BBC Drama’s Writers Academy offers training opportunities
Matt Williams
If you have had at least one professional drama commission in film or television or a radio drama script produced or one theatre piece performed professionally, you’ll be eligible to apply for a place at the BBC Drama Series Writers Academy.
The closing date for applications is May 5th 2009.
The Writers Academy trains up to eight writers a year, over a period of twelve months.
If you’re accepted onto the course, the training you receive will give you the specific skills required to write for some of the BBC’s most popular format series such as Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty, and a springboard to write across all of the BBC’s drama output.
The course begins with a three-month training course in writing for Continuing Drama Series, which will consist of a number of workshops and lectures accompanied by intensive writing exercises and analysis.
During this period each writer will be commissioned to write a broadcast episode of Doctors.
Course participants will be required to attend classes at the BBC premises in Elstree for three days per week, and one day at Television Centre in London.
Some expenses will be paid for writers based out of the London area for this period.
After you have completed the initial training and the Doctors script, your work will be assessed. If you have reached the required standard for production on Continuing Drama Series you will begin the next phase of the training.
Writers will rotate across Casualty, Holby and Eastenders in turn, writing a broadcast episode, spending approximately 12 weeks on each show.
At the end of the 12 months, each writer will have written for each of the four shows.
The writers will be engaged by the BBC for 12 months on a non-exclusive basis, although the course will be a full time commitment.
For full details of how to apply, visit the BBC website.
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