Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2011
Posts (6)
Jesting About 2: It's not all vanilla lattes and falafel fajitas
Hello. You don't know me but I am yet another of those regular people what made it through that Jesting About-initiative thing last year. I've been asked to write a blog about it. I also work part-time in a cafe, but you're not interested in that, are you? Of course not. So, I was asked t...
Baker Boys
Returning on ±«Óãtv One Wales tonight is original drama, Baker Boys. Written by real-life partners, Helen Raynor and Gary Owen, Baker Boys follows the lives and loves of a group of workers at a bakery in a small South Wales town through the lens of recession-hit Britain. Helen Raynor has writte...
Jesting About 2
Last year the ±«Óãtv ran a comedy writing initiative called 'Jesting About' which aimed to find new talent in the North East. It was championed by Shooting Stars' legend Bob Mortimer so myself and my writing partner Will were extremely lucky to get a place on it. I say 'extremely lucky', we actuall...
±«Óãtv Radio 4 - Opening Lines
We're writing this as the first short stories for the new series of Opening Lines start to land on our desk. About to enter its 12th year, the series showcases new and emerging writers, sourced directly from the hundreds of unsolicited submissions the team receives each year. From this po...
Death in Paradise: My first broadcast credit
I've been devouring the contents of the Writers' Room for years, so I'm a little intimidated to say the least at trying to add to the store of excellent knowledge that's already here. And for a good reason. It's not as if I have much experience of TV writing - in fact, I have precisely one expe...
±«Óãtv Radio 3: Free Thinking Festival 2011
This weekend, Free Thinking - ±«Óãtv Radio 3's festival of ideas, returns to The Sage Gateshead for a series of thought-provoking talks, debates and performances. The festival theme this year is CHANGE, exploring the mania for change sweeping the globe, with talks from Wikipedia found...