The Offcuts Drawer - Successful Writers Share Their Best Worst Ideas

Neil Forsyth - TV Writer & Author


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Creator of "Guilt" and "Eric, Ernie & Me" Neil showcases some other shows that didn't quite make it and shares what it's really like writing for American TV.

Clips performed by: Lynsey Murrell, Beth Chalmers, David Monteath, Kate O'Sullivan, Nigel Pilkington and Kenny Blyth.

Warning: This episode contains strong language.

Neil Forsyth is an author and television writer. In television he is a Royal Television Society Award winner, and has been nominated for a BAFTA, a Writer’s Guild Award, and a Broadcast Press Guild Award.

He is the author of seven books: Other People’s Money, the biography of Scottish credit card fraudster Elliot Castor, two well-received novels and the UK bestselling series of Bob Servant humour titles.

Neil adapted his series of books about Bob Servant for BBC Television, with the eponymous role played by Emmy Award winner Brian Cox. The TV show ran for two series, won the Royal Television Society Scotland Award for Comedy and was nominated for the Scottish Comedy BAFTA.

Neil has written four SKY Arts Playhouses and his one-off BBC4 drama Eric, Ernie and Me which told the story of Morecambe and Wise writer Eddie Braben was nominated for Best Short Form Drama in the 2018 Broadcast Press Guild Awards. His original 4 part series Guilt starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives was broadcast on BBC 2 and BBC Scotland, received a best writer nomination for RTS Awards 2020 and a second series is currently in production.

For more details about the writer, the offcuts and the actors performing them see the episode show notes:  https://offcutsdrawer.com/neil-forsyth

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