Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2017
Posts (12)
A Catch Up with Cat Jones, Lead Writer on BBC Three’s new series, five by five!
As part of The Idris Takeover, a unique and ground-breaking season of content created and curated by Idris Elba, BBC Three’s new series, five by five has just released on BBC iPlayer. The 5x5-min films are written by Cat Jones (Flea, Harlots), Lee Coan, Namsi Khan, Selina Lim and Nathaniel Price.
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.
The BBC Welsh Writers Festival
Othniel Smith came to our first BBC Welsh Writers Festival on 24th March which also marked the launch of BBC Writersroom in Wales.
BBC Writersroom launches in Wales
BBC Writersroom is launching in Wales with a 1-day festival on 24th March 2017 in Cardiff. Our Development Producer Rachel Williams explains what this means and some of our plans for Wales.
BBC Welsh Writers Festival Schedule
See the schedule for the BBC Writersroom Welsh Writers Festival on 24th March 2017 - our launch event in Wales.
The Drama Script Room Results
We received nearly 4000 scripts in our open submission script room for drama which closed in January 2017. As we send out the results our reading team give an update on the process.
An interview with Russell T Davies
Ahead of BBC Writersroom's launch in Wales with our first Welsh Writers Festival here's a new interview with the great Welsh writer Russell T Davies from our 2016 TV Drama Writers' Festival. Russell shares some great (and not so great!) advice.
Comedy Script Room 2017: Dates announced
Announcing the submission dates for our 2017 unsolicited script room for Comedy Scripts.
The long journey to overnight success - writing a 'viral' hit for Tracey Ullman's Show
This week a sketch written by Gemma Arrowsmith for Tracey Ullman's Show on BBC One went 'viral'. It was written by Gemma Arrowsmith, who explains how it takes years of writing and performing practice to be an 'overnight success'
The BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme
Our TV Drama Writers' Programme recently concluded with two days of script read-throughs with a professional cast of actors. Nessah Muthy explains what the scheme is and how it has helped her to create a 'spec' script that she can use as an example of her work.
