Tom Edge

Tom Edge
Nationality	British
Occupation	Screenwriter
Known for	Vigil Lovesick

Tom Edge is a British screenwriter, best known for creating the submarine thriller Vigil . ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Edge created and served as the lead writer on the sitcom Lovesick . The series focused on a group of English friends sharing a house in the West End of Glasgow and their romances. Lovesick began as a programme for Channel 4, before being acquired by Netflix. He also wrote on the second series of The Crown , as well as the second, third and fourth series of Strike . He wrote the 2019 biopic Judy , about the later life of Hollywood actress Judy Garland and her declining health. ^[3] It starred, and later won an Academy Award for, Renée Zellweger.

According to a 2021 interview, Edge was approached by producer George Aza-Selinger to develop a submarine project. ^[4] It became Vigil and, produced by World Productions, it began broadcasting on BBC One on 29 August 2021. ^[5] Vigil became the BBC’s most watched new drama of the year, with its first episode attracting 10.2 million viewers across its first seven days. ^[6] In 2022, BBC One aired Edge's crime miniseries, You Don't Know Me . It is based on the 2017 crime novel of the same name by Imran Mahmood.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
2019	Judy	Rupert Goold

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Threesome	Two episodes
2012-2014	The Midnight Beast	Nine episodes
2013	Pramface	One episode
2014-2018	Lovesick	Also creator 22 episodes
2016	The Last Dragonslayer	TV Movie Adapted from novel of the same name
2016-2017	The Crown	Five episodes
2017-2022	Strike	12 episodes
2021	You Don't Know Me	Four episodes
2021-2023	Vigil	Also creator Nine episodes

References

1. "Who wrote Vigil? Meet Tom Edge, the man behind BBC One's gripping thriller". Radio Times.
2. Hyland, Karen (2 May 2021). "What is Vigil on BBC One about? Who stars and when does thriller start?". Entertainment Daily. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
3. Clarke, Stewart (23 October 2017). "Renee Zellweger to Play Judy Garland in London-Set 'Judy'". Variety.
4. "Vigil - An Introduction from writer Tom Edge". BBC. 25 August 2021.
5. "BBC One releases first trailer and new pictures for Vigil". BBC Media Centre (Press release). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
6. Manning, Charlotte (6 September 2021). "Vigil becomes BBC's most watched new drama of 2021 as it fetches over 10m viewers". Metro . Retrieved 18 September 2021.

External links

• Tom Edge at IMDb