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HOSPITAL doctor Jed Mercurio began his career in TV when he stumbled across an advert in the British Medical Journal from a production company interested in developing a TV medical drama.
The company was Tony Garnett's World Productions and the drama went on to become Cardiac Arrest.
It launched on the BBC 30 years ago on April 21, 1994, and was written by Jed under the pseudonym John MacUre as he was working as a junior doctor in Birmingham at the time.
Writer: Jed
He bought a Porsche with the earnings from Cardiac Arrest and left medicine to concentrate on his writing.
His medical background has continued to influence his...