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The Verb Dramas 2024
The BBC Writers in collaboration with Audio Drama North and BBC Radio 3's The Verb, offered writers in our development groups the opportunity to gain a short audio drama commission. Listen to the resulting four dramas and find out more from the writers.
Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country
Submissions are now open! The opportunity was launched at an event at the Birmingham Rep on Friday 2nd February including an introduction from BBC DG, Tim Davie and an In Conversation with Sir Lenny Henry.
Yorkshire writer announced as recipient of the Kay Mellor Fellowship with Leeds Playhouse, Rollem Productions, BBC and Leeds City Council
We're delighted to announce the recipient of this year's Kay Mellor Fellowship with Leeds City Council, Rollem Productions and Leeds Playhouse.
9 BBC Film scripts and scripts from 16 BBC TV Dramas including The Power of the Dog, Rye Lane, Blue Lights and A Very British Scandal now in BBC Writers Script Library
We're delighted to announce that we've added a big new batch of scripts to our popular online script library. They include nine scripts from BBC Film and scripts from over a dozen recent BBC TV Dramas.
BBC Writers: What happens on our Voices programme?
Voices is one of the development opportunities that can result from sending your script into our Open Call. But what actually happens if you become one of the BBC Writers' Voices?
The Break: Series Six
BBC Writersroom and BBC Studios Continuing Drama Productions have released the sixth series of The Break. The bold, short-form drama series is a collaboration between BBC Writersroom, BBC Three and BBC Studios and aims to showcase the best original, contemporary stories that reflect modern life...
Meet the Drama Room writers for 2022-23
We're delighted to introduce the thirteen writers who have been part of our Drama Room development group for the last twelve months. The group have spent six months with training and development workshops and six months writing an original spec' script with the support of a Script Editor.
Popcorn Award for New Writing at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 - Winner and Finalists Announced
For the second year we have partnered with the Popcorn Group on the Popcorn Award, which celebrates the best of new writing at the Edinburgh Fringe. Today we're delighted to be able to announce the winner and the finalists.
Open Call | Submission Dates Announced
We've just announced the dates of the submission window for our next annual Open Call. Find out full details.
Popcorn Award for New Writing at the Edinburgh Fringe - Longlist Announced
Popcorn Group and BBC Writersroom announce the much-anticipated longlist for Popcorn Writing Award 2023. This is the second year that we have partnered with Popcorn Group on the award, which celebrates new-writing at eight renowned Edinburgh theatre venues.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2023 | Shortlist Announced
We're delighted to announce the four writers who have been shortlisted for The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2023.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - Belfast Hub
The final group of this year's BBC Writersroom Voices to be announced are the 12 writers we have worked with from our Belfast hub. Meet them all now and find out more.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - London Hub
The fifth group of our 72 Voices writers for 2023 are the group based in London. Meet the 12 writers and find out more about them all.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - Midlands and North of England Hub
The 4th group of BBC Writersroom Voices 2023 are based in the Midlands and North of England. Meet the 12 writers and find out more.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - Scotland Hub
All this week we're announcing the 72 writers who have taken part in our six Voices development groups for 2023. Our third group of Voices writers 2023 are the eleven based out of our Scotland hub. Meet them now and find out more.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - South of England Hub
All this week we're announcing the writers who have taken part in our six Voices development groups for 2023. Meet the second group (the newest addition to the Voices family), the 12 Voices in the South (England) hub which covers the East, South East and South West regions.
BBC Writersroom's Voices 2023 - Wales Hub
All this week we'll be announcing the writers who have taken part in our six Voices development groups for 2023. In reverse alphabetical order (because why should Wales always come last?) firstly here are the 12 writers from our Wales hub.
Announcing the Kay Mellor Fellowship
Yorkshire playwrights are being offered the career-boosting opportunity to become the next Kay Mellor Fellow.
Next generation of comedy talent from across the UK named in BBC's inaugural Comedy Collective
The BBC Comedy Collective is a commitment to nurture the next generation of comedy talent.
The Writers' Access Group: What's Next?
So you've submitted to the Writers' Access Group opportunity and might be wondering, 'what's next?' Read on to find out what happens to your script.
