The genesis of The Darkness Inside was purely coincidental. I started writing it initially as a screenplay, after working with director Peter Kosminsky on a four-part drama series, The State, about young ISIS recruits from Britain. It gave me insight into the writing process for a television drama, and Kosminsky was very encouraging. Actor Riz Ahmed even got in touch to ask if I wrote screenplays for dramas and if I might work with some of his writers in the BBC writers' room. There was one piece of advice from Ahmed I didn't listen to: "Unless it's comic book stuff, most stories are now for TV, not film."
'The Darkness Inside,' an Excerpt
'The Darkness Inside,' an Excerpt
'The Darkness Inside,' an Excerpt
The genesis of The Darkness Inside was purely coincidental. I started writing it initially as a screenplay, after working with director Peter Kosminsky on a four-part drama series, The State, about young ISIS recruits from Britain. It gave me insight into the writing process for a television drama, and Kosminsky was very encouraging. Actor Riz Ahmed even got in touch to ask if I wrote screenplays for dramas and if I might work with some of his writers in the BBC writers' room. There was one piece of advice from Ahmed I didn't listen to: "Unless it's comic book stuff, most stories are now for TV, not film."