And there was only one Geoff Davies farewell my dear friend

Get your applications in!! ✍️ Applications for the Stage Write Playwright Development 2024 course are open! Send in a 10 page sample of your writing by 1st November 2023, 5pm. For more information and how to apply, follow the link below: liverpoolsroyalcourt.com/new-writing/st…

Thanks to Reel Tours for a great night watching The Exorcist, and to the person who answered the quiz question ‘which horror character has knives instead of fingers’ with ‘Jimmy Corkhill’

Had the great pleasure of spending the weekend in Alicante with old writer mates recently, and got to see @DavidHAllison go wild in a record shop delighting the owner with his love of 60s garage and psych. He really does know his stuff and Mondo Pop is a joy. Give it a whirl.

🍎 New year. New term. New drama! Waterloo Road's returning for a brand new series and we've got your first look at what's to come in January 2024 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer Get all the info ➡️ bbc.in/3RwKfS7

🎬Oh yeah! We are back on your screens in the new year! 2-1-24! Extremely excited and beyond proud to be a part of this brilliant show 💛💛💛#SaveTheDate #waterlooroad

Thrilled to have been back in class for this latest series! Eight exciting, funny and startling episodes to see in the New Year… #WaterlooRoad

For many, many years I’ve been inflicting a Christmas mix on my long-suffering friends. Now everyone can share their pain. Happy Christmas all! open.spotify.com/playlist/4xYRW…

Term starts again in 2 days. This seasons episodes have been written by a brilliant team @jayshreepatel21 Neil Jones Natalie Mitchell Gareth McLean julia kent Jess Barnes Rebekah Harrison Davey Jones

Norwich, tonight! Come down to Anteros Arts at 7.30 for the 1st Norwich Book Slam! Join Ami Rao, Trevor Mark Thomas @GiselleKLeeb @PolisLoizou and myself for readings and bookish chat galore

If you're interested in screenwriting and you're in the north west it's well worth going to hear Adam Simpson - he knows his stuff and he's brilliant at explaining it. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-and-…

#WaterlooRoad🧑‍🎓 SERIES FINALE 🤩 BBC One tonight (because of the footie)⚽️ Epic final from Neil Jones✍️ directed by #PauletteRandall 🎥 Thanks to our AMAZING cast & crew for making the magic happen... 🎥🎬👏👏 And to our BRILLIANT fans 😍 ALL EPISODES BBC iPlayer

👀 #WaterlooRoad #iPlayer

Amidst the chaos, this woman held up a sign saying: 'Hope not hate. Racism not welcome here'.

Absolute scumbags rioting in Southport. So your response to the awful death of children is to go and attack other children, other children’s mum and dads? What is that meant to achieve? As a Merseysider I’m ashamed of you. I hope you’re ashamed of yourself.

Some work news...

And a brilliant episode of is Kellie Smith! Can’t wait for everyone to see it ❤️

It’s #WaterlooRoad day! The entire series is up on I player and episode 1 will be on BBC1 at 9pm tonight. We loved making this series so much. The entire cast is fantastic and ⁦Jason Manford⁩ is a brilliant headteacher. Can’t wait for everyone to see 1/3

Sick of overpriced gig tickets? Here’s the Cure | Stewart Lee theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

When I joined #Casualty raising awareness for blood donation was very close to my heart. To see where the writing, cast and crew took it - was incredible.