26 posts about TV on this blog
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.
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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.
Browse other scripts in the BBC writersroom script archive.
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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.
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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Tuesday 22 February 2011, 11:42
Silent Witness is a rare thing on British television, a two hour show. Two hours is the length of a film, and we've tried to approach each SW script we've written as just that - a movie. To carry an audience through a two-hour story you need a strong concept at its heart, and a good pay-off. If the audience...
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 15:12
The idea for Kenny's Story came from a real incident. A flasher in the park. When I spoke to Jimmy McGovern about it he said it was a story that had always interested him so, after talking it through with Sita Williams and Roxy Spencer, the story grew from there.
Having Kenny work in a crematorium...
Wednesday 1 December 2010, 11:17
Helen's Story is part of Jimmy McGovern's series the Accused, each episode stands alone and starts with a character in the dock, the ensuing hour tells how they got there.
I co-wrote Helen's Story with Jimmy McGovern, normally when I'm writing there are two nagging questions at the back of my mind...
Friday 8 October 2010, 16:08
Just wanted to let you know about two new posts on the BBC TV Blog which may be of interest.
Mick Ford, writer of Single Father talks about the real life tragedy that inspired the story. It starts 9pm Sunday on BBC One and stars Suranne Jones and David Tennant.
In step with National Poetry Day, Greg...
Read more about TV blog: Single Father and The Song of Lunch
Tuesday 20 July 2010, 11:13
Two theatre writers and six TV writers make up our selected eight this year. The standard of writing was amazingly high, so it was a tough choice. So big congratulations to...
Patrick Homes
Fiona Peek
Paul Matthew Thompson
Natasha Langridge
Peter McKenna
Matt Broughton
Andrea Page
Matthew Barry
...
Monday 28 June 2010, 15:47
We've now shortlisted our Writers Academy entries down from over 600 to 150 and now to 24 - all of whom will be coming in for workshops in the next couple of weeks. We will then select a dozen of these for interview to pick the final eight. This is the first time we will have met many of them, and also...
Friday 18 June 2010, 12:43
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 contact all...
Tuesday 18 May 2010, 16:54
The First Sift
If you haven't received an email today telling you you're no longer in the running, you will have progressed through to the second round of our selection process. We have "long-listed" down from 510 to 177 scripts. For me (and for some of you) this is the most brutal and nerve-wracking...
Friday 7 May 2010, 16:07
The closing date for applications for this year's Writers Academy was 5th May. We've had 510 entries this year - a few more than last year. Next week we start the First Sift. This means that the team sits down and reads the first ten pages of each script. If we want to read on, we mark it for a second...
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 15:59
The Controller of TV Drama Commissioning at the BBC answered questions from a group of emerging writers we brought in to Television Centre. Read what Ben had to say.
Wednesday 24 February 2010, 23:09
I always find the suicide of a successful artist shocking. Such as Alexander McQueen this past month. Take a profile shot of his life and all seems gleaming: World renowned in his chosen field, rich behold comprehension, famous friends and famous admirers. He achieved everything this society says you...
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Thursday 18 February 2010, 17:54
In the book The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters there is a section on the hours these highly successful scribblers devote to their craft. Each and every one of them tells the editor of their gruelling work schedule. Getting up before dawn and pounding on the laptop, at furious pace, until...
Read more about An Hour a Day Keeps the Existential Angst Away
Thursday 28 January 2010, 13:25
We had a fantastic turnout at our Cardiff open day - more than 100 writers came along, we ran surgeries with Writersroom, BBC Wales TV Drama and National Theatre Wales, with simultaneous Perfect 10 workshops. Then Steve Thompson, who is writing for the forthcoming BBC Wales production Sherlock, came...
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