The second lecture in the 2012 series was delivered by Scott Frank, a diverse writer whose films include Dead Again, Out of Sight, Get Shorty, Minority Report and Marley & Me. Recorded on 1 October, Frank spoke about the idea of theme, collaborating with authors, and why 'rules are something you cling to when ideas fail'. Chairing the Q&A was Mark Salisbury.

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Fight, fight, fight. One of the leading figures in British comedy (I'm Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It) calls on our TV industry to be more aggressive in selling itself abroad and attacks the interference of government and press in the creative sphere.

Japanese game auteur Hideo Kojima - the creator of the Metal Gear series and Vice President of Konami Digital Entertainment - delivers the Academy's prestigious Annual Games Lecture at BAFTA in September 2012. The host is Johnny Minkley.

It's 2012, and the BAFTA & BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series is back for another run. First up in this season is Julian Fellowes: writer of Downton Abbey, Gosford Park and the TV drama Titanic. The talk was recorded at the BFI Southbank on 26 September 2012.

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Welcome back to the BAFTA Podcast! We've had a comedy-centric month at BAFTA, so it's only right that episode #2 is all about comedy writing, commissioning, and producing. Using clips from Armando Iannucci's high-profile BAFTA TV Lecture, we ask our expert panel whether UK comedy commissioners lack imagination, and how new writers and performers can use the internet to land a TV commission (or maybe bypass TV altogether...?).

Regular host Dave Green welcomes Andrew Newman (head of Objective Productions and ex Channel 4 commissioner), Kevin Cecil (BAFTA-winning comedy writer of shows like Black Books) and Kayleigh Llewellyn (a new writer and actor who recently won the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum initiative).

Opinions? Thoughts? Complaints? Let us know on [email protected].

Welcome back to the BAFTA Podcast! We've had a comedy-centric month at BAFTA, so it's only right that episode #2 is all about comedy writing, commissioning, and producing. Using clips from Armando Iannucci's high-profile BAFTA TV Lecture, we ask our expert panel whether UK comedy commissioners lack imagination, and how new writers and performers can use the internet to land a TV commission (or maybe bypass TV altogether...?).

Regular host Dave Green welcomes Andrew Newman (head of Objective Productions and ex Channel 4 commissioner), Kevin Cecil (BAFTA-winning comedy writer of shows like Black Books) and Kayleigh Llewellyn (a new writer and actor who recently won the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum initiative).

Opinions? Thoughts? Complaints? Let us know on [email protected].

Boyd Hillton speaks to The Thick Of It writer Tony Roche, actor/writer Will Smith and actor Roger Allam - aka MP Peter Mannion - in this post-screening Q&A. Lots of insight into the US-style writing process, and Armando Iannucci's editing techniques...

Boyd Hillton speaks to The Thick Of It writer Tony Roche, actor/writer Will Smith and actor Roger Allam - aka MP Peter Mannion - in this post-screening Q&A. Lots of insight into the US-style writing process, and Armando Iannucci's editing techniques...

Charlie Brooker, Suranne Jones, Dan Maier + John Hannah speak to host Nev Pierce about Sky's police drama spoof A Touch Of Cloth. As you'd expect from Brooker, there's explicit content within...

Steven Dorrington pitches 'My Beautiful Courgette', a black comedy involving murder on an allotment. An expert panel review his idea and technique. Part of the BAFTA Rushes Soho Shorts New Filmmakers' Market in July 2012.