It's not the first time that the BBC Writersroom have been an instrumental part in changing my career for the better. That's not an understatement.
The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama Producer and is run by Radio Drama North in conjunction with BBC Writersroom.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award - An Introduction by Jez Bradley
Previous winners include Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, War Horse), Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Debt), Cat Jones (Doctors, Waterloo Road) and Furquan Akhar (The Bay series 3, Wolfe) who have all gone on to have huge success across radio, TV and film.
Latest News
Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2021 - Winner Announced - Full details
Hear from the writer of Patterdale, Paul Jones, over on our blog
Listen to the 2021 Award winner 'Patterdale' by Paul Jones on BBC Sounds - first broadcast 14th February 2022 on BBC Radio 4
Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2021 - Shortlist Announced
Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2021 - Longlist Announced
Entries for the 2020/21 Alfred Bradley Bursary Award closed at 5pm on Friday 6th November 2020
Read Jill O'Halloran's blog post about hearing her script produced for BBC Radio 4
Read more blog posts about the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award
Previous Winners
2021 - Paul Jones with "Patterdale"
2018/19 - Alex Clarke with "Poundshop Vanilla Princess"
2015/2016 - Piers Black with "Hand to Mouth", recorded as "Human Resources"
2013 - Furquan Akhtar with "Shamed"
2011 - Cat Jones with "Glory Dazed"
2009 - Chris Wilson with "Playing The Game" recorded as "Lump-Boy Logan"
2006 - Mark Shand with "Abigail Adams'
2004 - Anthony Cropper with "I'll Tell You About Love"
2002 - Julia Copus with "Eeenie Meenie Macka Racka"
2000 - Pam Leeson with "There’s Me, David, Chelsea, Charlene, Scott and Bianca"
1998 - Peter Straughan with "The Ghost Of Federico Garcia Lorca Which Can Also Be Used As A Table"
1996 - Mandy Precious with "Patty & Chips with Scraps"
1994 - Lee Hall with "I Luv You Jimmy Spud"
1992 - Donal Thompson
Read Scripts
- Patterdaleby Paul Jones
- Monique and Meby Jill O'Halloran
- Human Resourcesby Piers Black
- Shamedby Furquan Akhtar (long-listed for the Imison Award for the best original script by a writer new to radio)
- Hangdogby Cat Jones
- Abigail Adamsby Mark Shand
On the blog
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award - 2021 Longlist AnnouncedFind out which 21 writers have reached the longlist stage- The Dos and Don'ts of Audio Drama - plus help, advice and top tipsGreat advice in an interview with Cat Jones
2019 Winner AnnouncedThe winner of the 2018/19 Award has been announced as Alex Clarke.
"I entered a script for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award and now it's a Radio 4 Drama"2019 runner-up Jill O'Halloran's blog post about hearing her script produced for BBC Radio 4
"I now feel able to call myself a writer" Piers Black on winning the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award in 2016
Writing 'Shamed' for BBC Radio 4 2013 winner Furquan Akhtar on his powerful Radio 4 drama Shamed
Five reasons why you should enter the Alfred Bradley Bursary Awardby 2011 winner Cat Jones
A Catch Up with Cat JonesLead Writer on BBC Three’s series five by five, curated by Idris Elba
Chris Wilson on Lump-Boy LoganThe 2009 winner
