John Macure News Today

From Jed Mercurio’s bent copper hit to Michaela Coel’s powerful I May Destroy You and Russell T Davies’s prescient Years and Years, the BBC shows it can still be innovative and provocative

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Updated Thursday, 31st December 2020, 12:14 pm Nelson born Jed Mercurio, who created Line of Duty and Bodyguard, has been made at OBE in the New Years Honours List. (Getty Images) The writer and producer behind hits including Line of Duty and Bodyguard received the accolade for services to television drama. Mercurio (54) was born in Nelson but grew up in Cannock, Staffordshire. He studied at the University of Birmingham Medical School before he was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal ...