethical thing to do, but in terms of entertainment, there's a certain fun and enjoyment that can be added to the experience by a few judicious lies.
- Down The Road
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cannock is a friendly place. You can stroll down the road to a decent pub and have a good curry, and it is not too faceless.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, I am just doing what feels right for me.
- Flaws
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that attributing flaws to medical characters makes them not just doctors but something more. It makes them people.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to stay away from writing about good versus evil. I think the world is more complicated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the police thriller genre, people come to it with an expectation. It allows you to get away with a bit of violence, edginess, darkness.
- Nov 07, 2020
I am a social realist writer.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to write about characters who are conflicted.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I learned on medical drama 'Bodies' was that actors can't play ambiguity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of me isn't that interested as a person and a viewer in people's personal lives. I'm much more interested in what people do in the workplace and what goals they set themselves. I guess that's why I write a lot of precinct drama.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the audience is smart enough to know that just because a drama is relating to real-world parallels, it doesn't mean that its story is exactly that story.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are used to watching cop shows in which the cops are very straight down the line and they solve the crimes, but I think people actually have a much more sophisticated and varied view of the police.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't always understand the way it works with casting. TV projects tend to be commissioned to screen at a particular time of year, so your shooting dates are chosen to meet that. And then the casting is a matter of choosing from the actors who are available for those dates.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an apparatus set up to protect politicians, but those within that apparatus will have their own political views. I've got mates who are police officers and mates who are in the military, and they often have a very different view to the policy they're asked to carry out.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Between the ages of 12 and 15, I wanted to be a pilot because I thought it would be glamorous and dangerous.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we have friends over for dinner, I do the cooking. I like the pressure of a big meal and the technical challenges of a roast.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing thrillers.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from gender-balanced workplaces. I started off working in medicine, and when I went through med school, it's 50/50 men and women. And when I started working as a doctor, it's 50/50 men and women. So I've always been very accustomed to women occupying pivotal roles in the professional environment.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are great female role models out there, and I just feel very proud to be able to represent them in my work.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a content creator, all you can do is do your best work and then hope that it resonates somehow with an audience.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020