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Line 1: {{short description\|British ~~television~~TV writer, ~~producer~~director ~~and~~(born ~~director~~1966)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~January~~June ~~2014~~2024}} {{Infobox person \| name = Jed Mercurio Line 14: \| education = [[University of Birmingham Medical School]] \| occupation = Television writer, producer, director and novelist \| known for = ''[[Bodies (2004 TV series)\|Bodies]]'' (~~2004-2006~~2004–2006)<br /> ''[[Line of Duty]]'' (~~2012-2021~~2012–2021)<br /> ''[[Bodyguard (2018 TV series)\|Bodyguard]]'' (2018) \| partner = Elaine Cameron \| children = 2 }} '''Gerald Gary~~'''~~ ~~"'''Jed'''" '''~~Mercurio''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. A former hospital doctor<ref name="Albiston">{{cite web\|last=Albiston\|first=Isabel\|title=The world of ...\|date=24 February 2007\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3663391/The-world-of....html\|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> and [[Royal Air Force]] officer,<ref name=gaz51518>{{London Gazette\|issue=51518\|supp=y\|page=12221\|date=1 November 1988}}</ref> Mercurio has been ranked among UK television's leading writers.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Broadcast Hot 100 2013\|date=5 December 2013\|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/home/digital-editions/broadcast-hot-100-2013/5064338.article\|publisher=broadcastnow.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Lazarus\|first=Susannah\|title=Radio Times TV 100\|date=18 September 2017\|publisher=[[Radio Times]]\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-18/radio-times-tv-100-the-full-list/}}</ref> In 2017, Mercurio was awarded a [[Fellow]]ship of the [[Royal Television Society]]<ref>{{cite web\|last=Harding\|first=Laura\|title=Russell T. Davies among RTS fellowship recipients\|date=13 September 2017\|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/russell-t-davies-among-rts-fellowship-recipients-36101233.html\|work=Irish Independent}}</ref> and the Baird Medal by [[Royal Television Society\|RTS Midlands]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Royal Television Society Midlands Awards 2017 – Winners Announced\|date=1 December 2017\|url=http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk/news/royal-television-society-midlands-awards-2017-winn/\|work=Film Birmingham\|access-date=17 February 2018\|archive-date=28 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035528/http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk/news/royal-television-society-midlands-awards-2017-winn/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> His works for television include the series ''[[Line of Duty]]'', ''[[Bodyguard (2018 TV series)\|Bodyguard]]'', ''[[Bodies (2004 TV series)\|Bodies]]'' (based on his [[Bodies (novel)\|2002 novel]]), ''[[The Grimleys]]'', and ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]''. His books are ''[[Bodies (novel)\|Bodies]]'' (2002), ''[[Ascent (novel)\|Ascent]]'' (2007), ''[[American Adulterer]]'' (2009) and, for children, ''The Penguin Expedition'' (2003).<ref name=rcw>{{citation\|title=Jed Mercurio Author Profile at Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agency website\|url=http://www.rcwlitagency.com/Author.aspx?auid=966\|publisher=Rcwlitagency.com\|access-date=6 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002130922/http://www.rcwlitagency.com/Author.aspx?auid=966\|archive-date=2 October 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Line 29: == Career == Mercurio's writing debut, ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]'' (1994–96), caused controversy due to its realistic depiction of hospital life.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Dillner \|first=Louise \|title=Frightening realism \|date=23 April 1994 \|url=http://www.bmj.com/content/308/6936/1108.1 \|work=[[The British Medical Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Revill\|first=Jo\|title=Nurse! Let's put this medical drama back on the screens\|date=10 September 2006\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/10/broadcasting.health\|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The series was twice nominated in the Best Original Drama category by the [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Cardiac Arrest at the International Movie Data Base\| website=[[IMDb]] \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108719/awards?ref_=tt_awd}}</ref> and topped a poll of UK medical professionals as the most realistic medical drama of all time.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Top of the TV Medics\|publisher=BBC Online\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/511202.stm\|date=9 November 1999}}</ref> Mercurio served as medical adviser on the second series of ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]'', which he cites as his apprenticeship in producing/directing.<ref name="Brown"/>▼ ===1990s=== ▲Mercurio's writing debut, ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]'' (1994–96), caused controversy due to its realistic depiction of hospital life.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~journal \|last=Dillner \|first=Louise \|title=Frightening realism \|date=23 April 1994 \|url=http://www.bmj.com/content/308/6936/1108.1 \|~~work~~journal=[[The British Medical Journal]]\|volume=308 \|issue=6936 \|page=1108 \|doi=10.1136/bmj.308.6936.1108 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Revill\|first=Jo\|title=Nurse! Let's put this medical drama back on the screens\|date=10 September 2006\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/10/broadcasting.health\|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The series was twice nominated in the Best Original Drama category by the [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Cardiac Arrest at the International Movie Data Base\| website=[[IMDb]] \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108719/awards?ref_=tt_awd}}</ref> and topped a poll of UK medical professionals as the most realistic medical drama of all time.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Top of the TV Medics\|publisher=BBC Online\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/511202.stm\|date=9 November 1999}}</ref> Mercurio served as medical adviser on the second series of ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]'', which he cites as his apprenticeship in producing/directing.<ref name="Brown"/> Mercurio wrote and produced the science fiction drama series [[Invasion: Earth (TV series)\|Invasion: Earth]] which ran for six episodes on [[BBC1]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/meet-bbc-bodyguard-writer-jed-15166684 \|newspaper=[[Birmingham Mail]] \|title=Meet BBC Bodyguard writer Jed Mercurio - who used to work as a Birmingham doctor \|author1=Annette Belcher \|author2=James Rodger \|date=18 September 2018 \|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/jed-mercurio-line-of-duty-creator-worked-as-a-doctor-before-tv-career/ \|website=Entertainment Daily \|title=Jed Mercurio: Line of Duty creator worked as a doctor before TV career \|author=Helen Fear \|date=25 February 2021 \|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref> Jed Mercurio entered a new genre when he created ''[[The Grimleys]]'', a comedy series set in the [[Black Country]], which ran for three series (1999–2001) on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Rampton\|first=James\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/still-crazee-now-1078816.html \|title=Still Crazee Now – Arts & Entertainment \|work=The Independent \|date=6 March 1999~~-03-06~~ \|access-date=~~2013-11-~~24 November 2013}}</ref> ===2000s=== Mercurio adapted his first novel, ''[[Bodies (novel)\|Bodies]]'' (2002),<ref>{{cite web \|last=Myerson \|first=Julie \|title=Close to the Bone\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/06/fiction.reviews2\|date=6 April 2002}}</ref> into an award-winning television series.<ref name="Rts.org.uk">{{citation\|title=Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2005\|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa?term_node_tid_depth=120\|publisher=Rts.org.uk\|access-date=6 October 2013\|archive-date=16 December 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216004628/http://www.rts.org.uk/winners-rpa?term_node_tid_depth=120\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mercurio assumed the producer/[[showrunner]] position for the first time on ''[[Bodies (2004 TV series)\|Bodies]]'' (2004–06), a role he has fulfilled on all his subsequent original series.<ref name="Brown"/> ''[[The Times]]'' ranked ''[[Bodies (2004 TV series)\|Bodies]]'' in "Shows of the Decade" and ''[[The Guardian]]'' placed it in "The Greatest TV Dramas of All Time."<ref>{{cite web\|first=Tim\|last=Lusher\|title=The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time\|date=12 January 2010\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/12/guardian-50-television-dramas}}</ref> The series won the [[Royal Television Society]] Award for Best Drama Series, was twice nominated for the [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Drama Series and Mercurio was also twice nominated as Best Drama Writer by the [[Royal Television Society]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Bodies at the International Movie Data Base\| website=[[IMDb]] \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398427/awards?ref_=tt_awd}}</ref> His critically acclaimed second novel, ''[[Ascent (novel)\|Ascent]]'' (2007),<ref>{{cite web \|last=Faber\|first=Michel\|title=Rocket Man\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview6\|date=10 March 2007}}</ref> was ranked among the ''1000 Novels Everyone Must Read''.<ref>{{cite web\|title=1000 Novels Everyone Must Read\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/22/1000-novels-science-fiction-fantasy-part-two\|date=22 January 2009}}</ref> ===2010s=== Mercurio's next original drama series, ''[[Line of Duty]]'' (first broadcast 26 June 2012), premiered as [[BBC2]]'s then best-performing drama series in 10 years with 4.1 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Curtis\|first=Chris\|title=Jed Mercurio: taking aim at the target culture\|date=20 September 2012\|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/in-depth/the-broadcast-interview/jed-mercurio-taking-aim-at-target-culture/5046826.article\|publisher=Broadcastnow.co.uk\|access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref> A well-received second series (first broadcast 12 February 2014) resulted in the BBC commissioning two further series for production in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Sweeney\|first=Mark\|title=Line of Duty set to return for third and fourth series\|work=Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/08/line-of-duty-return-two-series-bbc2-mercurio\|date=8 April 2014}}</ref> The first series was nominated for a [[Royal Television Society Award]] for Best Drama Series and earned Mercurio his third nomination as Best Drama Writer by the [[Royal Television Society]] and [[The Writers' Guild of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web \|last=Sandwell\|first=Ian\|title=Writers' Guild shortlist unveiled\|work=[[Screen International]]\|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/writers-guild-shortlist-unveiled/5080731.article\|date=5 December 2014}}</ref> In 2014, ''[[Line of Duty]]'' was named in the Top 50 BBC2 Shows of All-Time,<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hogan\|first=Michael\|title=The Top 50 BBC Two shows of all-time\|work=The Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10772109/The-top-50-BBC-Two-shows-of-all-time.html\|date=18 April 2014\|display-authors=etal}}</ref> and named best television drama of the year by ''[[The Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite web \|last=Ferguson\|first=Euan\|title=The best British TV Dramas of 2014\|work=[[The Observer]]\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/07/euan-ferguson-the-best-british-tv-dramas-of-2014\|date=7 December 2014}}</ref> and in 2016 ranked among the best BBC shows of all time<ref>{{cite web\|last=Tate\|first=Gabriel\|display-authors=etal\|title=The 80 Best BBC Shows of All Time\|work=The Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-best-bbc-shows-of-all-time/\|date=2 November 2016}}</ref> and among the best police series of all time.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Ross\|first=Graeme\|title=The 20 Greatest TV Cop Shows of All Time\|work=The Independent\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/the-20-greatest-tv-cop-shows-of-all-time-a7407456.html\|date=12 November 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the second series won the [[Royal Television Society Award]] for Best Drama Series.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Klompus\|first=Jack\|title=Casualty, Harry & Paul, Line of Duty win at RTS Programme awards\|work=Digital Spy\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s18/casualty/news/a636131/casualty-harry--paul-line-of-duty-win-at-rts-programme-awards.html#~p7j6A80pJlflrq\|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> and was nominated for four [[BAFTA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Bafta TV Awards 2015: Winners in full\|work=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32215563\|date=10 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2015\|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/tvcraft}}</ref> Series 3 of ''[[Line of Duty]]'' became the most watched drama series broadcast on [[BBC2]] in the multichannel era.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Plunkett\|first=John\|title=Line of Duty outranks Wolf Hall to take BBC2 ratings crown\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/28/line-of-duty-wolf-hall-bbc2-ratings-finale\|date=28 April 2016}}</ref> Series 4 transferred to [[BBC One]], consisting of six episodes broadcast from 26 March 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-06/line-of-duty-to-move-to-bbc1-for-two-more-series\|title=Line of Duty to move to BBC1 for two more series\|website=Radiotimes.com\|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> Line 45 ⟶ 49: Mercurio created and wrote ''[[Bodyguard (2018 TV series)\|Bodyguard]]'', serving as [[showrunner]] on the six-part series starring [[Richard Madden]] and [[Keeley Hawes]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-03/bodyguard-bbc1-cast-tv-drama-series/\|title=Meet the cast of Bodyguard on BBC1}}</ref> The series began broadcasting on [[BBC One]] on 26 August 2018,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/12/jed-mercurio-bodyguard-line-of-duty-keeley-hawes\|title=Jed Mercurio on Bodyguard, jeopardy … and the next Line of Duty\|first=Sarah\|last=Hughes\|date=12 August 2018\|website=The Guardian}}</ref> achieving the highest viewing figures for a new [[BBC]] drama in the multichannel era.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/09/04/bodyguard-biggest-drama-british-tv-decade/\|title=Bodyguard is the biggest drama on British TV in over a decade\|last=Corrodus\|first=Corrine\|date=4 September 2018\|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> ===2020s=== Mercurio was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to television drama.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=63218\|supp=y\|page=N13\|date=31 December 2020}}</ref>▼ In 2021 Mercurio and [[Jimmy Mulville]], via HTM Television, inked a first-look deal with 20th Television in an effort to expand into the US.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Goldberg\|first=Lesley\|date=4 November 2021~~-11-04~~\|title=Jed Mercurio and Jimmy Mulville Ink 20th TV First-Look Deal \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jed-mercurio-and-jimmy-mulville-ink-20th-tv-first-look-deal-1235042432/\|access-date=5 November 2021~~-11-05~~\|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]\|language=en-US}}</ref>▼ In 2023, HTM created the six-part drama ''[[Payback (~~2023~~British TV series) \|''Payback]]'']], starring [[Morven Christie]] opposite [[Peter Mullan]], which aired on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] and internationally.<ref name="payback">{{Cite web \|last=Crosby \|first=Eve \|title=Line of Duty creator teams up with Morven Christie for new thriller - and we can't wait \|url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220901149870/line-of-duty-creator-morven-christie-new-drama-payback-details/ \|website=hellomagazine.com \|date=1 September 12022 }}</ref> The series is written by Debbie O'Malley, ~~2022~~and Mercurio and Mulville are credited as [[executive producer]]s, along with several others.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Payback (TV Series 2023– ) \| website=IMDb \| date=23 November 2023 \| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21955290/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm \| access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref>▼ ▲In 2021 Mercurio and [[Jimmy Mulville]], via HTM Television, inked a first-look deal with 20th Television in an effort to expand into the US.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Goldberg\|first=Lesley\|date=2021-11-04\|title=Jed Mercurio and Jimmy Mulville Ink 20th TV First-Look Deal \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jed-mercurio-and-jimmy-mulville-ink-20th-tv-first-look-deal-1235042432/\|access-date=2021-11-05\|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]\|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Honours== ▲In 2023, HTM created the six-part drama ''[[Payback (2023 TV series) \|Payback]]'', starring [[Morven Christie]] opposite [[Peter Mullan]], which aired on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] and internationally.<ref name="payback">{{Cite web \|last=Crosby \|first=Eve \|title=Line of Duty creator teams up with Morven Christie for new thriller - and we can't wait \|url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220901149870/line-of-duty-creator-morven-christie-new-drama-payback-details/ \|website=hellomagazine.com \|date=September 1, 2022 }}</ref> ▲Mercurio was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to television drama.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=63218\|supp=y\|page=N13\|date=31 December 2020}}</ref> ==Personal life== Line 55 ⟶ 61: ==Filmography== {{div col\|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Cardiac Arrest (TV series)\|Cardiac Arrest]]'' (1994–96) * ''[[Pilot (The Grimleys)\|The Grimleys]]'' (TV sitcom) (1997) Line 66 ⟶ 73: * ''[[Critical (TV Series)\|Critical]]'' (2015) * ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 film)\|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (2015) * ''[[Bodyguard (~~2018~~British TV series)\|Bodyguard]]'' (2018) * ''[[Bloodlands (TV series)\|Bloodlands]]'' (2021) -– Executive ~~Producer~~producer * ''[[Stephen (TV series)\|Stephen]]'' (2021) -– Executive ~~Producer~~producer * ''[[Trigger Point (TV series)\|Trigger Point]]'' (2022) -– Executive ~~Producer~~producer * ''[[DI Ray]]'' (2022) -– Executive ~~Producer~~producer * ''Payback'' (2023) – Executive producer * ''[[Breathtaking]]'' (2024) {{div col end}} ==Bibliography== Line 191 ⟶ 201: \|- \|2020 \|[[Edgar Award\|Edgar Allan Poe Award]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Edgar Award Nominees\|url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html\|website=www.theedgars.com\|access-date=5 May 2020~~-05-05~~\|archive-date=7 March 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172053/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref>\|\|Best Television Episode Teleplay\|\|{{won}} \|''Line of Duty'' \|} Line 199 ⟶ 209: == External links == * {{~~IMDb~~Commons ~~name\|0580519~~inline}} * {{IMDb name}} {{Jed Mercurio}} {{Authority control}} Line 206 ⟶ 218: [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]] 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