Episode Details

Cilla Jackert writes about police on screen with a level of complexity and social realism that most crime drama doesn't attempt — and has plenty to say about what economic pressures and artificial intelligence are doing to the craft of television writing.

Cilla Jackert is an award-winning Swedish screenwriter and novelist best known for Tunna blå linjen (Thin Blue Line), with a career spanning television, film and literature rooted in social realism and a sharp eye for human behaviour.

• The complexities of portraying police on screen responsibly — and the creative decisions involved in getting it right
• How economic pressures on production shape storytelling and character development in ways audiences rarely see
• What Scandinavian social realism brings to crime drama that other traditions don't
• Why responsibility and creativity in storytelling are not in opposition — and how she navigates both

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