Tom Edge

Tom Edge is a British screenwriter, best known for creating the submarine thriller Vigil.

The series focused on a group of English friends sharing a house in the West End of Glasgow and their romances.

According to a 2021 interview, Edge was approached by producer George Aza-Selinger to develop a submarine project.

[4] It became Vigil and, produced by World Productions, it began broadcasting on BBC One on 29 August 2021.

[5] Vigil became the BBC’s most watched new drama of the year, with its first episode attracting 10.2 million viewers across its first seven days.