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Douglas Watkinson April 5, 2017 |
A shameless plug for my talented family…
It’s nothing less than that and I make no apology for it. You can see Dunchan Clyde (Watkinson) playing D.S.Peters in the new series ‘Snatch’ (based on the film). It’s due for transmission ‘imminently’, we’re told. His sister, Sassy Clyde (Watkinson) is one of the driving forces in ‘Get Over It’ theatre company. Their next project is a…
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Douglas Watkinson February 28, 2017 |
My mother wouldn’t be able to hear…
In television there’s a belief that … ordinary books make good television. Like all other beliefs it isn’t 100% reliable, but in my opinion it does explain why, say, Agatha Christie comes across so well on the small screen. Her work provides great storylines and very little else so the writer dramatising them can use precision to turn…
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Douglas Watkinson February 1, 2017 |
Versions of the same story…
Book, film, TV adaptation, radio, stage play? Well, a new one joins the club. Subtitles. I know they’re not a new invention and they’d be pretty difficult to achieve on radio, but just lately they’ve come into their own. They used to be dreadful, but I’ve been watching ‘The Bridge’ on Amazon lately and the subtitles are superb….
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Douglas Watkinson January 27, 2017 |
Expletives not deleted…
When I worked as a script editor in BBC drama, a hundred years ago, not only was the F word an unthinkable prospect, but the powers that be were nervous about using the word ‘God’ in any context. And, unbelievably now, there was a Unit housed in an ivory tower somewhere that read every script that went out!…
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Douglas Watkinson January 16, 2017 |
It doesn’t have to be simple to be clear…
The first thing I ever wrote for real money was an episode of The Onedin Line, a BBC TV drama series. The script editor said he wanted a story that wasn’t patronisingly simple but clear in the telling. Last night I watched the Icelandic noir thriller ‘Trapped’ and gave up after episode three because it’s too simple and…
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