Fiona Samuel on screenwriting in the age of streaming
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This is undeniably a new Golden Age of television drama - both in quantity and quality. So much drama, so much variety of drama and - most important - so many outlets to play your drama. But how much has really changed? One person who would know is one of our finest screenwriters Fiona Samuel. And not just on the screen - we've just played her radio trilogy Hat Trick in our Classic Drama slot - and Fiona's recently conducted workshops on the secrets of creating brilliant TV. Mind you, Fiona's been doing that ever since she first stepped up with a mini-masterpiece called Marching Girls. Since then she's written too many series to mention - Outrageous fortune, Agent Anna, Brokenwood, Nothing Trivial and the brilliant one-off Consent The Louise Nicholas Story. Simon Morris talks to Fiona Samuel about the new landscape of TV series.
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