Look at the second one down :-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/index.shtml
Do you think all that blog-controversy about their new submissions guideline's upset them?
I'm gonna try and write something anyway - possibly a horror-thriller about a clown who does away with little girls in hairbands.
Can I write the soundtrack to that? I've got an idea - it goes: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Excellent theme!
Can't be shown till after midnight though...and in the 70's.
What's all this nonsense? There's nothing on the second link.
Quote: Leevil @ November 28 2009, 8:13 PM GMTWhat's all this nonsense? There's nothing on the second link.
It's only visible to those with special comedy powers. 
Quote: Frantically @ November 28 2009, 4:15 PM GMTLook at the second one down :-
I copied this just before it was taken off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/test_opportunity.shtml
________________________________________________________________________________
COMEDY WRITERS WANTED!
Big Bold Comedy! (BBC geddit?)
We are looking for comedy writers to assist in making BBC Comedy actually funny (like what it used to be). This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with other comedy writers looking to pad their portfolios, egos and earn respect from their fellows. Imagine; you can proudly say, "I didn't get just a stereotyped reject slip - I got actual feedback!"
If you have prior experience as a comedy writer for the BBC please do not apply.
We are looking for comedy writers with a fresh perspective, if you can write hilarious jokes, if you are looking for a place to test new material, we want you to write for us. If you have one idea a year - no problem - your one idea (copyright our script editor(s) could be the next 'Only Fools and Horses'. We want people who love to write, and are really hungry for recognition.
We receive about 10,000 scripts a year, and all eligible scripts are logged and assessed. If the opening ten pages hook our attention, your script will be read fully and you will receive BJF (Big Juicy Feedback!).
If you've never written comedy before, don't worry, many of those we've commissioned still haven't, so you won't be alone! So come on guys and gals, send your scripts to:
BBC Writersroom
1st Floor, Feedback House
379 Euston Road
London
NW1 3AU
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Leevil - joking aside it seems to be a test link and the 404 message is obviously a 'page not found'.
I work in IT and when I used to set up test email applications I used to try them out on my mates with the heading 'Test Email'.
They used to email me back with comments such as 'Test yourself - we're not your f**king guinea-pigs!!'
Not sure why the writersroom is doing this - I wondered if it might be a disgruntled employee.
Yeah the BBC IT dept has never been the same since they gave that Guy Goma a job.
Ooh, I like the look of the 2010 opportunity for screenplays from "Muslim writers". Can one apply as an infidel and then convert if short-listed?
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 29 2009, 2:27 AM GMTOoh, I like the look of the 2010 opportunity for screenplays from "Muslim writers". Can one apply as an infidel and then convert if short-listed?
Go for it. I got my current job by converting when I won the position.
- The Most Reverend P.Hennell.
(You may as well apply for the Scottish Arts Council grant and move house too.)
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 29 2009, 2:27 AM GMTOoh, I like the look of the 2010 opportunity for screenplays from "Muslim writers". Can one apply as an infidel and then convert if short-listed?
I've got a piece of meteorite in back garden that I regularly lick. Does that mean I qualify?
I note with wry despair the fact that I have never met the criteria for any of these targeted bursaries/awards/schemes etc.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ November 29 2009, 7:44 AM GMTI note with wry despair the fact that I have never met the criteria for any of these targeted bursaries/awards/schemes etc.
Count your blessings. I'm not even eligible to enter my own contest! (The Sitcom Trials, whose Grand Final is this coming Tuesday, hope you'll all be there, featured, for the first time in ten years, no entries written by me, cos my conscientious producer thought it wouldn't be right. Damn him and his principles!)
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 29 2009, 2:27 AM GMTOoh, I like the look of the 2010 opportunity for screenplays from "Muslim writers". Can one apply as an infidel and then convert if short-listed?
Yes but be prepared to be as elusive as Wally when you enter 2011's Hindu Play for Today.
Or you could apply to the Westminster Prize and really quickly try to become an MP if you're shortlisted?
Or the many Scottish opportunities? Just use a fake address - they normally email or phone to say you're through anyway. When they do just say 'Aye, Hoots y'ken?' over and over...