Episode 1, Jaws

Much of the BBC’s flagship cop show Line of Duty takes place around a table in meetings. This is often the setting for L&D dramas, so how can sprinkle some of their stardust over our productions?

Episode 5 features The Queen’s Gambit. In which I reveal how this exemplary show articulates point-of-view. There’s a misguided tendency in L&D to equate literal point-of-view with the creation of empathy. Point-of-view in drama doesn’t work like that and here’s why.