Rob Williams is a British screenwriter and producer, best known for the BBC1 crime drama '' The Victim''.

Career

Prior to his career in screenwriting, Williams worked in publishing. In 2008, he was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers for their long running television series. He went on to write for all four of the BBC's popular continuing dramas: '' Doctors'', '' EastEnders'', '' Casualty'' and its spinoff, ''

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''. Williams also wrote episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2014, ITV broadcast Williams' thriller '' Chasing Shadows''. The series follows a

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unit, and stars

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as Sean Stone, a detective Sergeant, and

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. The series of four episodes concluded on 25 September 2014. In 2019, his four-part thriller

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''The Victim'', produced by

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, was broadcast on

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. It starred

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, James Harkness and John Hannah, in a story about a murdered child's mother going on trial for inciting murder after she is accused of posting online the new identity and address of the man she believes murdered her son. Williams teamed again with STV on prison drama ''

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'', which broadcast on Channel 4 in January 2022. Williams was the showrunner of '' Suspicion'', which streamed on

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on 4 February 2022. It is based on the

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i series ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Rob Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British male writers British television writers British male screenwriters British soap opera writers British television producers