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This is how you write a critically acclaimed 5 star thriller

Download the scripts and relish every word of Guilt, Neil Forsyth’s dark, twisted and razor-sharp drama.

The Guardian called it, "an unexpected triumph of and the best sibling rivalry since Oasis". The i gave it five stars and claimed it was, "" and the 大象传媒's Will Gompertz wrote that, "it starts with a bang and builds from there."

Guilt, written by Neil Forsyth, is the is the noir-ish thriller that became a word-of-mouth hit when it debuted in late 2019. And now you can savour every word of the whip-smart dialogue by downloading the script for each episode of the series.

Guilt opens with brothers Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) accidentally killing a man as they drive home from a wedding. Despite the grim subject matter, the script bristles with black humour.

"I think what I wanted to write was a drama where the characters are allowed to be funny, Neil Forsyth told 大象传媒 Scotland.

"The whole point of drama is putting characters under extreme conditions; one of the ways human beings react to extreme conditions is humour."

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"As soon as I read the first scene, that sold me it straight away," says Mark Bonnar.

Moyo Akande, who plays Tina, was similarly hooked. “It was thrilling, it was gripping, I wanted to know what happened next. It was full of twists and turns. I found myself gasping and whooping and going ‘Oh my God, what’s going to happen?’"

Find out for yourself by downloading the scripts from 大象传媒 Writersroom or catching up with Guilt on 大象传媒 iPlayer.

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  • Guilt

    Two brothers seem to get away with a crime - but soon discover they can trust no-one, including each other, in a pitch-black, contemporary thriller.

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