Jed Mercurio says political decisions of the press to attack new drama attach unacceptable pressure on young writersThe creator of Line of Duty,Jed Mercurio, has launched a passionate defence of the BBC before the return of his acclaimed police corruption drama to BBC2 this month.“I mediate we all know there’s an anti-BBC agenda in certain areas of the press, or ” says Mercurio. “Sometimes it’s just boring in its inevitability and then every now and then it really crosses a line. I mediate comments about The Great British Bake Off – the chocolate mosque comments – really crossed a line and I mediate that comments about London Spy acquire crossed a line.
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Source: theguardian.com