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**Best Arts & Culture Podcast WEBBY AWARDS 2021 Honoree** Well-known writers & creators share the secrets of their bottom drawer – the bits of work they never finished, had rejected or simpl...
This is part 2 of my interview with Charlie and in this episode his offcuts include an episode of Dr Who, a horror version of a Disney carto...
Screenwriter, comedian, showrunner, actor, novelist, podcaster, musician, singer... Charlie shares so many projects from his long and varied...
The creator of Yes Minister shares clips of his abandoned screenplays and theatre scripts along with tales of his work in Hollywood and beyo...
Bernadette, who writes under - at time of recording - seven different pen names, shares some of her discarded projects including a novel abo...
The writer & voice of BBC Radio 4's Ed Reardon shares the comedy scripts that missed the mark, got rejected by the commissioners or still re...
A former television writer now an award-winning children’s novelist and playwright, Piers’ offcuts include an attempt at a romantic novel, a...
Top Author & Writer Adele Parks shares clips of her writing that never made it to publication, plus some of her earliest literary attempts a...
Novelist, blogger & script editor Lucy V Hay shares her writing that failed before she became a published novelist, and screenplays that hav...
TV, film and radio comedy writer Dan Maier reveals a cornucopia of different formats for his offcuts that include a radio sketch written for...
Best-selling thriller novelist and author Louise Candlish shares her writing offcuts which include: a deleted chapter from one of her most s...
Advertising copywriter and novelist Paul shares rejected scripts that include a screenplay about a cab-driving priest, a dog that could stil...
Writer and storyteller Lynn Ferguson shares a mixed bag of offcuts that include a London love story, a nightmare foxhunt, a ghostly family r...
"Swearing consultant", screenwriter and producer Ian Martin shares a combination of film scripts and short stories that include tales of gor...
Best-selling thriller writer Lisa ("Then She Was Gone", "The Family Upstairs", "Watching You") shares clips that didn't make it into her boo...
"Dublin Trilogy" novelist and former comedian Caimh (CK) McDonnell shares his sitcom set aboard a ferry, a pre-Fleabag Fleabag and a comedy...
A rap musical set in a US prison based on a Noel Coward play, a sitcom about IVF and a story about JFK faking moon landings - just 3 of the...
Raconteuse Miranda shares the bits of writing that didn't quite make it, along with tales of her former life as a sex worker, in a show that...
This is not a normal episode of The Offcuts Drawer but a taster of the excellent podcast In Writing With Hattie Crisell. Journalist Hattie v...
An investigation into the Mole-man of Hackney, standup material about pond-dipping and a bit of angst-filled teenage poetry are just some of...
Scotland's "Queen of Crime" shares some stonking bits of early writing, including her attempt at a bonkbuster and the short story that prefi...
The "Horrid Henry" creator gives us an out-take from her successful opera, unpublished articles and some other children's book ideas that de...
"Friday Night Dinner" writer Popper shares some truly bizarre offcuts including the fake CV that landed him his big break in comedy, a prank...
A grab-bag of television and film scripts that didn't quite make it including a drama about GI brides and a psychological mystery set in the...
The West End theatre version of TV's "The Good Life", the "Toys" musical that came *before* the film... Jeremy's selection of near misses co...
Creator of "Guilt" and "Eric, Ernie & Me" Neil showcases some other shows that didn't quite make it and shares what it's really like writing...
A sweary Karen Carpenter tribute act, women's rugby and the first black female astronaut - actress/comedian Jackie reveals an interesting ra...
Comedy, horror, Scottish football and a dog pooing in a bedsit are all to be found in the never-before-heard clips from best-selling thrille...
Michael Gove humiliating himself at university, a KGB-supplied sex manual and tales of derring-do in warzones around the world from foreign...
Presenter and columnist Jay knows about food. But he's an acclaimed novelist, journalist and musician too. Hear his unusual play with music,...
A film script written with the young Hugh Grant (yes, that one), a TV show about The Sex Pistols and a romcom based on his real-life relatio...
Yes she's a writer of *breathes in* TV comedy series's (her own and other people's), drama, animation, children's books, memoirs, novels, pr...
"Barry from Watford" and paranormalist "Clinton Baptiste" are just 2 of Alex's alter egos that you've likely met. But did you know he's writ...
From standup to multi best-selling crime novelist and screenwriter, Mark's own story includes hair-raising real-life encounters with gangste...
As one half of the renowned Sitcom Geeks, Dave knows more than a little about what it takes to be a successful comedy writer. From his early...
Comedy writer/performer Katherine - "the new Victoria Wood" and star of the Horrible Histories movie, shares never-before-heard bits of her...
A lesser known fact about erudite standup comedian Simon is that he used to write for porn magazines. But there's also scientist comedy in t...
A world without sex, a rubbish support group, the invisible woman making breakfast in her underwear - just 3 of the scenarios featured in th...
Arabella rose to fame in The Fast Show asking "Does my bum look big in this?" which she wrote as well as performed, but did you know about h...
Quantick, the swiss army knife of the writing world, has worked on some of the most iconic comedy creations this century, but now's your cha...
Renowned worldwide for romantic fiction Jenny shares her earliest novel... about rabbits, as well as an unpublished bonkbuster set in the wo...
The pilot. Jon shares tales of spies with technical trouble, insulting Keanu Reeves and why he received the largest fine in UK broadcasting...
Introduction to The Offcuts Drawer podcast. Laura Shavin interviews successful writers and gets them to share the writing offcuts they keep...