BBC dramatist Nick Perry came in to talk to pupils about writing for radio. Pupils in the C group are currently writing their own radio dramas in English and are about to start production. Nick showed the pupils what a professional radio script looks like and talked about the special qualities of radio drama and where ideas can come from.
Nick’s first radio drama commission for the BBC came from an idea sparked by a phone call from the police: his son Nathan Perry (now a pupil at the School) used to play with his dad’s phone and would accidentally call people up, including dialling 999