Television writer, producer, director and novelist
Known for
Bodies (2004–2006) Line of Duty (2012–2021) Bodyguard (2018)
Partner
Elaine Cameron
Children
2
Gerald Gary "Jed" MercurioOBE (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. A former hospital doctor[5] and Royal Air Force officer,[6] Mercurio has been ranked among UK television's leading writers.[7][8] In 2017, Mercurio was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Television Society[9] and the Baird Medal by RTS Midlands.[10]
His works for television include the series Line of Duty, Bodyguard, Bodies (based on his 2002 novel), The Grimleys, and Cardiac Arrest. His books are Bodies (2002), Ascent (2007), American Adulterer (2009) and, for children, The Penguin Expedition (2003).[11]
^Dowell, Ben (14 May 1998). "Jed Day". The Stage. p. 35. Retrieved 12 May 2019. ...the fact that his very cool first name, Jed, is in fact short for Gerald...
^"HTM Television Limited – Filing history (free information from Companies House)". companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^"HTM Television". HTM Television. Retrieved 12 May 2019. Hat Trick Mercurio Television Ltd (HTM Television) is a UK production company co-owned by Jed Mercurio and Hat Trick Productions.
^Albiston, Isabel (24 February 2007). "The world of ..." The Telegraph.
^"No. 51518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 November 1988. p. 12221.
^"Broadcast Hot 100 2013". broadcastnow.co.uk. 5 December 2013.
^Lazarus, Susannah (18 September 2017). "Radio Times TV 100". Radio Times.
^Harding, Laura (13 September 2017). "Russell T. Davies among RTS fellowship recipients". Irish Independent.
^"Royal Television Society Midlands Awards 2017 – Winners Announced". Film Birmingham. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^Jed Mercurio Author Profile at Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agency website, Rcwlitagency.com, archived from the original on 2 October 2013, retrieved 6 October 2013
Gerald Gary "Jed" Mercurio OBE (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. A former hospital doctor and Royal...
Line of Duty is a British police procedural and serial drama created by JedMercurio and produced by World Productions for the British Broadcasting Corporation...
a British medical drama television series, written by Rachel Clarke, JedMercurio, and Prasanna Puwanarajah, based on Clarke's 2021 memoir of the same...
primetime drama was Tony McHale, writer and creator of Holby City, in 2005. JedMercurio had carried out a similar role on the less conspicuous medical drama...
the third after the success of the second. Line of Duty was created by JedMercurio who executive produces the series alongside Simon Heath and Stephen Wright...
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television series created and written by Maya Sondhi and produced by JedMercurio. DI Ray stars Parminder Nagra in the title role as a Detective Inspector...
Nigel Morton (Neil Morrissey). The series was created and written by JedMercurio, who also serves as an executive producer. Six episodes were directed...
Tommy Hunter (Brian McCardie). The series was created and written by JedMercurio, who also serves as an executive producer. Filming took place in Belfast...
review, suggesting that Mercurio struggled to give the audience a logical resolution – leading her to call series five “JedMercurio’s ropiest bit of work...
Tommy Hunter (Brian McCardie). The series was created and written by JedMercurio, who also serves as a producer. Filming took place in Birmingham in late...
procedural and serial drama consisting of six series that was created by JedMercurio and broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first...
2018, Rundle appeared in the six-part thriller, Bodyguard created by JedMercurio, with Keeley Hawes and Gina McKee, broadcast on BBC One. The series tells...
Cardiff Productions and has a joint venture with British television writer JedMercurio called HTM Television, with this production company responsible for dramas...
McGrath, Clive Anderson and Griff Rhys Jones. More recently, he and JedMercurio, via HTM Television inked a first look deal with 20th Television in an...
1997, and concluded in 2001 after three series. The show was written by JedMercurio, who had trained as a doctor and whose first series, Cardiac Arrest –...
friends with Line of Duty stars Martin Compston, Adrian Dunbar, and writer JedMercurio. She has also remained close with her This is England co-stars, with...
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