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Mary is in conversation with British writer Jed Mercurio, the mastermind behind hit show Line of Duty.

Mary is in conversation with British writer Jed Mercurio. He’s the mastermind behind hit show Line of Duty, and has a rich back catalogue of attention-grabbing TV drama including Bodyguard, Cardiac Arrest and Bodies. How much does his early medical and military training inform his writing? And how much drama does it take to make real events into unmissable television?

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Fri 21 May 202111:30
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  • Carly Paradis

    Line of Duty Finale

Credits

PresenterMary Beard
Interviewed GuestJed Mercurio
Series ProducerSandy Raffan
Executive ProducerTanya Hudson

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Feb 202119:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 19 Mar 202102:00
    BBC Two
  • Sat 15 May 202113:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 16 May 202101:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 16 May 202108:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 16 May 202120:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Sun 16 May 202123:30
    BBC News Latin America & North America only
  • Mon 17 May 202101:30
    BBC News Latin America & North America only
  • Wed 19 May 202108:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 21 May 202111:30
    BBC News except UK & UK HD