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{{Short description|British television writers and producers}}
'''Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent''' are a duo of British television [[screenwriter]]s and producers, best known as the creators of AMC's ''[[Humans (TV series)|Humans]]''.
==Career==
Having met at school in the 1990s at age 11, Brackley and Vincent made various shorts and studied film at university. They entered the television industry through separate means, reuniting with the same agent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-10 |title=Better |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/dff3869a-e55c-4991-b847-2f8db0e36fa3 |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref> They began in sketch writing and comedy, contributing material to series such as ''[[Balls of Steel (TV series)|Balls of Steel]]'' (2006), ''The Wrong Door'' (2008) and ''The Wall'' (2008). They expanded to drama series, writing several episodes of the spy series ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'', took over as head writers for the last two years of the series, and in 2015, wrote the feature film ''[[Spooks: The Greater Good]]''.
Shortly after, the duo created the science fiction drama ''Humans''. It was based on the Swedish science fiction drama ''[[Real Humans]]''. The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between [[Channel 4]] and [[Xbox Entertainment Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |title=William Hurt and Colin Morgan to star in new sci-fi drama series |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-15/william-hurt-and-colin-morgan-to-star-in-new-sci-fi-drama-series |work=[[Radio Times]] |first=Huw |last=Fullerton |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710105047/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-10-15/william-hurt-and-colin-morgan-to-star-in-new-sci-fi-drama-series |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, after [[Microsoft]] closed Xbox Entertainment Studios, [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] came aboard as partners to Channel 4.<ref name="entshums">{{cite web |title=Channel 4 teams up with AMC for sci-fi series Humans |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a598258/channel-4-partners-up-with-amc-for-sci-fi-series-humans.html |work=Digital Spy |first=Katy |last=Finbow |date=22 September 2014 |access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> Filming commenced in the autumn of 2014, with the series premiering on 14 June 2015. The series's budget was £12{{nbsp}}million. It was a success,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/jun/22/humans-bankable-british-tv-show-that-isnt-costume-drama |title=Humans: a bankable British TV show that isn't a costume drama |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Lawson |first=Mike |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> and renewed for three series.
In 2023, BBC One broadcast their crime thriller ''[[Better (British TV series)|Better]]'', about a [[Police corruption|corrupt police officer]] who attempts to turn her life around, only for it to get much worse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/better-bbc-cast/|title=Better cast – who stars in the BBC thriller?|website=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/better-bbc-thriller-series-leila-farzad-cast-release-date/650828|title=BBC One's Better: everything you need to know about the new drama|first=Morgan|last=Cormack|date=22 April 2022|website=Stylist}}</ref>
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==External links==
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