Tom Edge Explained

Tom Edge
Nationality:British
Occupation:Screenwriter
Known For:Vigil
Lovesick

Tom Edge is a British screenwriter, best known for creating the submarine thriller Vigil.[1] [2]

Career

Edge created and served as the lead writer on the sitcom Lovesick. The series focused on a group of English friends sharing a house in the West End of Glasgow and their romances. Lovesick began as a programme for Channel 4, before being acquired by Netflix. He also wrote on the second series of The Crown, as well as the second, third and fourth series of Strike. He wrote the 2019 biopic Judy, about the later life of Hollywood actress Judy Garland and her declining health.[3] It starred, and later won an Academy Award for, Renée Zellweger.

According to a 2021 interview, Edge was approached by producer George Aza-Selinger to develop a submarine project.[4] It became Vigil and, produced by World Productions, it began broadcasting on BBC One on 29 August 2021.[5] Vigil became the BBC’s most watched new drama of the year, with its first episode attracting 10.2 million viewers across its first seven days.[6] In 2022, BBC One aired Edge's crime miniseries, You Don't Know Me. It is based on the 2017 crime novel of the same name by Imran Mahmood.

Filmography

Film

!Year!Title!Director
2019JudyRupert Goold

Television

!Year!Title!Notes
2012ThreesomeTwo episodes
2012-2014The Midnight BeastNine episodes
2013PramfaceOne episode
2014-2018LovesickAlso creator22 episodes
2016The Last DragonslayerTV MovieAdapted from novel of the same name
2016-2017The CrownFive episodes
2017-2022Strike12 episodes
2021You Don't Know MeFour episodes
2021-2023VigilAlso creatorNine episodes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who wrote Vigil? Meet Tom Edge, the man behind BBC One's gripping thriller. Radio Times.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-02. What is Vigil on BBC One about? Who stars and when does thriller start?. 3 May 2021. Entertainment Daily. en-GB. 7 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607193626/https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/what-is-vigil-on-bbc-one-about-who-stars-and-when-does-the-thriller-start/. live. Hyland, Karen.
  3. Clarke . Stewart . 23 October 2017 . Renee Zellweger to Play Judy Garland in London-Set 'Judy' . Variety.
  4. Web site: Vigil - An Introduction from writer Tom Edge. August 25, 2021. BBC.
  5. BBC One releases first trailer and new pictures for Vigil. BBC Media Centre. 16 September 2021.
  6. News: Manning . Charlotte . 6 September 2021 . Vigil becomes BBC's most watched new drama of 2021 as it fetches over 10m viewers . . 18 September 2021.