Our guests wrote the book "The German Room", comparing the TV writing processes in the US and Germany. With them, we talk about potential solutions brought by their work to see how the European TV landscape can adapt to the new global reality and if the conditions of writers could improve.

This episode is longer than usual. This happens when people who love stories talk about stories! Our guest is a German writer known by all other German writers; he works in every format and genre and is a professor at several international schools for TV writing: Prof. Dr Joachim Friedmann! We talk about his book "Storytelling for Media", about teaching writing, and the current state of television and creation. Enjoy!

Thanks to our talk with Louis Bonneau, Project Manager for the Audiovisual Innovation Fund at the CNC in Paris, you will understand how this crucial public body functions and how and why to apply for one of the grants they offer.

Pierre was in Cologne this Wednesday, June 14th, for the International Day of Solidarity with the WGA. He brings you this special short report "on the field"—peak journalism.

With German writers Teresa Hochmuth & Korbinian Hamberger, we talk about writing fiction for kids. How to target this specific audience, and how these stories lend themselves to several formats and supports. Connect with your inner child in this episode of Euro Pudding!

We learned more about writing for audio thanks to a wonderful chat with our guests, who are both creators of original Audible series: German writer Katharina Lang and British author Anthony Khaseria. Open your ears and enjoy!

We're back with British writer Ben Harris, creator of the Netflix series YOUNG WALLANDER, who talks to us about writing crime stories and how this genre allows him to explore our world. Enjoy this episode with full-on bass voices!

For the first episode of our second season, we welcome Erik Barmack, Ex-VP and head of International series at Netflix and now a producer with his company Wild Sheep. Listen to him drop some knowledge about the current TV landscape and explain how he tries to get the best of both worlds by making international series from Hollywood. A discussion that left us pumped to go back to writing!

EURO PUDDING is back for Season 2! Starting next week, September 2022, new episodes will drop as regularly as possible. Enjoy!

Recorded in front of a live audience during the last Séries Mania festival. Ever wondered what a “creative executive” really does? What does “acquisition” mean? We’ll ask producers and commissioners to tell us what they really do, day by day. A chat with our guests: Ariane Baste Morand, Development Executive Black Sheep (FR); Dominique Jubin, Managing Director Studio Canal Original (FR) & Piodor Gustafsson, Head of Scripted content for the Nordics and Baltics Tv4 (SWE).

Following our last episode about webseries, Nir Berger, writer and director from Tel Aviv, tells us how he moved from comedy videos on Facebook to an animation webseries to co-creating his first Tv series, DISMISSED. It turns out; collaboration is the key.

Berlin Webfest founder and specialist of webseries Meredith Burkholder tells us about the short form's history and future. You'll want to listen to her advice for filmmakers wanting to create a webseries!

Donna Sharpe, a British writer living in Berlin, tells us about her career writing for several European countries, on series like The Team, West of Liberty or Trom. She explains how to create in other cultures and languages; and the importance of spec scripts.

Did you know that France produces 40% of all European animated series? We talk with two French writers very experienced in animation screenwriting, Marine Lachenaud & Cyril Deydier, to better understand the specificity of that format. Listen to their advice to try out cartoon writing yourself!

To celebrate the first year of this podcast, we had a great chat live on Youtube with three special guests: Jana Burbach (Bad Banks, Tribes of Europa), Alexandre Manneville (En Thérapie), Joy C Mitchell (Deutschland 86, Bridgerton). Enjoy!

Pierre shares his take on how to tackle writing a decent series concept presentation, and we also go over the infamous "Netflix Pitch Workshop" document from last year in our first pure craft episode without a guest.

Frank Spotnitz, American showrunner in Europe (The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle, Medici, etc.), talks to us about his new series Leonardo and about the opportunities in making TV in Europe today. You'll hear his views on how to be a good showrunner, keep the passion, and when to start a writers room. We learned a lot! Now, your turn.

We talk with prolific German filmmaker Christian Schwochow about his TV experiences directing Bad Banks or The Crown. He shares his views on the business in Europe and on the position of the showrunner.

Valentine's Day special episode! Berlin-based American writer and director Raquel Stern talks to us about directing sex scenes for the new series "Even Closer, Hautnah". We also talk about Covid, the position of showrunner, and give you watching recommendations for a romantic V-day night!

With writer and director Jason Kohl, who worked on the recent Trans in Trumpland docu-series, we talk about writing documentaries and how real-life serves as a guide for fiction.

Katarina Tomkova, producer and program coordinator for MIDPOINT, describes the many workshops for writers and producers offered by the institute. We talk about how to create a favourable environment for creativity, then Pierre and Philipp learn about the television landscape in Central and Eastern Europe.

With German writer and producer Kirsten Ittershagen, we go through the process of writing daily dramas and what writers can learn by working in soap operas. And what changed with Covid.

With Gerhard Maier, artistic director of the TV festival Seriencamp, and writer Melina Natale, we talk about the state of TV festivals in the year of Covid, how important these events are to writers, and how to approach them.