I appreciate this has probably been asked before, or maybe even answered, does anyone know of an unsolicited script sent by post or email ever being commissioned? If so, which? Cheers.
Unsolicited question...
Yup. Someone at the Comedy Unit told me they were just about to film something that had come in cold. Dunno what the title was. They did say it was a very rare occurrence though.
The woman who writes Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps...didn't she get commisioned after sending in a script?
Think she might have actually won a script writing competition Martin.
Ahh right, okay.
She did indeed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/snickson_transcript.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Nickson
but only when she was fourteen! From there she went to work with someone who liked her work and create Two Pints there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Pints_of_Lager_and_a_Packet_of_Crisps
(see 'Broadcast' section)
The interview is quite useful to us writers.
Dan