<p>Subscribe for free: robertmurphy.substack.com</p><p>How - and why - did celebrated screenwriter George Kay take a true crime story and create a tense, claustrophobic thriller set in an English private school?</p><p>‘Gone’ stars Eve Myles as overlooked detective sergeant Annie Cassidy brought in to investigate the disappearance of the wife of domineering headmaster Michael Polly (David Morrissey.)</p><p>In this interview, George describes how he was inspired by the detective Julie Mackay (last week’s episode) and her book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunt-Killer-Julie-Mackay-ebook/dp/B09HH289SH?ref_=ast_author_mpb">To Hunt a Killer.</a></p><p>But the series was influenced by two other real-life investigations.</p><p>George speaks about how he moved from writing episodic scripts for Killing Eve and other series to becoming one of the UK’s most bankable and acclaimed drama showrunners.</p><p>And he touches on some of the big themes raised in Gone: masculinity and how some institutions fail to nurture generations of boys.</p><p>George has featured in two previous episodes of <em>Behind the Crimes</em>. He talked about how he created The Long Shadow, about the crimes of Peter Sutcliffe:</p><p>And of his previously unknown connection to the Lord Lucan nanny who evaded the murderous earl:</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://robertmurphy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">robertmurphy.substack.com/subscribe</a>