Lothian has previously written episodes of Teachers, No Angels, Death in Paradise, Beaver Falls, Doc Martin, Skins, Outcasts and Ashes to Ashes.

His online CV reveals at literary and talent agency Curtis Brown reveals that the script is ‘in development’.

Series 8 is expected to begin airing on BBC One in August 2014.

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