Blog posts by year and monthJanuary 2010
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Dotcommery, Tomfoolery, and Swywthery
Tim Wright is the writer of digital experiences including Online Caroline, Mount Kristos, and In Search of Oldton. His two new plays, Say What You Want To Hear, will air shortly on Radio 4 - and you can be a part of them by sending in your own swywths. We've asked Tim to write two pieces for ...
Tony Doyle Bursary Award
The shortlist that goes to the judges has been decided and congratulations to the scripts and writers below: Murder in the Lakelands by Patrick Nash Only One Problem by David Ireland The Dealer of Ballynafeigh by Rosemary Jenksinson A Pocket Full of Honour by Raymond Tierney ...
New Welsh Writers
We had a fantastic turnout at our Cardiff open day - more than 100 writers came along, we ran surgeries with Writersroom, ±«Óãtv Wales TV Drama and National Theatre Wales, with simultaneous Perfect 10 workshops. Then Steve Thompson, who is writing for the forthcoming ±«Óãtv Wales production Sherlock, ...
Spirit Warrior
Jo Ho's original new drama series for C±«Óãtv, Spirit Warriors, begins today at 5.45pm. Jo came to the attention of C±«Óãtv through one of the regular meetings we have where representatives of departments from across the ±«Óãtv come together to discuss writers. Her calling card script was recommended to ...
Newsjack: Explosion In A Clown Factory
Sorry about that last blog. I never wanted to come across as a font-obsessed monomaniac. Oh, I am one; I just didn't want everyone knowing. So, the sketch deadline for Newsjack show 3 has passed. Did you send anything in? Slow news week, isn't it? And where it's not slow, it's grim. The ...
Al Smith's Radio series
Next week, the original series Al Smith developed during our Radio Drama Series residential scheme in 2008 is being broadcast during Woman's Hour.
NEWSJACK: SCRIPT SMART OR SMART SCRIPTS?
OK, that's show two all printed off. We're now waiting for our cast to arrive from their snowy country retreats (and for some game changing news event to make all our sketches obsolete), so I've got just about enough time to post this on the subject of laying out sketches. The first sketch I ...
Bits and Pieces.
A new EastEnders spinoff, E20 has just started online. The winner of the 2009 Sitcom Trials (as promoted on our Opportunities page) was End To End, written and performed by Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon, and co-written and directed by Matt Holt.
Welsh New Writers
Writersroom, ±«Óãtv Cymru Wales and National Theatre Wales are running an open event in Cardiff for Welsh writers who would like to come to masterclass sessions and surgeries to discuss writing for TV, radio and theatre. Take a look here for more details.
Scotland Writes Masterclass
The 18 writers who progressed to the 'longlist' stage in the sifting process and beyond, including the final 6 sent to the judges, are coming along to the Scotland Writes masterclass this week in Glasgow (snow permitting). So if you haven't already heard from us about this event, then unfortunat...