Really interesting post on the BBC TV Blog that's well worth a read: Peter Lloyd, series producer for Doctors, talks about how continuing dramas deal with having to can characters who they've spent time developing because an actor wants to leave. He also talks about how the team of writers approach developing new characters and their unique 'voices', and the challenges writers face working on a series drama:
"Some writers really struggle to get these voices right. They may be more interested in plotting than they are in characters.
Or they may be brilliant at writing their own characters but less interested in writing someone else's.
But if you're going to write for series drama, you're going to have to get the knack of it, or you'll be rewritten somewhere down the line... and you probably won't be asked back."
Read the full blog post on the BBC TV blog.
