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Looking back at the 2017 TV Drama Writers' Festival
BBC Writersroom
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Our annual TV Drama Writers' Festival is a unique opportunity for credited TV writers to get together with a day of panel discussions, Q&As and interviews with industry leaders, to network and share ideas and to celebrate the craft of TV Drama writing.
WriterSlam
Fraser Ayres
Actor, Writer, Director and Co-founder of TriForce
Introducing a new initiative set up to help TV production companies and broadcasters access new and established writers from diverse backgrounds.
ON THE ROAD!
Kate Rowland
BBC Creative Director of New Writing
Kate Rowland, Creative Director, New Writing and Head of BBC writersroom, Gives an update about the fantastic opportunites that have kept the writersroom team busy over the last few weeks.
Festival Report
Piers Beckley
TV Drama - The Writers' Festival, created and organised by the BBC writersroom for writers with a successful broadcast credit or commission, has successfully come and gone. More than 240 professional writers descended upon the Leeds College of Music for two days to listen to the likes of Stephen Butchard discussing his painstaking research on Five Daughters, Matthew Graham talking about the difficulties of ending Ashes to Ashes, Tony Marchant arguing against biopic culture, and Adam Curtis explaining why most TV drama is rubbish. We had a packed schedule, with three streams running simultaneously most of the time, so there was always something to do. Many thanks to event curators and advisory board Tony Marchant, Jack Thorne, Alice Nutter, Toby Whithouse, and Stephen Butchard who helped to choose and shape the event, ensuring that it was an open, honest platform to explore what it means to be a writer in 2010, to appreciate how programmes are made, and to understand the craft, art, and business of writing.
TV Writers Festival: nearly full !
Paul Ashton
We have now reached capacity for applications for the TV Writers Festival - so any writers applying between now and Monday will go on a waiting list for spaces. The deadline for receipt of cheques is next week so if you want to keep hold of your place you need to send that cheque! We will contac...
TV Drama - The Writers' Festival - Closing date for applications
Piers Beckley
It's just over a fortnight now until TV Drama - The Writers' Festival, and it's getting towards the last chance to get your application in. Applicants must have a broadcast credit or commission. Please make sure that you tell us about your work when you apply. The closing date for applicat...
Welsh New Writers
Paul Ashton
Writersroom, BBC Cymru Wales and National Theatre Wales are running an open event in Cardiff for Welsh writers who would like to come to masterclass sessions and surgeries to discuss writing for TV, radio and theatre. Take a look here for more details.
Q&As at Soho Theatre
Piers Beckley
We've just announced two new Q&As. Writer/Star Miranda Hart will talk about her new TV series Miranda on the 10 November 2009, while Writer/Director Stephen Poliakoff and Executive Producer Jane Wright will be discussing Stephen's new film Glorious 39 on the 16 November 2009. Both events w...
Inverness Roadshow
Paul Ashton
We're sorry, but unfortunately the Inverness event scheduled for next week has been cancelled due to a lack of demand. All other roadshows are still scheduled to go ahead as planned.
CBBC Masterclass Report
Piers Beckley
Kulvinder Gill, one of the shortlisted writers in our recent CBBC Competition has helpfully written up his notes from the CBBC masterclass and posted them on the web. You can read his account of the day on Michelle Lipton's blog.
