Opportunities Follow-up
North East Voices
Five writers from the North East have been selected to take part in North East Voices, a TV Drama development scheme run by BBC writersroom in partnership with the regional screen agency Northern Film & Media.
This year's writers are Martin Herron, Mark Brotherhood, Mari Hannah, Rachel Matthews and Ben Ayrton, who will be mentored by TV writer Michael Chaplin (Monarch of the Glen, Foyle's War, Wild at Heart, Dalziel and Pascoe) to develop a TV Drama script.
Last year, Newcastle writer Karen Laws went on to gain a place on the BBC Writers Academy with the script she developed on this scheme.
Staffroom Monologues
The winners from this year's Staffroom Monologues competition for Teachers TV have been recorded and are available to watch and listen to now.
Windsor Fringe Marriott Award
Of the nine writers shortlisted for the Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing, four came to the competition via an opportunity listed on the BBC writersroom.
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Congratulations to the above writers.
One Question - there doesn't seem to be many regional schemes especially Wales or Ireland, is there any reason for this?
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I’d like to echo the comments of Marc_George73 above.
I don’t remember any BBC South West writing competitions. Who starts the regional comps? Writersroom or individual regional BBC studios?
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to BBQColin - we did a competition called 'Breakers' a few years ago for South West writers, one of the few times we have run a region-specific competition
Paul Ashton
writersroom
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Many thanks for the info Paul. I wasn't living in the SW when Breakers was launched.
I must stop moving around the country.
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