Archive for February, 2008

The Committee

29Feb08

Yesterday it was my turn to host a committee meeting. There are five current committee members, all veterans of writer’s groups of one kind or another. The trouble with most writer’s groups is that they are made up of social inadequates who rationalise their loneliness and lack of social skills by finding [...]


I spent most of last week looking at Heygarton – the series idea I came up with a few years ago. D had originally asked me to look at the proposal again  with view to sharpening it up. Along the way I dug out the script of the first episode and reworked it. Then I [...]


I ended a frustrating day yesterday cruising You Tube and came across a lecture on Fulfilling Your Childhood Dreams by Randy Pausch who’s dying of cancer. It managed to be watchable despite the emotional freight. This was linked to another lecture he’d given earlier in the year on one of the most [...]


Email from PK wondering if we could extend The Lodger to 60′ as there seems to be a policy in place of not doing period pieces in the afternoon slot. This is one of those passing diktats that will last until one of the regular producer meetings when someone will have a brilliant idea and [...]