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Writing 'Home Front' Season 4 for BBC Radio 4
Radio 4's Drama charting life on the home front during World War One, exactly one hundred years ago.
The Edinburgh Fringe - a special place for writers
Writer, Luke Barnes, on why the Edinburgh Fringe is a unique destination for writers and new writing.
Writer Mike Bartlett on his new BBC One drama 'Press'
Mike Bartlett is the award-winning writer of 'Doctor Foster' and 'King Charles III'. His new drama 'Press' comes to BBC One beginning on Thursday 6th September 2018 at 9pm.
Writing a whodunit: What Remains
Tony Basgallop on the process of writing his first ever whodunit - the four part BBC One drama, What Remains.
Writing 'From Darkness'
Writer Katie Baxendale blogs about her new BBC One drama, which focuses on the psychological and mental effects of the darkness of crime.
Website relaunch
Today we've relaunched our website to work properly across mobile and tablet as well as desktop computers. It has a fresh new look and we've shaken-up the content.
Manchester Literature Festival 2012: Sally Wainwright Q&A
Watch highlights from our Q&A with writer Sally Wainwright at the Manchester Literature Festival.
Wales Drama Award: Interview with Faith Penhale
Head of BBC Drama Wales and judge of our Wales Drama Award Faith Penhale talks to us about why this is such an exciting time for drama in Wales and what she looks for in a script.
To Hull and Back: From winning BBC New Comedy Award to Radio 2 sitcom
Lucy Beaumont blogs about how winning the 2012 BBC Radio New Comedy Award led to her BBC Radio 2 Sitcom, To Hull & Back.
Chris Wilson - Lump-Boy Logan
Chris Wilson won the 2009 Alfred Bradley Bursary Award for his script Playing the Game, a new version of which will air as part of Radio 3 drama series The Wire under the title Lump-Boy Logan. So here's Chris to talk about the play: Chris Wilson I write about horse-racing for a living. I ...
Writing a Doctors script: Do It! Do It! Don't! Don't! Don't!
An advisory list of potential delights and horrors when writing DOCTORS scripts. The cast of BBC One drama, Doctors. 100% my opinion - In no particular order... 1. Trust your script editor and use their skill and experience. They can have moments of genius for which you can take most of...
NW - Adapting Zadie Smith's best-selling book for BBC Two
Rachel has adapted Zadie Smith's NW. Her other work includes adapting Guy Maupassant's novel Bel Ami into a film starring Robert Pattinson as well as writing episodes of Ripper Street, Lark Rise to Candleford and Lewis.
Adapting Watership Down for BBC One
Tom Bidwell has adapted Richard Adams much-loved novel for BBC One. He explains how he got into scriptwriting, what it meant to win an Oscar for his short film Wish 143, how he works across genres from Katy (CBBC) to My Mad Fat Diary (E4) and describes meeting Richard Adams and his family.
Creating Monster
Monster is an innovative audio experience for Halloween created by BBC Research and Development and written by Brad Birch. Brad explains why horror is the perfect genre for this kind of technology. You can experience Monster on the BBC Taster website.
Winning the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award - I now feel able to call myself a writer
Piers Black was the winner of the 2016 Alfred Bradley Bursary award for Radio Drama writers in the North of England. He recently heard his winning play made into a Radio 4 drama. You can hear the results on Monday 17th July and on BBC iPlayer.
Writing 'Life and Death in the Warehouse'
Helen Black, former winner of the Kudos North Writers Award run in conjunction with BBC Writersroom, on writing her first ever commissioned TV drama Life and Death in the Warehouse for BBC Three.
Adapting 'Hetty Feather' for CBBC
Hetty Feather's journey from the pages of Jacqueline Wilson's novel to the CBBC screen.
Black Earth Rising
Black Earth Rising is a new BBC Two international thriller about the prosecution of international war crimes and the West’s relationship with contemporary Africa written, directed and produced by Bafta-winner Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, The Shadow Line).
From Laugh Track to Edinburgh
Alex Boardman blogs about his experience of being one of the shortlisted writers of the BBC writersroom Laugh Track comedy talent search and having his script performed at Edinburgh.
