Jed Mercurio

Jed Mercurio (born 1966) is a British television writer-producer-director and novelist. He is reported to be one of the few British script-writers to work as a US-style showrunner.[1] A former hospital physician and RAF officer,[2] in December 2013, Mercurio was ranked among UK television's leading writers by TV-industry magazine Broadcast.[3]

His chief works for television are the series Line of Duty, Bodies (based on his 2002 novel), The Grimleys and Cardiac Arrest.[4] His books are Bodies (2002), Ascent (2007), American Adulterer (2009) and, for children, the Penguin Expedition (2003).[5]