The Writers Lab
Ali Taylor has won a place on the prestigious Writers Lab UK & Ireland 2021!
See You at the Octagon
Catch See You at the Octagon, Becky Prestwich‘s special short play to celebrate the reopening after refurbishment of the Bolton Octagon, from 26th May. Buy tickets and read more here.
Decades
Five new short monologues by Northern Writers, including Maxine Peake and Simon Armitage. Kamal Kaan has written ‘2010s’. From 20th May. Buy tickets and read more here.
Danny Boy
Chris Ballantyne was Line Producer on real-life drama Danny Boy which will air on Wednesday 12th May at 9pm on BBC Two. Read more here.
Goldie’s Oldies
Nickelodeon sitcom Goldie’s Oldies starts 15th March. Script edited by George Poles, and episodes by Julia Kent. Watch the trailer here.
Taylor’s Island
ViacomCBS units Nickelodeon and Australia’s Network 10 have joined forces to produce 20 x 22′ live-action children’s action-comedy series Taylor’s Island created by Matthew Cooke & Vincent Lund and Michael Ford. They are joined in the production by Fremantle Australia, Nordic Entertainment Group and Screen Australia. Read more here.
Debut Writer Nomination
Ali Taylor is nominated as best debut writer in Edinburgh TV Foundation’s New Voice Awards 2021. Read the full list here.
Tinniswood Award
Becky Prestwich is on the shortlist for the Tinniswood Award’s Best Audio Drama of the year for her radio play Just the Three of Us. Read more here. Listen to the radio play here.
Marcella
Series 3 of Marcella, co-created by Nicola Larder, airs on ITV at 9pm on Tuesday 26th January.
The Mallorca Files
Craig Pickles directed episodes 3 & 4 of The Mallorca Files Series 2 which airs on BBC1 from 1st February at 1.45pm. Read more here.
Casualty
Hilary Frankland‘s latest episode of Casualty airs on Saturday 23rd January on BBC1 and will be on the BBC iPlayer after broadcast.
Us (Post 23/3)
Lockdown commission Us (Post 23/3) by Kamal Kaan plays 10th, 11th and 12th December at 7.30pm on Knaïve Theatre’s Digital Lyceum – website here!