I Jack Wright

Working Lives: Showrunner, Chris Lang

A policewoman sits on a desk in a police office, surrounded by 4 of her colleagues

Now its creator and writer, Chris Lang, has a new hit, U&Alibi’s riotously funny murder-mystery I, Jack Wright.

What does a showrunner do?

Traditionally, it’s someone who runs a room of writers, but I write on my own so I can’t run myself! For me, it’s about having a creative vision that I communicate to everyone else in the production team so that together we can realise that vision. Television is an incredibly collaborative business and works best when everyone is fired up and wants the same thing.

The inside track on UKTV’s new John Simm-helmed drama I, Jack Wright

Four mourners sit in a packed church, wearing black clothing

When a big-name tycoon is found dead under suspicious circumstances, it looks like we’re in for a classic whodunnit. But things change quickly. By the end of episode one of I, Jack Wright, the show has expanded into an explosive family feud involving a legal battle, as Jack Wright’s will is read, revealing that key family members have been frozen out.

Wonka and Bridgerton stars among cast for UKTV’s murder mystery I, Jack Wright

The family drama follows the Wright family, who are thrown into disarray after learning of their family patriarch and business tycoon Jack Wright’s (Trevor Eve, Waking the Dead) untimely suicide. When his last will and testament is revealed, Nikki Amuka-Bird enters the narrative as Jack’s third-wife Sally, alongside his two sons Gray (Simm) and John (Rigby). All three of them have been largely cut-out of the will and won’t be receiving much of Jack’s enormous fortune.