Rob Williams (British screenwriter)

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Rob Williams
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, television producer
Known for The Victim
Chasing Shadows
Suspicion

Rob Williams is a British screenwriter and producer, best known for the BBC1 crime drama The Victim . [1] [2]

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Career

Prior to his career in screenwriting, Williams worked in publishing. In 2008, he was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers for their long running television series. He went on to write for all four of the BBC's popular continuing dramas: Doctors , EastEnders , Casualty and its spinoff, Holby City . Williams also wrote episodes of Killing Eve , The Man in the High Castle and DCI Banks .

In 2014, ITV broadcast Williams' thriller Chasing Shadows . The series follows a missing persons unit, and stars Reece Shearsmith as Sean Stone, a detective Sergeant, and Alex Kingston. The series of four episodes concluded on 25 September 2014. [3]

In 2019, his four-part thriller miniseries The Victim , produced by STV Studios, was broadcast on BBC One. [4] It starred Kelly Macdonald, James Harkness and John Hannah, in a story about a murdered child's mother going on trial for inciting murder after she is accused of posting online the new identity and address of the man she believes murdered her son. [5] Williams teamed again with STV on prison drama Screw , which broadcast on Channel 4 in January 2022. [6] [7] [8] Williams was the showrunner of Suspicion , which streamed on Apple TV+ on 4 February 2022. [9] It is based on the Israeli series False Flag . [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the cast of BBC1's The Victim". Radio Times .
  2. ↑ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2018). "Kelly Macdonald Boards BBC Drama 'The Victim' From 'Man in the High Castle' Writer". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ↑ Jones, Ellen E. (5 September 2014). "Chasing Shadows, TV Review: Reece Shearsmith's awkward detective is just like Sherlock - only with none of the skilful writing". The Independent . Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Pickard, Michael (10 April 2019). "Victim complex". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Williams, Rob (3 April 2019). "The Victim". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Channel 4 Announces New 6-Part Drama Series: Screw". Channel 4. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Creamer, Jon (27 August 2020). "C4 orders prison drama from STV and Victim writer Williams". Televisual. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Burns, Hamish (27 August 2020). "Production firm secures deal to make Killing Eve writer's new show". businessInsider. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. ↑ White, Peter (11 March 2020). "Uma Thurman To Headline Apple Drama Series 'Suspicion', Based On Israeli Thriller 'False Flag'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ↑ White, Peter (30 July 2019). "Apple Developing English-Language Remake Of Keshet International's Israeli Thriller 'False Flag'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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