Shahid Iqbal Khan was a part of our 2020/21 Writers' Access Group and gained a commission with BBC Radio 4 for his first Afternoon Drama, Love Across the Ages. Here he shares his experiences of writing for Radio as a deaf writer.
Jess Loveland, Head of New Writing for BBC Drama Commissioning and BBC Writersroom, was recently joined by Writer, Louise Doughty and Executive Producer, Laurence Bowen of the latest BBC Drama, Crossfire in a special online webinar.
Our Scottish Drama Writers' Programme with Screen Scotland paired eight writers with a Scottish independent production company to support them in developing an original TV script aimed at BBC One or BBC Three. It recently concluded with script read-throughs as part of the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Here at BBC Writersroom, we are frequently asked about our reading team – who they are, what they do and how they assess the many thousands of scripts that come into the BBC every year.