Authors
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5 Writers Commissioned for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 Music Monologues
We're delighted that 5 writers from across our writer development groups have their work broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 this week. They have each written a fifteen monologue drama reflecting the power of music. Meet the 5 writers as they introduce their pieces.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service International Radio Playwriting Competition
Celebrating the best new radio plays from across the world - entries came from a record 86 countries.
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How Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom in Wales Kick-Started my Comedy Writing Career
Leila Navabi was part of our Welsh Voices 18-19 writer development group. She explains how the Find Me Funny sitcom opportunity opened the door to the possibility that a career in writing and performing could become a reality.
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Newsjack: A Hero's Journey
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Comedy Writer, Tom Neenan, blogs about writing for Newsjack - Radio 4 Extra's flagship topical comedy sketch show.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom - Our place in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and the television drama landscape
Our Development Executive, Simon Nelson explains how Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom fits into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, the world of drama development and commissioning and the wider television landscape.
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GF Newman - from 'Law and Order' to 'The Corrupted'
GF Newman is the writer of novels, television, film and plays challenging power-bases including crime, the police, big-business and the church and including the current Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 drama 'GF Newman's The Corrupted'.
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Us on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One - An Introduction by David Nicholls, Author and Screenwriter
David Nicholls is well-known for novels including Starter for Ten and One Day. He is also a screenwriter with credits including the adaptation of Patrick Melrose. He has adapted his own novel, Us, for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One which begins on Sunday 20th September 2020.
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Room to Write from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland Comedy
Keiron Nicholson with news and advice from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland Comedy scheme Room to Write.
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Script Editing Frankie
Script Editor Hannah Nicholson talks about how she worked with writerΒ Lucy Gannon to craft Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One drama, Frankie.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ New Directors Scheme for Continuing Drama: EastEnders
Alongside our work finding and developing writers we've also recently run a scheme to bring new directors on to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Continuing Drama shows, including EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty. Afia Nkrumah was one of the new directors on EastEnders in 2016. She explains what happened and how it'...
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Blue Lights Series 2
We spoke to writers BronΓ΅gh Taggart and Noel McCann who were part of the writers' room and each wrote an episode of the new series about their experience.
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The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2023 - Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce the Winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2023 with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Drama North. The winning script will be made and broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in early 2024.
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Trust
Alice Nutter is one of the writers of the new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two drama Trust which tells the story of the Gettys, one of America's richest families. Alice started out in the band Chumbawamba and began her writing career via a scheme at West Yorkshire Playhouse, part-funded by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom.
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Laughing Stock 2011
It's the last thing I need - new writers coming in, lots of them really young, being funny, showing us grouchy old hacks how to do it. I've got a family to feed, a fat mortgage to pay and a high maintenance dog. But I remember when I started writing, trying to focus on the work yet knowing th...
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Mammoth Screen NI Writers Award - Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce Aislinn Clarke as the winner of the Mammoth Screen NI Writers Award. Aislinn will now be given a paid commission to develop her treatment idea into a pilot script.
