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Writing The Thing
by Shaun Kitchener
Writers from stage and screen chat about how they... well, wrote the thing.
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Ben Weatherill on Death in Paradise, Motorhome Marilyn and Frank and Percy
He's written big plays for big names in big theatres, and now Ben Weatherill has entered the world of cosy crime on the BBC's massive hit, Death In Paradise. Here, he talks about his experience in the world of continuing drama, what it was like to come aboard Motorhome Marilyn for Michelle Collins after the death of its initial writer Stewart Permutt, and how he came to write for none other than Sir Ian McKellen. Host: Shaun Kitchener Music: William Kitchener
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Roanne Bardsley on A Woman of Substance
Any show that puts Brenda Blethyn in a fabulous wig and has her talk about "reVenNnNnGE!" was always going to be a winner. A Woman of Substance has had enormous success on Channel 4 this year, and here its co-creator and co-lead-writer Roanne Bardsley discusses the process of adapting Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic novel, the joys of gloriously escapist telly, and her invaluable beginnings in soapland. Host: Shaun Kitchener Music: William Kitchener
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Waleed Akhtar on The P Word
As the Olivier Award-winning The P Word returns to London's Bush Theatre, playwright Waleed Akhtar opens up on how he got into writing after starting out as an actor (via some wild advice from a former agent), how this particular banger of a play was put together, and what it was like to win at the UK's biggest theatre awards. Host: Shaun Kitchener Music: William Kitchener
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Writers from stage and screen chat about how they... well, wrote the thing.
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Writing The Thing is created and hosted by Shaun Kitchener.
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