Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2015
Posts (8)
Writing '1977' for BBC Radio 4, and why it's about so much more than "a transgender woman in the 1970s"
Sarah Wooley blogs about discovering composer Angela Morley's story of "crossing over that terrifying gender border" on the DVD extras for children's animation 'Watership Down', and why ultimately it's a tale "of two people's love and devotion".
Adapting Emile Zola for BBC Radio 4
Oliver Emanuel is one of the writers of Radio 4's groundbreaking drama serialisation of all 20 novels in Emile Zola's epic Rougon-Macquart family saga. He explains the challenges of bringing the novels to radio as 'Blood, Sex and Money'.
'London Spy' - an interview with writer Tom Rob Smith
Tom Rob Smith is the best-selling author of novels including 'Child 44', which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and made into a film starring Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. He is the writer of the screenplay for BBC Two's 'London Spy'.
Adapting 'Capital' for BBC One
Award-winning screenwriter Peter Bowker (Blackpool, Eric and Ernie, From There to Here, Marvellous) has adapted John Lanchester's novel 'Capital', set during the 2008 financial crisis, for BBC One.
"My dream is to be a screenwriter (especially for Doctor Who). Do you have any advice?" Yes it turns out I do.
Sarah Dollard is the writer of Episode 10 of Doctor Who Series 9, "Face the Raven". She previously shared some great advice for fellow writers via her tumblr, which we've republished here with her permission.
Creating 'The Coroner' for BBC One
Sally Abbott's new drama series for weekdays 'The Coroner' begins on Monday 16 November 2015 at 2.15pm on BBC One. She describes the process of creating and writing the series.
Developing and Pitching ideas to Drama North
Leo Richardson was recently invited to attend a BBC Writersroom residential at our new venue in Lancashire - Alston Hall. He explains what happened next.
The Break - five original short monologues
Filming started this week on The Break, a series of 5 contemporary monologues produced by BBC Writersroom, BBC Drama and BBC Taster. Meet the five up-and-coming writers.
