Blog posts in total 8
Thursday 14 July 2011, 17:55
Today, BBC Radio Drama have launched our bi-annual Alfred Bradley Bursary Award. It is a fantastic and unique opportunity for Northern writers interested in writing for radio.
It seems to be harder than ever at the moment for writers to get their big break in any medium, be it radio, TV, film or theatre...
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Thursday 23 June 2011, 14:17
BBC Radio Drama North, with the new social creativity platform Stringsta have just launched a really exciting web project which gives budding writers a platform to showcase their work, as well as allowing them the opportunity to add to and interact with other writer's stories and ideas.
It's a project...
Thursday 9 July 2009, 17:14
After weeks of agonising waiting, we were finally able to put the nine shortlisted ABBA writers out of their misery, when last night, at the prize giving ceremony, we announced who had won the award. So, I'm incredibly pleased to tell you that Chris Wilson, with his play 'Playing the Game' is the winner...
Thursday 7 May 2009, 17:39
For all those who applied for this year's Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2009, here's an update on how the Award is progressing. Firstly, we received an amazing 417 entries this year. From this, 67 of the scripts were longlisted, 22 were shortlisted and 9 were sent to the judges. The shortlisted scripts...
Wednesday 25 February 2009, 14:12
With only 2 days left to the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award deadline, I thought I'd share some closing thoughts on writing for radio drama as you pen your final words. Formatting - we are not completely rigorous when it comes to formatting. You won't be penalised for the wrongly placed word, or the odd...
Wednesday 17 December 2008, 16:16
For those of you who will be scribbling away at your ABBA entries over the Christmas period, I thought I'd address a couple of questions which keep cropping up in the comments from the blogs and in the radio drama masterclasses.
The big question I keep being asked is does your script have to be set...
Friday 5 December 2008, 13:04
I'm now back in the office after spending Wednesday evening at Live Theatre running my first masterclass with Katherine Beacon. Thanks to everyone who attended, especially those who braved the snow to get there and a big thanks to Gez at Live for letting us host the event. Katherine and I stayed behind...
Tuesday 2 December 2008, 12:14
Hello! I'm Charlotte Riches the Development Producer for BBC Radio Drama North. For the next three months or so I'm going to be writing a blog to coincide with the running of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award (or ABBA as we like to call it), which
was launched yesterday. I've been planning ABBA for a...
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