97 Quotes by Jed Mercurio

So with 'Ascent,' one of the things I wanted to do was not make it too remote from the reader, for it to be engaged with the human side and not just to be about the cold metal of planes and spacecraft.

No one was more surprised than me by the success of the first series of 'Line of Duty.'

I think you've got to be careful with gore. Different genres need different things.

'Line of Duty' had originally been conceived as a returnable drama, with the premise being that the fictional anticorruption unit AC-12 would move on to a new case in each series, centred on a high-profile antagonist accused of corruption.

There aren't a lot of political dramas on TV, and those that are tend to be American.

We earned the 'Line of Duty' audience's loyalty over a number of years, and I feel privileged to have that.

I have a lot of respect for our police forces. They are generally honest and effective.

For something like 'Line of Duty' to work, it has to be both plausible and unexpected.

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.