80 posts about Scripts on this blog
Friday 13 April 2012, 12:58
Jimmy Osborne, one of the three winners of writersroom's Hackgate Rapid Response callout, blogs about the doors which have opened for him since sending in his script.
Monday 2 April 2012, 13:05
Afshin Dehkordi, Co-founder studioSTRIKE, discusses the Bread & Roses Centennial Rapid Response - a partnership between BBC writersroom and StudioStrike. He give Inspiration and insight about the Bread & Roses Centennial.
Friday 30 March 2012, 17:12
Paul Ashton, Development Producer, Writersroom gives an update on the scripts that have been coming through the Laugh Track sift and the readers thoughts.
Wednesday 28 March 2012, 14:24
Esther Wilson blogs about adapting her stage play - Tony Teardrop, about homelessness in Britain, for Radio 3's The Wire slot.
Tuesday 13 March 2012, 14:28
BBC writersroom's Development Producer, Paul Ashton announces details of the new Script Room system for submitting unsolicited scripts to the BBC.
Thursday 9 February 2012, 16:17
Writersroom will soon be launching a fantastic new, improved, more efficient, more effective script system. Full details will be announced when our website is relaunched in early March 2012.
Tuesday 7 February 2012, 12:46
Prisoners' Wives writer, Julie Gearey, blogs about writing the BBC One drama, and the important role research played in creating characters who were authentic.
Thursday 2 February 2012, 12:47
BBC writersroom's Development Producer, Paul Ashton shares his top tips on writing studio sitcom
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Wednesday 26 October 2011, 12:57
We've just added the script for episode 1 of BBC One's conspiracy thriller, Hidden to our script archive:
Hidden - Episode 1 by Ronan Bennett
Here's an introduction to the script from Ronan:
"Before I start writing I need to know who my protagonist is. Who is he? What does he want? What is his dramatic...
Wednesday 19 October 2011, 13:47
Another exciting new addition to our script archive - the latest episode of Merlin, 'The Wicked Day' by Howard Overman.
- Download the script for Merlin, 'The Wicked Day' (series 4, episode 3) as a pdf.
The episode is still available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Here's a preview clip:
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Wednesday 12 October 2011, 12:31
Recently on Twitter we asked you which scripts you'd most like to see added to our script archive - by far one of the most popular requests was Torchwood.
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Read an earlier interview we did with Russell T Davies.
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Tuesday 4 October 2011, 15:35
We've just added the script for the latest episode of BBC Comedy, Outnumbered, to our script archive:
Outnumbered - Series 4, Episode 5 by Guy Jenkin & Andy Hamilton
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You can also still catch up on Episode 5 on BBC iPlayer.
Wednesday 28 September 2011, 13:06
If like us you've already become addicted to BBC Three's brand new fantasy horror, The Fades, then you'll be pleased to know we've just added the script from episode one to our script archive:
The Fades, Episode 1 by Jack Thorne
Jack wrote a very insightful blog piece for us last week on the genesis...
Wednesday 14 September 2011, 16:16
Very excited to share a brand new addition to our script archive with you:
- Rastamouse 'Da Crucial Plan' by Michael De Souza and Genevieve Webster.
This installment of the brilliant CBeebies stop-motion series, follows Rastamouse , Scratchy and Zoomer as they try to sniff out who has has been...
Wednesday 20 July 2011, 16:59
We've just added the script for BBC Two drama - The Night Watch to our script archive:
The Night Watch by Paula Milne
A tragic and tender adaptation of Sarah Waters' best-selling novel by the award-winning Paula Milne (Small Island, Endgame, The Virgin Queen and The Politician's Wife), The Night Watch...
Friday 27 May 2011, 12:16
We've now read the first ten pages of all of our 495 entries for the Writers Academy. As you can see, we all sit in a room together (Readers, my team and I) with "The Pile". It is a gruelling, nerve-wracking, but also hugely enjoyable three days. Thank you all the writers who entered...
Monday 11 April 2011, 16:23
Frequently Asked Questions
The Writers Academy is now open for online applications from writers until 5th May. To apply go to the Writers Academy page on this site and click on the link.
I thought I would just go through a few of the questions that regularly come up about the course:
Why are only...
Monday 14 March 2011, 11:49
Another new addition to our script archive - this time it's the script for Hattie, BBC Four's recent drama about larger-than-life Carry On actress, Hattie Jacques.
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Monday 7 March 2011, 10:35
We've just added a script from Sherlock to our writersroom script archive.
Sherlock - The Blind Banker by Steve Thompson.
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Friday 4 March 2011, 11:30
Ideas can come from anywhere. A song. A conversation. A dream. Something overheard. David Gray once remarked, when discussing the song 'Please Forgive Me', that inspiration came and he was lucky enough to intercept it. I'd only partly agree with that.
In the Arabic language the word 'khaliq' means...
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