In both industry and student categories – owing to successive Covid19 lockdowns – awards were made for programmes shown in 2020 and 2021.
Two BBC series were honoured in the Drama category, Bad Wolf’s Philip Pullman adaptation His Dark Materials in 2020 and Kayleigh Llewellyn’s comedy drama, made by Expectation, In My Skin (2021).
What does the job involve?
As a writer, I think it’s easy to become overwhelmed and feel inadequate. I like to remind myself that it’s not brain surgery; it’s storytelling and it is supposed to be fun. I try to shut off the inner critic and listen to my gut.
Surely, it must be a trial sometimes?
The first draft is the hardest: it can take me weeks of procrastination; it feels like torture at times. I pace from room to room in my house, with quite a degree of self-loathing.
