Piers Beckley
Blog posts in total 153
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Plays at Lunchtime
Four up-and-coming playwrights supported in part by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ writersroom are having their plays performed in Newcastle and Hexham during the lunch hour. Find out more about how to get a bit of culture with your scran on the New Writing North website.
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Chase Me
We've just put a script from the second series of Kay-Mellor-produced drama The Chase in the script archive. This is episode 8, transmitted on the 29th July and written by Pat Smart. So, hot off the tellybox then. Several episodes of The Chase, including this one, were directed by Sue Tully, ...
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Middle-aged White Men
That's who write British films, according to the latest research conducted by the UK Film Council They took a random sample of 40 films certified as British in 2004 and 2005 and theatrically released in the UK, and talked to the 63 credited screenwriters to find out a bit about who they were....
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Ah, the children's comedy-drama of the night...
Not one but two new entries in the Script Archive - the first and last episodes of Young Dracula. Episode 1 - When You're A Stranger Episode 14 - Countdown Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. As usual, you may need to download Acrobat Reader to read the scripts if you don't have it already.
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Tools of the trade
One of the things that will make you look more professional as a scriptwriter is sending out your work in proper script format. Script format is different in radio, television, film, and on the stage, to allow for the different requirements of each medium. Fortunately we've got a page on the...
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Criminally Good
Tony Burgess was our first writer in residence at Comedy North - and from that he's been commissioned for a series on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ3. Find out more about The Visit - and watch the episodes before they're transmitted - at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Comedy website.
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Red Planet Pictures
Tony Jordan's been a busy man recently. Having left his post as Story Consultant on EastEnders, he's just created cop show Holby Blue for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ (now renewed for a second series) and Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach over at ITV. There's a new interview with him in the Guardian, and he's se...
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Radio Days
We've got some new entries in the Script Archive. This time we thought we'd bring you some radio plays. Smooth Apparatus by Laura Wade is a short play that tells the story of the morning after the night before. Goal Difference, an acerbic commentary on the state of modern relationshi...
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The Con Is Online
Like Hustle? Ever wondered how that whole breaking-the-fourth-wall thing was described in the script? I know I did. Wonder no more. Thanks to production company Kudos and writer Tony Jordan, we now have the script for the very first episode available in our Script Archive. As usual,...
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Be my Valentine?
Another new script hits the Script Archive. This time it's the turn of EastEnders. Within the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, we know this one by the glamorous and descriptive title of Episode One Thousand One Hundred And Sixty Four. You'll probably be more familiar with it as this year's Valentine's Day episode, wr...
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Big space Rhinos, with guns! On the Moon!
We've just put a new script in the script archive - it's the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who. So, here you are: Smith and Jones, by showrunner Russell T Davies. (You may need Acrobat Reader to read the script.)
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Writing Academy
Spring is springing, and this year's Writing Academy is opening its doors. The Academy is designed to help up-and-coming talent to find work on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Continuing Drama Series - that's Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, and EastEnders. John Yorke, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Controller of Drama, explains what...
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Welcome to the writersroom blog
A blog is a space in which one or more people can publish their thoughts on a regular basis. We've got several contributors here at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ writersroom, each with their own perspective on life and writing, who'll be posting regularly on this site. We hope you'll join in the conversation.