J. C. Wilsher

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John C. Wilsher is an English television writer, best known as a writer of dramas relating to the Police and law enforcement. His highest profile work was as creator of Between the Lines, which screened in the UK between 1992 and 1994. He began his career writing for radio and is a Past President and Deputy Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB).[1]

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[edit] Works

[edit] Radio Plays

  • The Ghosts of the British Museum (1978)
  • The Fruit of the Vine (1978)
  • Interval (1978)
  • Microcosm (1979)
  • Militaria (1980)
  • Summer School Blues (1980)
  • A Fair Hearing (1980)
  • A Victim of the Aurora (adaptation of Thomas Keneally's novel) (1980)
  • Sunrise Over Baldness (1981)
  • The Grey Area (1982)
  • A Pillar of Society (1983)
  • Orbital Decay (1984)
  • Defensible Space (1984)
  • A Box of Tricks (1985)
  • A Status Passage (1985)
  • Fade to black (1987)
  • In-Flight Entertainment (1991)

[edit] Television Screenplays

  • The Quiz Kid (1979)
  • Sin with Our Permission (episode of "ITV Playhouse") (1981)
  • Between the Lines (1992 - 1994) (WGGB Awards for "Original Drama Series", 1993 & 1995)[2]
  • Silent Witness (episodes) (1996)
  • The Vice (Four episodes) (1999 - 2000)
  • The Bill (45 episodes) (1989 - 2001)
  • Disposal (episode of "Murder in Mind") (2002)
  • The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)
  • If… Drugs Were Legalised (2005)
  • Dust Thou Art, Parts 1 & 2 (episodes of Dalziel & Pascoe) (2005)
  • New Tricks (Four episodes, one of which, Diamond Geezers (2006), was co-nominated for the WGGB Award for "Best Soap or Series (Television)". [3]
  • Torchwood (episode "Reset")[4]

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