Charlie Higson Pt 2 - Screenwriter, Novelist & Actor
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...
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Charlie Higson Pt 1 - Screenwriter, Novelist & Actor
Screenwriter, comedian, showrunner, actor, novelist, podcaster, musician, singer... Charlie shares so many projects from his long and varied...
Jonathan Lynn - Screenwriter, Director & Playwright
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 Strachan - Novelist & Playwright
Bernadette, who writes under - at time of recording - seven different pen names, shares some of her discarded projects including a novel abo...
Christopher Douglas - Comedy Writer & Actor
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...
Piers Torday - Children's Author & Playwright
A former television writer now an award-winning children’s novelist and playwright, Piers’ offcuts include an attempt at a romantic novel, a...
Adele Parks MBE - Novelist
Top Author & Writer Adele Parks shares clips of her writing that never made it to publication, plus some of her earliest literary attempts a...
Lucy V Hay - Author, Novelist & Script Editor
Novelist, blogger & script editor Lucy V Hay shares her writing that failed before she became a published novelist, and screenplays that hav...
Dan Maier - Comedy Writer
TV, film and radio comedy writer Dan Maier reveals a cornucopia of different formats for his offcuts that include a radio sketch written for...
Louise Candlish - Author & Novelist
Best-selling thriller novelist and author Louise Candlish shares her writing offcuts which include: a deleted chapter from one of her most s...
Paul Burke - Advertising Copywriter & Novelist
Advertising copywriter and novelist Paul shares rejected scripts that include a screenplay about a cab-driving priest, a dog that could stil...
Lynn Ferguson - Screenwriter & Storyteller
Writer and storyteller Lynn Ferguson shares a mixed bag of offcuts that include a London love story, a nightmare foxhunt, a ghostly family r...
Ian Martin - Screenwriter
"Swearing consultant", screenwriter and producer Ian Martin shares a combination of film scripts and short stories that include tales of gor...
Lisa Jewell - Novelist
Best-selling thriller writer Lisa ("Then She Was Gone", "The Family Upstairs", "Watching You") shares clips that didn't make it into her boo...
Caimh McDonnell - Novelist & Screenwriter
"Dublin Trilogy" novelist and former comedian Caimh (CK) McDonnell shares his sitcom set aboard a ferry, a pre-Fleabag Fleabag and a comedy...
Georgia Pritchett - Screenwriter & Producer
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...
Miranda Kane - Writer & Performer
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...
FEED DROP - In Writing With Hattie Crisell
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...
Isy Suttie - Writer, Actor & Comedian
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...
Val McDermid - Crime Novelist & Writer
Scotland's "Queen of Crime" shares some stonking bits of early writing, including her attempt at a bonkbuster and the short story that prefi...