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My Left Nut
Upcoming Belfast writers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney discuss how ‘My Left Nut’, their first project for the BBC, was adapted from their award-winning stage play about friendship, family, grief and testicles.
Love Across the Ages on BBC Radio 4
Shahid Iqbal Khan was a part of our 2020/21 Writers' Access Group and gained a commission with BBC Radio 4 for his first Afternoon Drama, Love Across the Ages. Here he shares his experiences of writing for Radio as a deaf writer.
Breaking Up With Bradford: Writing my first Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
Kamal Kaan is a writer and performer and part of our Drama Room 2017 Writer Development Scheme. His first Radio 4 Afternoon Drama is broadcast this week. He explains how he was commissioned and developed 'Breaking up with Bradford'.
Adapting Iain Banks' novel 'Stonemouth'
David Kane on his writing career, working with Iain Banks and why you should try and direct your own work.
Silent Witness: Bloodlines
Silent Witness is a rare thing on British television, a two hour show. Two hours is the length of a film, and we've tried to approach each SW script we've written as just that - a movie. To carry an audience through a two-hour story you need a strong concept at its heart, and a good pay-off. If ...
How Fright Shorts gave me my break into screenwriting
Fright Shorts are a series of 6 new comedy shorts which have just launched for Halloween on BBC iPlayer. Martha Keith-Barnett is one of the writers and explains how it proved to be the catalyst which gave her a first break into screenwriting.
Together - In Conversation with Dennis Kelly
Together is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of a couple forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of lockdown. The film is set in the UK from the first days of the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020 until the present day.
10 Reasons Why You Should Enter Your Script in the BBC Writersroom's Comedy Window
Lynda Kennedy is a comedy writer from Glasgow who was part of our latest Comedy Room writer development group. She explains why it's a good idea to enter your script in the current comedy submission window, which is open until 5pm on Monday 29th April.
Elliott Kerrigan on the 'Boy Meets Girl' journey
Writer Elliott Kerrigan talks about his journey of making the upcoming BBC Two comedy, Boy Meets Girl
BBC Radio 4 - Porcelain: The Trial for the Killing of Sophie Lancaster
Ian Kershaw on dramatising Porcelain: The Trail for the Killing of Sophie Lancaster on Radio 4.
On Closer Examination: Writing for Medical Drama
Find out about becoming a writer for the medical dramas produced by the BBC, and what knowledge, risks and responsibilities are involved.
Things at Silver Street trundle on
Things at Silver Street trundle on...perhaps trundle is the wrong word...before I know it I'm working on the next set of story outlines with the team...it doesn't seem that long since we last did it... but as with continuing drama everything's always on the go. It's a hectic week, ideas have been thrown about, some taken on others not and before you know it the wall is ablaze with multicoloured post it notes ready to be typed up. The word frantic springs to mind. I'd finished my scripts by this point, had to make a few minor changes ...all of which had to be done in a space of a few hours. Suddenley was looking forward to the next few days in Edinburgh watching other peoples work. (How great is the city and the festival?!) So now have a day of recording to sit in which I'm excited about ...one of the self contained storylines that I'd made up for an episode turned out well - I can see there being some laughs!
Seeing my script being filmed and brought to life on the set of Fright Shorts
Dave Kinghan is the writer of Costume Drama, one of 6 brand new Fright Shorts comedies for Halloween made by BBC Writersroom, BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen for BBC iPlayer. He describes his set visit and how it felt to see his script brought to life...
A Christmas Carol from Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight
Watch Steven Knight introduce his new adaptation of the Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, plus reveal the origins of his worldwide smash show Peaky Blinders, his second global hit following Who Wants to be a Millonaire?
DMs are Open - Slide into a Comedy writing credit
DMs are Open is BBC Radio 4 Extra's new open-door sketch show. Presenter Athena Kugblenu shares some top tips and advice.
