Working Lives: Showrunner, Chris Lang
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.