Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2015
Posts (10)
Creating The Last Hours of Laura K
Rachel De-lahay is one of the team of 4 writers who created the 24 hour immersive digital mystery and also plays the main character of Laura Kitchens. She explains how the project came about.
The Ark - Retelling The Bible story of Noah
Tony Jordan on writing the biblical story of Noah for BBC One
The Comedy Freelance Years
James Bugg on his experiences of writing Freelance comedy and the opportunities available
Reopening the doors Inside No. 9
Steve Pemberton on writing, directing and starring in the new series of the BBC Two dark anthology comedy, Inside No. 9.
Creating and writing 'Ordinary Lies' for BBC One
Catch up with the Twitter Q&A with writer Danny Brocklehurst that we ran following the final episode at 10pm on Tuesday 21 April 2015 #OrdinaryLiesQA #OrdinaryLies
The US Perspective - 3. From The Onion via 30 Rock to The Mindy Project
Lang Fisher on why you need a thick skin to write comedy, the importance of grounding your story and why female comedy characters are best when they "are allowed to have real objectionable flaws ".
Room to Write - 3 Lessons
Room to Write was a scheme run by BBC Scotland Comedy and BBC Writersroom to develop the next generation of Scottish Comedy writing talent. Kim MacAskill sums up the experience in 3 lessons.
Poldark - Q&A with screenwriter Debbie Horsfield
Writer Debbie Horsfield on her new adaptation of Winston Graham's popular Poldark novels for BBC One.
Banished - a new drama for BBC Two set during the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788.
An interview with writer Jimmy McGovern about his new drama for BBC Two 'Banished', plus how the TV landscape has changed and his advice for other writers.
The US Perspective - 2. Nurse Jackie
In the 2nd of our 3-part series examining writing for US productions, Ellen Fairey blogs about how she became a writer for 'Nurse Jackie' and whether Jackie is truly a 'breakthrough female character'.
