Rob Williams (British screenwriter)

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Rob Williams
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter, television producer
Known forThe Victim

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

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 2019, his four-part thriller miniseries The Victim, produced by STV Studios, was broadcast on BBC One.[3]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.[4] Williams teamed again with STV on TV prison drama Screw, which broadcast in January 2022 on Channel 4.[5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Meet the cast of BBC1's The Victim". Radio Times.
  2. ^ Ritman, Alex (March 22, 2018). "Kelly Macdonald Boards BBC Drama 'The Victim' From 'Man in the High Castle' Writer". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ Pickard, Michael (April 10, 2019). "Victim complex". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Williams, Rob (3 April 2019). "The Victim". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Channel 4 Announces New 6-Part Drama Series: Screw". Channel 4. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ Creamer, Jon (27 August 2020). "C4 orders prison drama from STV and Victim writer Williams". Televisual. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ Burns, Hamish (27 August 2020). "Production firm secures deal to make Killing Eve writer's new show". businessInsider. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

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