Episode 46: Chris Chibnall

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Watch out listeners! Its a super long episode as we finally managed to get hold of UK writing legend Chris Chibnall. Creator and writer of Broadchurch he also was show runner for Torchwood and has written for Doctor Who and Life on Mars. As it is a big lengthy here are some timings if you want to navigate to certain areas...  02:00 - Broadchurch was my first ever spec script 14:00 - Landing a 4 season TV series early on 22:00 - My first 'short' and how it happened. Watch it here - https://youtu.be/g4TDDLylSws 31:00 - Changing fortunes of TV and moving between genres 43:00 - Life on Mars and Torchwood 54:00 - Law and Order 1:01:00 - Broadchurch 1:11:00 - Broadchurch Series 2 1:21:00 - Broadchurch Series 3! 1:23:00 - Structure and craft