When I worked as a script editor in BBC drama, a hundred years ago, not only was the F word an unthinkable prospect, but the powers that be were nervous about using the word \u2018God\u2019 in any context. And, unbelievably now, there was a Unit housed in an ivory tower somewhere that read every script that went out! One of the members of this team rang me one day to insist that I took the word \u2018God\u2019 out of an episode of The Brothers. I asked why and chief among the many non-reasons was the lack of balance it implied. Sensing that the person on the other end of the line didn\u2019t have a real point to make I offered, in the interest of BBC balance, to include the word \u2018devil\u2019 in the script as well. Great idea, the man said, and gave the script a green tick for its propriety.
\nI don\u2019t think Nathan Hawk ever uses the words God or devil. His language is far more colourful and when all\u2019s said and done he did spend thirty years as a copper. Check out the way he speaks, to say nothing of the self-induced trouble he brings on himself, in JERICHO ROAD, the latest in The Nathan Hawk Mysteries.
\nAnd why not go to my website and sign up to my mailing list? I\u2019ll keep you posted as to when he gets caught up in another murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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