Tagged with: Writers Access Group
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The Writers' Access Group: What's Next?
BBC Writersroom
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So you've submitted to the Writers' Access Group opportunity and might be wondering, 'what's next?' Read on to find out what happens to your script.
Writers' Access Group - Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
BBC Writersroom
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Thank you to everyone who is thinking of applying and joined last week's Q&A session online. We've compiled some of the frequently asked questions from the webinar with replies ahead of the deadline on Tuesday 18th April at noon.
WRITING TODAY - Why We Need More Disabled Writers
Laurence Clark
Writer
Award-winning stand-up comedian and screenwriter, Laurence Clark discusses the representation of disability on our TV screens as part of our series of blog posts asking writers to talk about the issues that most affect them.
Writing Ralph & Katie
Lizzie Watson
Writer
Ralph & Katie is a new BBC One drama continuing the story of two of the best-loved characters from Peter Bowker's The A Word. Peter worked with five disabled writers in the creation of Ralph and Katie. One of the writers, Lizzie Watson, explains what happened.
Love Across the Ages on BBC Radio 4
Shahid Iqbal Khan
Writer
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.
BBC Writersroom’s Writers’ Access Group is returning in the New Year
Jess Loveland
Head of New Writing, BBC Writersroom & Drama Commissioning
We are delighted to announce that our BBC Writersroom Writers’ Access Group will be returning for a third time in 2023 and we’ll be looking for a brand-new group of talented deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent writers to work with over the course of 2023/2024.
Meet the writers who took part in our latest Writers' Access Group
BBC Writersroom
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Find out more about the writers who took part in our second Writers' Access Group and what they've been up to during the scheme and since it concluded.
My experience in the Writers' Access Group
Mandy Redvers-Rowe
Writer Mandy Redvers-Rowe speaks about her experiences as part of our Writers' Access Group
Creating The Break
Anne Edyvean
former Head of BBC Writersroom
The latest series of BBC Three's The Break landed on BBC iPlayer this week with all five bold short dramas showcasing some brilliant writing, directing and acting talent.
Ralph and Katie: Co-writers Announced
BBC Writersroom
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Creator and lead writer of ‘Ralph and Katie’, Peter Bowker (The A Word; Marvellous; World On Fire), has today revealed the writers that will work alongside him on the new BBC One series, which focuses on Ralph (Leon Harrop) and Katie (Sarah Gordy), the well-loved characters from ‘The A Word’.
