Silent Witness creator says diagnosis of terminal illness has been 'a shock'

The creator of the BBC crime dramas Silent Witness and New Tricks has spoken publicly for the first time about being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live programme, Nigel McCrery, 71, said he received the news three weeks ago. "It comes as quite a shock," he said. "I mean people deal with their deaths in different ways, and I think it’s all very, very individual to each of…