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Opportunities Follow-up

Piers Beckley|12:59 UK time, Wednesday, 25 June 2008

North East Voices

Five writers from the North East have been selected to take part in North East Voices, a TV Drama development scheme run by BBC writersroom in partnership with the regional screen agency Northern Film & Media.

This year's writers are Martin Herron, Mark Brotherhood, Mari Hannah, Rachel Matthews and Ben Ayrton, who will be mentored by TV writer Michael Chaplin (Monarch of the Glen, Foyle's War, Wild at Heart, Dalziel and Pascoe) to develop a TV Drama script.

Last year, Newcastle writer Karen Laws went on to gain a place on the BBC Writers Academy with the script she developed on this scheme.

Staffroom Monologues

The winners from this year's Staffroom Monologues competition for Teachers TV have been recorded and are available to watch and listen to now.

Windsor Fringe Marriott Award

Of the nine writers shortlisted for the Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing, four came to the competition via an opportunity listed on the BBC writersroom.

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