Yet when he is hit by a second tragedy, his first thoughts are not of more loss, but of revenge. It’s been over a decade since gang leader Billy Evans stepped away from his life on the wrong side of the law to mourn the murder of his beloved wife. This website contains details of all Dougie’s fifteen books and three feature films as well as information on future projects including In The Know, the third book in the The Crew/Top Dog trilogy, the forthcoming feature films The Gentle Sex and Three Greens as well as the forthcoming TV drama, Kathy.īlurb In The Know…Revenge is a dish best served quickly From the writer of the cult hooligan film, Green Street and the best-selling thrillers The Crew and Top Dog comes the third and most explosive book yet in the most successful hooligan thriller series ever written. That book became the best-selling, The Crew.Perhaps best known for penning the cult movie Green Street (Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam) his first book Everywhere We Go (first published in 1996) remains a firm favourite amongst football fans the world over whilst his debut novel, The Crew, has enjoyed an almost unbroken nine year run at the top of the soccer charts of both Amazon and iTunes. Initially disappointed by this, Dougie received a huge boost when he was contacted by the head of development at LLP productions who told him that she was hugely impressed with his work and made him promise that one day, he would turn this idea into a book. Unofficially, the real reason was because the plot involved elements that were simply too controversial for network television. However, although the series was commissioned, Dougies idea was rejected, officially on the basis of cost. The response from the production team was astonishing and the idea was immediately accepted and submitted for acceptance by the ITV network controllers.

After a few days, he returned with an outline for an episode entitled The Crew. However, as discussions continued, it became clear that the initial ideas being developed were totally unrealistic and so Dougie offered to go away and develop a plot line on his own. Dougie, as a recognised expert on the subject, was offered the chance to bring his expertise to bear on the plot.

Her idea was to write one of the episodes about an operation targeted at a gang of hooligans who were becoming involved in criminal activities away from football. In 1997, Dougie Brimson received a phone call from the writer Lynda La Plante asking him if he would meet her to discuss a project.ĭuring this meeting, she informed him that following on from the success of a pilot television drama called Stand And Deliver, her production company, LLP, had been commissioned to develop a TV series based around an undercover police unit.

The Crew by Dougie Brimson