Writing for TV and Radio
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Contents
Preface by Caroie Angier and Sally Cline xii
Foreword by Richard Schiff ^ xiv
Introduction by Sue Teddern and Nick Warburton xvii
Part 1 Reflections and experiences
Back story 1: My journey as a writer Sue Teddern 3
Back story 2: My journey as a writer Nick Warburton S
Ten landmark TV dramas and comedies
Sue Teddern 8
Z-Cars (UK, 1968“ 1972) 8
The Forsyte Saga (UK, 1967-1968) 9
Breaking Bad (USA, 2008-2013) 9
The Avengers (UK, 1961-1969) 10
Cathy Come Home (UK, 1966) 10
The Office (UK, 2001-2005) 11
Grange Hill (UK, 1978-2008) 12
Seinfeld (USA, 1989-1998) 12
Blue Remembered Hills (UK, 1979) 13
Talking to a Stranger (UK, 1966) 13
Ten landmark radio dramas and comedies
Nick Warburton 15
Twelfth Night (1923) 15
The War of the Worlds (1938) 16
The Archers (1950) 17
Under Milk Wood (1954) 19
Albert's Bridge (1967) _ 20
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978) 21
Dreams, Secrets, Beautiful Lies (1986) . 21
, Spoonface Steinberg (1997) 22
Ulysses (2012) 23
Horses for courses: TV, radio or both? 25
'I've written a play ...' Nick Warburton 23
Either or both? Sue Teddern 38
Ten memorable TV and radio characters
Sue Teddern 44
Roseanne Conner 44
Alan Partridge ' 45
Yosser Hughes 47
Saga Noren 48
Eddie Grundy 50
Nick Warburton 51
The philosophy of Norman Stanley Fletcher 52
The enigma of Anton Meyer 52
The aspiration of Harold Steptoe 53
The silence of Bessie Bighead 55
The progress of Peggy Olson 55
How to make your own memorable characters 56
Notes on notes: Dealing with feedback
Sue Teddern 57
The scriptwriting competition 58
Submitting a script 58
Reviews from critics 60
Good notes v. bad notes 61
Coping with the meddling Nick Warburton 63
Having a laugh: Writing comedy
Sue Teddern 69
Funny for money 69
Ί could write rubbish like that!' 70
No, but seriously... 71
What kind of ha-ha? 73
Seriously funny or funnily serious 74
One idea, five formats 75
Part 2 Tips and tales ~ guest contributors
Sam Bain 85
Peter Bowker 87
Elly Brewer 89
Laura Eason 91
Ellen Fairey 93
Nick Fisher 95
Phil Ford 96
jeppe Gjervig Gram 98
Katie Hims 100
Rachel Joyce 101
Marcy Kahan 103
Rebecca Lenkiewicz 105
jan McVerry 105
Jonathan Myerson 108
Hattie Naylor 109
Richard Nelson 110
Andrew Nickolds 111
Georgia Pritchett 113
Mike Walker 114
Stephen Wyatt 116
Part 3 Write on - getting it right, getting it written
That's an idea: Tips and techniques to get you started 121
How to kick-start your creativity Sue Teddem 121
The Old Lemon - or where ideas come from Nick Warburton 130
Characters: Making them memorable 143
'Who am I and why am ί here?' Sue Teddem 143
Drama karma 149
Convincing surprises Nick Warburton 154
The building blocks: Plot and structure 164
'But where are the bones?' Sue Teddern 164
No place where it's not Nick Warburton 176
A most delicate monster - voice
Nick Warburton 182
More than one voice ... 183
'Whose story is it anyway?' Sue Teddern 196
The talky bits: Writing dialogue
Nick Warburton 202
Speech, speech! Sue Teddern 218
Hearing their dreams - the nuts and bolts of radio
Nick Warburton 222
The essentia! elements 222
The visuals: Writing for camera
Sue Teddern 237
The silent treatment 237
INT. desk day 247
How to start writing Sue Teddern 247
Putting it off Nick Warburton 253
PWD 254
Not writing 256
\ Selection and discretion 256
irongate - a case study 257
Writing is rewriting - or what to do about drafts 260
Good, better, best Sue Teddern 260
The vanishing dream Nick Warburton 268
The finishing line 273
Now what? Sue Teddern 273
Be professional Nick Warburton 277
Reading [+ viewing + listening] list 284
Scripts 284
DVDs, CDs, etc. 285
Books about radio, TV, writing 285
Websites, etc. 287
Courses and workshops 287
Acknowledgements 289
Index 290
