Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio blasts Bafta saying it needs reform 'They all know each other'
express.co.ukLine Of Duty writer compared it to their film counterpart, whose awards are determined by a vote amongst thousands of members for a fairer outcome, in his opinion.Jed, despite his long list of TV hits including Bodyguard and Bloodlands, is surprisingly yet to win a celebrated Bafta award.When asked if he felt overlooked by the organisation, the screenwriter responded: “Organisations such as Bafta don’t have an institutional attitude to my work.“Bafta movie awards are voted for by the Academy membership, which is thousands and thousands of people voting for the films they admire the most, but, for whatever reason, Bafta has decided that the best way to determine its TV awards is to appoint one of their chums to chair a jury, and that person.
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