Also, from RTD: This line feels written. Me: Yes, I wrote it...? RTD: No, I can hear YOU, not the character. It& #39;s the writer showing off, not the character speaking truthfully. - Blew my MIND, folks. He was right, and I think of that on every new script. https://twitter.com/alis_samp/status/1279526436500635651">https://twitter.com/alis_samp...

(He was always the toughest with notes, he& #39;d shank your script right in the kidneys, but would leave you laughing and thinking you were brilliant, dying to get back in and fix the next draft- basically, a free masterclass every meeting)

(Which is why it always makes me laugh when online voices think we can& #39;t take criticism, they clearly have never sat in a notes meeting having their script exploded by a gleeful, cackling Mr Television Davies)

(The scariest one was when he pointed out a line, and said "come on, that& #39;s a lazy placeholder, and you know it- what, was it about 1am, 2am, you were tired?" Me, staring in shock: ...1.30am, HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT)

No idea! It was a character making a clever joke, but it just sounded like me making the joke and trying to be clever. They can make jokes, but in character.