Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2021
Posts (8)
Writing for The Amelia Gething Complex
The Amelia Gething Complex returned for its second series last week on BBC iPlayer. Houmi Miura is a graduate from our Northern Voices writer development scheme and describes how she got the chance to write for the show and what that entailed.
Meet the Drama Room writers for 2020-21
Meet the 20 writers who have been part of our Drama Room writer development group since autumn 2020. The writers were selected for the group following our open submission Script Room which closed in January 2020 plus through scouting and recommendation.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award - Shortlist Announced
Five up-and-coming writers have been shortlisted for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award with the winner set to be announced in September. Find out more about them and their shortlisted plays.
Writing my first Radio Drama, 'Braids', as part of the BBC Arts Lights Up Festival
Over a year on from theatres closing, BBC Arts created, ‘Lights Up’, a festival of UK theatre that either closed, or never even opened to the public, due to Covid-19. Our Northern Voices alumni Olivia Hannah's play 'Braids' is part of the festival. Olivia picks up the story.
Script Room - An update from a reader
We received a record 5167 submissions to our latest annual Script Room window for Drama and Comedy Drama. Our Reading Team have been working as fast as they can, but while you wait for the results we asked one of the newest members for an update on the experience so far.
Beep - How my Comedy pilot was made for BBC Scotland and BBC Two
Bryce Hart explains how being part of the BBC Writersroom's development groups in Scotland and across the UK has led to his original pilot Beep being broadcast this weekend as part of the BBC's Festival of Funny.
Writer Tony Schumacher introduces The Responder, his new drama for BBC One
Tony Schumacher was part of our Northern Voices writer development group. The Responder started shooting today in Liverpool and stars Martin Freeman.
The Verb - Listen to 4 new short dramas
The Verb is Radio 3's "Cabaret of the Word", presented by Ian McMillan. The show features the best poetry, new writing and performance and each year offers four writers from our development groups the chance of a broadcast commission. Listen to this year's short dramas and find out more.
