In the 2nd part of Charlie’s interview he shares an episode of Dr Who and discusses where he thinks the series is going, a horror…
Screenwriter, comedian, showrunner, actor, novelist, podcaster, musician, singer… Charlie shares so many projects from his long and varied career that we didn’t have time to…
The creator and writer of Yes Minister shares clips of his abandoned or rejected film scripts and a theatre play, along with tales of his…
Bernadette, who writes under – at time of recording – seven different pen names, shares some of her many discarded projects including a novel about…
The (BBC radio) voice of British discontent – Ed Reardon‘s alter ego Christopher Douglas – shares some hilarious near-misses script-wise that include the Oedipus story…
Best-selling novelist Adele Parks shares clips of her writing that never made it to publication, plus some of her earliest literary attempts and some surprising…
Struggling with mental health issues and a subsequent cancer diagnosis, Lucy shares the story of how she went from being a teenage mum to becoming…
Comedy writer Dan shares an array of funny writing for different formats and styles, none of which have yet seen broadcast or publication. Emphasis on…
Novelist Louise Candlish has a very high hit rate so her offcuts drawer doesn’t contain a lot of unpublished or failed work. However she does…
Paul Burke – Copywriter and Novelist shares Rejected Scripts, Screenplays and Ad Copy Author Paul joins The Offcuts Drawer to reveal his creative fails —…
Screenwriter, playright and storyteller Lynn Ferguson has a full complement of rejected writing and unfinished scripts in her virtual bottom drawer, and shares a mixed…
Screenwriter and producer Ian Martin – producer Armando Iannucci’s “swearing consultant” and co-writer on Veep, The Thick of It and Death of Stalin – delves…
In the podcast that showcases a successful writer’s failures, rejections and abandoned projects, best-selling thriller writer and novelist Lisa (“Then She Was Gone”, “The Family…
“Dublin Trilogy” novelist and former comedian Caimh McDonnell, who also writes under the name of CK McDonnell, shares the writing projects that got rejected, the…
Comedy screenwriter and producer Georgia Pritchett (“Succession”, “Veep”, The Shrink Next Door”) talks about the difficulties of writing for a different culture across the pond,…
Raconteuse, writer and performer Miranda shares the bits of writing that got rejected, were never finished or she just abandoned, along with tales of her…
This is not a normal episode of The Offcuts Drawer but a taster episode of the excellent podcast In Writing With Hattie Crisell. Journalist Hattie…
Comedian, novelist and actor Isy shares pieces of writing from her earliest school days right through to more recent rejected show ideas and cut scenes…
Scotland’s “Queen of Crime” shares some stonking bits of early writing, including her attempt at a bonkbuster and the short story that prefigured her move…
The “Horrid Henry” creator gives us an out-take from her successful opera, unpublished articles and some other children’s book ideas that despite her stellar international…
Friday Night Dinner screenwriter and author of The TimeWaster Letters Robert Popper shares some truly bizarre offcuts including the fake CV that landed him his…
Screenwriter Andrea delves into her bottom drawer and finds a grab-bag of television and film scripts that didn’t quite make it, including a drama about…
Screenwriter, playwright, composer, lyricist, translator, orchestrator, director… (and breathe) Jeremy shares the bits of writing that never made it to production. The West End theatre…
Screenwriter and novelist, the creator of TV series’s “Guilt” ,”The Gold”, Brian Cox’s burger-maestro “Bob Servant” and “Eric, Ernie & Me” Neil Forsyth showcases some…
A sweary Karen Carpenter tribute act, women’s rugby and the first black female astronaut – actress/comedian Jackie reveals an interesting range of subjects in the…
Discover how his 4th attempt as an author finally cut through, and how he managed to repurpose that earlier failure into later success. And in…
A fascinating selection of unfinished, rejected or unpublished writing from foredign correspondent Luke, including an article about Michael Gove humiliating himself at university, a KGB-supplied…
Presenter and columnist Jay knows about food. But he’s an acclaimed novelist, journalist and musician too. Hear his unusual play with music, the novel that…
What bits of unpublished and unfinished writing languish in screenwriter Chris’s bottom drawer? Well, there’s a film script co-written with the young Hugh Grant (yes,…
Yes she’s a writer of *deep breath*: TV comedy series’s (her own and other people’s), drama, animation, children’s books, memoirs, novels, programme guides and plays……