Harry and Jack Williams are sibling British television screenwriters and producers, best known as the creators of the BBC Drama '' The Missing'' and its spinoff '' Baptiste''. They are the sons of writer-director Nigel Williams and producer Suzan Harrison.

Career

The Williams started out writing comedy, including '' Roman’s Empire'' and ''Honest''. Jack also moonlighted as a script editor, while Harry had some small acting roles. They expanded to drama series, such as '' Hotel Babylon'', '' Wild at Heart'' and ''

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''. Their animated sitcom ''

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'', was released in 2012, and other than '' Fried'' in 2015, the Williams would shift towards primarily writing thrillers. In 2014, the first series of ''The Missing'', an international co-production between the BBC and Starz, was broadcast. The second series was announced in December that year and production began in February 2016. Subsequently, the character of Julien Baptiste was given his own series. With Tchéky Karyo reprising the role, the programme was broadcast from 2019 to 2021. The Williams set up the production company

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in 2014. It has since developed and produced television projects such as ''

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'', as well as several of the Williams' own projects, such as '' Liar'' and '' Angela Black''. In 2022, their thriller series '' The Tourist'', starring

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as an amnesiac, aired on BBC One. In March 2022, it renewed for a second season.

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* * {{Harry and Jack Williams British television writers English television writers English male screenwriters Screenwriting duos Living people Sibling duos Showrunners Year of birth missing (living people)