Remembers… · SEASON 2
Jed Mercurio Remembers… Cardiac Arrest
Episode 14 · 2023-09-20
- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio looks back on the first drama he wrote and the start of his extraordinary journey from junior doctor to award-winning TV showrunner. The acclaimed 1994 series 'Cardiac Arrest' featured a cast of then unknown actors, including future Friends star Helen Baxendale, and captured the realities of life working on a hospital ward in 90s Britain. Jed recalls what motivated him to become more than just a series advisor to the point where he ended up taking over script-writer duties; the controversy around the series that saw even the then Health Secretary getting involved, and the real-life stresses he's experienced as a doctor that made their way into the scripts.
12 minutes
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4. Stephen Poliakoff Remembers… She's Been Away2023-06-21
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7. Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal2023-07-26
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9. Martin Amis, Money and Memories with William Boyd2023-08-02
10. Sir Derek Jacobi Remembers… I, Claudius2023-08-16
11. Edward Heath Remembered by Michael Cockerell2023-09-11
12. Amanda Burton Remembers… Silent Witness2023-09-13
13. Barbara Castle Remembered by Michael Cockerell2023-09-18
14. Jed Mercurio Remembers… Cardiac Arrest2023-09-20
15. Roy Jenkins Remembered by Michael Cockerell2023-09-25
16. David Tennant Remembers… Hamlet2023-10-01
17. Dame Janet Suzman Remembers… The Wars of the Roses2023-10-01
18. Gregory Doran Remembers… Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2023-10-08
19. Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers… The Hollow Crown2023-10-14
20. Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen & Peter Kosminsky Remember… Warriors2023-10-18
21. Hugh Quarshie Remembers… Othello2023-10-22
22. Dame Helen Mirren Remembers… As You Like It2023-10-29
23. Margi Clarke Remembers… Making Out2023-11-01
24. Steven Berkoff Remembers… Hamlet at Elsinore2023-11-05
25. Sir Richard Eyre Remembers… King Lear2023-11-08
26. Dame Siân Phillips Remembers… Under Milk Wood2023-11-09
27. Horace Ové Remembered by Indra Ové2023-12-17
28. Ricky Tomlinson Remembers… The Royle Family2023-12-25
