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The writers who are part of our Voices development group are identified mainly via our annual Open Call opportunity. They take part in an intensive programme over six months offering an insight into how the television industry works and featuring expert masterclasses, craft sessions, roundtables and discussions, providing participants with the core tools and knowledge to write for TV.

From 2023 we run six Voices sub-groups from the writers' local hubs - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, North & Midlands, London, South. The development programme combines sessions with a local hub and pan-UK sessions which bring all the Voices together from across the UK. Local sessions may be run in person at one of the 91Èȱ¬'s offices, while pan-UK sessions take place via video-conferencing.

Our Voices are encouraged to apply the learning to define and develop a new original series idea and work closely with the 91Èȱ¬ Writers team to develop a professional series outline document (in which they retain all rights). Following the conclusion of the group they can choose whether to use this as the basis of an original spec 'calling card' script to take out to the industry and/or to submit to our next Open Call submission window, with the aim of gaining a place in our Scripted group. 

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It’s a great pleasure to present the 91Èȱ¬ Writers’ Voices of 2024. From January to June this year, we had the privilege of collaborating with 68 exceptionally talented emerging writers from all corners of the UK.

Through six UK-wide hubs, these writers engaged in an intensive craft and industry programme that included workshops, expert masterclasses, and discussions with guest writers like  (DOMINO DAY),  (EVE; THE DEMON HEADMASTER), and  (WATERLOO ROAD; DINOSAUR). Additionally, they had the opportunity to learn from key industry figures, including agents, producers, and members of the 91Èȱ¬ Drama Commissioning team, along with sessions from  and the .

Over the past six months, all our Voices 24 writers have been busy defining and developing new series ideas to the outline stage, with editorial support from the 91Èȱ¬ Writers team.

It’s been a real privilege for all of us in 91Èȱ¬ Writers to work with and get to know these writers and series creators of the future. We’re excited to see where their talent takes them next and how their projects develop over the coming months. I’m delighted to introduce them to you and hope you enjoy reading their biographies and learning more about them.

For further details on any of the Voices 24 writers, please feel free to contact the 91Èȱ¬ Writers team at bbcwriters@bbc.co.uk

Jess Loveland, Head of New Writing, 91Èȱ¬ Writers & Drama Commissioning

Belfast Hub

London

Midlands and North of England

Scotland

South of England

Wales

Script Editing Support

Each year selected Voices writers gain script-editing support from trainee script editors via a collaboration with the National Film and Television School () with the aim of developing their Voices projects to at least first draft script stage.

Twenty Voices writers were supported in 2022 and fifteen in 2023.

Hear from four of the Voices writers about their experience working with a Script Editor

Would you like to be part of a future Voices group?

The writers who are invited to take part in the Voices group are identified via our annual Open Call script submission opportunity. If you wish to be considered as part of a future Voices group you must first submit a script via our Open Call.

Find out full details of our Open Call opportunity

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