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‘We killed off Lisa with a deep fat fryer in episode two – to show that no one was safe. I heard that JJ Abrams played it to his writers and said, “This is how you do it!”’’I still have the notepad where I first doodled an idea about MI5 spies. I pitched it to the production company Kudos, which made documentaries: they didn’t have a drama department but the idea appealed. What producer doesn’t secretly want to make James Bond? Channel 4 and ITV said no, but the BBC liked it and we were off. Continue reading...