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Blue Lights
Blue Lights is a new Belfast-set drama which focuses on the challenges faced by three very different probationers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We spoke to the series creators, Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn.
Inside the Drama Room: TV Drama Day
Chandni Lakhani is currently part of BBC Writersroom's Drama Room, a development scheme for writers who have submitted successful scripts to our open submission Script Room system, been identified through other writing opportunities or by our talent scouts.
Celebrating Silent Witness 25 with Ten Memorable Episodes
Silent Witness reaches its 25th series beginning on Monday 23rd May at 9pm on BBC One. To celebrate this remarkable achievement we've gathered together 10 memorable episodes with the help of the show's producer.
Why you should enter our Comedy Script Room - in 5 inspirational quotes
Stephen Large was part of our 2017 Comedy Room writer development group and explains how he kicked off his writing career and made it into the room.
Zodiak Kids Writers' Award - The Inside Scoop
A selected writer from the Zodiak Kids Writers' Award shares his experience of the scheme.
CBeebies Residential
Recently we took a group of eight writers off to the beautiful Derbyshire countryside for a residential with the focus on writing for the CBeebies pre-school audience. Joanne Lau reports back...
How we made The Salisbury Poisonings
In March 2018 Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency. This three-part dramatisation focuses on the extraordinary heroism shown by the local community. Find out more in this blog by one of the show's writers.
32 Brinkburn Street
I pitched the idea for 32 Brinkburn Street in November 2009 as part of a brainstorming session in Newcastle held by the Writersroom. We met Phil Collinson, Hilary Martin and Simon Judd who were interested in daytime drama ideas. I'd just been co-writer in residence for Radio 3's Free Thinking F...
The Control Room
Award-winning writer, Nick Leather (Mother’s Day, Murdered For Being Different) talks about his new three part thriller, The Control Room, written for BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Lockdown Learnings from two of our Northern Voices writers
BBC Writersroom is as busy as ever during the lockdown due to the COVID 19 pandemic. We asked two of our Northern Voices writers (Sara Cocker and Léonie Higgins also known as Eggs Collective) to describe how their recent session played out in a socially distanced world.
CBBC Writers' Retreat
Our CBBC Drama residential took place last month in the beautiful surrounds of Riber Hall. Marissa Lestrade describes what happened and her experiences of developing original children's series ideas over three days.
'Playing Ball': Writing a BBC iPlayer Original Drama Short
Selina Lim on the development and writing of 'Playing Ball', part of the second season of short dramas made specifically for BBC iPlayer.
Dai Lingual's review of The Welsh Writers Festival | Adolygiad ‘Dai Lingual’ o’n Gŵyl Ysgrifenwyr Cymreig
Bi-lingual blogger and tweeter Dai Lingual came along to our inaugural Welsh Writers Festival on 24th March, which launched BBC Writersroom in Wales. He gives us the lowdown on what happened and what he took away from the day.
Scarborough
Derren Litten was the creator and writer of the hit ITV comedy 'Benidorm', which ran for 10 series. His new show 'Scarborough' has recently launched on BBC One. We caught up with Derren to find out more.
BBC Writersroom London Voices Alumna, Benedict Lombe speaks about her experiences writing for theatre and how that has helped her develop her craft.
BBC Writersroom London Voices Alumna, Benedict Lombe speaks about her experiences writing for theatre and how that has helped her develop her craft.
Read our Annual Report for 2021/22
Hot off the Press! Read our Annual Report for 2021-22. Discover our development programmes, meet the 194 writers who took part, find out the partners we worked with, see case studies, credits, stats & more!
Getting my first broadcast credit
Ling Low is a comedy writer who recently got her first sketch broadcast on new show Sketchtopia on BBC Radio 4. She explains what it means to her after several years of trying to get that elusive first credit.
Creating 'Dodger'
Dodger is a new action-packed show for the whole family based in the world of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Creators and writers Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery introduce the show.
