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‘A modern masterpiece’: writer Jack Thorne’s best TV shows – from This Is England to Adolescence

As his new version of Lord of the Flies comes to the BBC, we count down the 20 boldest and most moving productions by the quintuple Bafta-winning scriptwriterHe has been hailed as the hardest-working writer in Britain. Looking at Jack Thorne’s astonishing list of credits, it’s hard to argue. The prolific playwright and screenwriter’s output includes many of the best homegrown TV dramas of the past two decades.That’s without the many hit plays and films he has also written. There’s more to come, too. Next out of the Thorne pipeline is Channel 4’s forbidden romance Falling, with Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, and the film Enola Holmes 3, which will be followed by the small matter of Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics. Continue reading...
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