Val McDermid FRSE, FRSL (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill.
Mystery!
 (also written MYSTERY!)
 is a television anthology series produced by WGBH Boston for PBS in the United States.
 The series was created as a police and crime drama spin-off to the already established PBS show "Masterpiece Theatre".
 From 1980-2006, "Mystery!"
 aired mostly British crime series purchased from or co-produced with the BBC or ITV and adapted from British mystery fiction.
 In 2002, due to pressure to include more American material, a series based on the novels of US mystery writer Tony Hillerman was produced, but the vast majority of "Mystery!"
 programming has always been and continues to be British literary adaptations co-produced with UK-based production companies.
Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor, who became known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary "The Office", Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama "Sherlock", Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series "Fargo".
Court Martial is an ITC Entertainment and Roncom Productions co-production crime drama TV series that premiered in 1966.
 Set during World War II, the series details the investigations of a Judge Advocate General's office.
Ezel (] ) is a Turkish crime drama TV series that was initially broadcast by Show TV in autumn 2009.
 In 2010, it was transferred to ATV.
 It has since gained a considerably large fan base in Turkey.
 Although it is set in modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, filming also took place in North Cyprus, Croatia, and England.
 There are 71 episodes, roughly 90 minutes each (though season 1 and season 2 finals are 120 minutes long), the series came to an end after two seasons.
Wire in the Blood is a British crime drama television series, created and produced by Coastal Productions for Tyne Tees Television and broadcast on the ITV network from 14 November 2002 to 31 October 2008.
 The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid, including a university clinical psychologist, Dr Anthony "Tony" Valentine Hill (Robson Green), who is able to tap into his own dark side to get inside the heads of serial killers.
 Working with detectives, Hill takes on tough and seemingly impenetrable cases in an attempt to track down the killers before they strike again.
Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves.
 It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, seven series have aired.
Missing is a British crime drama television series, created by crime author Karin Alvtegen, which was first broadcast on STV on 2 November 2008.
 Despite being filmed for broadcast and shown in the United States in 2006, the series was not aired in its native country until over two years later.
 Joanne Froggatt, Gregor Fisher and Mhairi Morrison star in the two-part drama (separated into three-parts for repeat viewings), with Froggatt's character, Sybil Foster, becoming the prime suspect in a murder investigation, and Fisher and Morrison's characters acting as the investigating officers.
 "Missing" was released on Region 1 DVD on 5 September 2006.
Get Christie Love!
 is a 1974 made-for-television film and subsequent crime drama TV series starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring.
 This film is based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel "The Ledger".
 However, the main character "Christie Opara"—a white, New York Police detective—was dropped completely and "Christie Love" emerged.
Umutsuz Ev Kadınları, is a Turkish comedy drama TV series, based on the American comedy drama TV series Desperate Housewives.

Question: Wire in the Blood is a British crime drama tv series based on characters created by an author born in what year?
Answer: 1955