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George Kay is an English television writer, screenwriter, and producer. [1] He is best known as the creator of the Netflix series Lupin and Criminal , the Apple TV+ thriller Hijack , and ITV's The Long Shadow . He has also worked on the shows Litvinenko , Stag , My Mad Fat Diary , The Hour , The Tunnel , and the first season of Killing Eve . [2] [3]
Whilst a teenage student at Wellington College, Berkshire, Kay met director Jim Field Smith, with whom he often collaborates. [4]
Kay began his career in non-scripted entertainment, serving as head of development at Twenty Twenty Television and head of factual at Blast! Films, where he co-created productions such as The Choir , Evacuation , and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice . [5]
Kay became a full-time writer in 2009, after he won the Brit List with his feature script Good Luck Anthony Belcher. [6] He went on to write episodes of The Hour for the BBC, The Tunnel for Sky, and two episodes of the first season of Killing Eve .
Whilst writing the script for Litvinenko , Kay had access to transcripts of Alexander Litvinenko's eighteen hours of deathbed interviews with the London Metropolitan Police. [7] Litvinenko's widow, Marina, and the Metropolitan Police supported the production of the series. [8] The show has been sold to over eighty international territories. [9]
| Year | Title | Writer | Creator | Executive producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hour | Yes | No | No | Episode "Honey Trap" |
| 2013 | The Tunnel | Yes | No | No | Episode 1.6 |
| 2014 | Our Zoo | Yes | No | No | Episode 1.3 |
| 2015 | My Mad Fat Diary | Yes | No | No | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Stag | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-created and written with Jim Field-Smith |
| 2018 | Killing Eve | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Criminal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-created with Jim Field-Smith |
| 2022 | Litvinenko | Yes | No | No | |
| 2023 | Hijack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-created with Jim Field-Smith |
| 2021–2023 | Lupin | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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