Blog posts by year and monthMay 2011
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Writers Academy 27
The First Sift We've now read the first ten pages of all of our 495 entries for the Writers Academy. As you can see, we all sit in a room together (Readers, my team and I) with "The Pile". It is a gruelling, nerve-wracking, but also hugely enjoyable three days. Thank you all t...
Laughing Stock: Final shortlist
We are very pleased to announce that the final shortlist for the Laughing Stock competition is: Sarah Seth John Dorney Elliott Kerrigan Mathilda Gregory Shazad Mohammed Andrew Parkhill Jo Williams Daniel Moulson David Byrne Our judges - Cheryl Taylor, Simon Nye, Rebecca Front, A...
TV Drama - The Writers' Festival 2011
So the 2011 Writers' Festival is shaping up, and is even more exciting. We've listened to the feedback from last year which was fantastic, and we've tried to incorporate as many of your ideas as possible with our wonderful curating group led by Paula Milne, with Toby Whithouse, Stephen Butchard...
New competition: Get a Squiggle On
Want to write for Cbeebies? We've just launched our brand new competition, Get a Squiggle On. We're looking for 20-minute live action scripts - they can in any genre including Drama, Comedy, Music, Dance and Puppets, or a combination of more than one, suitable for children aged 3-6. You mi...
±«Óãtv TV blog: Doctors
Really interesting post on the ±«Óãtv TV Blog that's well worth a read: Peter Lloyd, series producer for Doctors, talks about how continuing dramas deal with having to can characters who they've spent time developing because an actor wants to leave. He also talks about how the team of writers appr...
TV Drama - The Writers' Festival: Hugo Blick
Another update on TV Drama - The Writers' Festival - we're very excited to announce that writer, director and producer, Hugo Blick will be speaking this year. Best known for his work on Sensitive Skin, Marion & Geoff and The Last Word Monologues, Hugo has most recently written and produced new ±«Óãtv Two thriller, The Shadow Line. Read a recent interview with Hugo on the Digital Spy website. Watch a clip from The Shadow Line below: TV Drama: The Writers' Festival takes place on July 6th and 7th at Leeds College of Music. Find out how to apply for a ticket for the festival.
Exile
Exile is without a doubt one of my proudest moments as a writer. It is a show that sets out with serious themes in mind and explores them through character, whilst utilising a thriller motor to forward the narrative. So where did it come from? Well, having worked with Paul Abbott on three pr...