Alan Whiting is a British screenwriter who has written for Heartbeat, Wire in the Blood, Steel River Blues and Kingdom (which he also co-created). "The Darkness of Light", one of his Wire in the Blood episodes, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Television Feature Or Mini-Series Teleplay in 2005.[1] He adapted Half Broken Things for Festival Films[2] and it was broadcast on ITV in 2007.