Apology offered

[Kosmo]

I have in the past complained about the writing of Nick Warburton who
was responsible for last week, usually because he attempts to infuse
some comic routine which simply does not feel like it is working and I
see red.

Apart from not knowing the Saturday Night Fever was before Emma was born
I cannot say I liked the week - but it did not seem completely out of
character.

Too much shouting - but that could well be the Director and not the
Writer - so less of a problem.

I was not impressed by the nonsense over litter picking and so on. Joy
should sit down with Lils and agree what is going on - given the
imminence of the event Kirsty would already have a long list and Lynda
would not have proposed her involvement with litter - that is a job for
Brad the Brain.

But I found little actually objectionable in the writing this week so
offer an apology for never wanting him to write another week.

[Pete W]

Post by Kosmo
I have in the past complained about the writing of Nick Warburton who
was responsible for last week, usually because he attempts to infuse
some comic routine which simply does not feel like it is working and I
see red.
Apart from not knowing the Saturday Night Fever was before Emma was born
I cannot say I liked the week - but it did not seem completely out of
character.
Too much shouting - but that could well be the Director and not the
Writer - so less of a problem.
I was not impressed by the nonsense over litter picking and so on. Joy
should sit down with Lils and agree what is going on - given the
imminence of the event Kirsty would already have a long list and Lynda
would not have proposed her involvement with litter - that is a job for
Brad the Brain.
But I found little actually objectionable in the writing this week so
offer an apology for never wanting him to write another week.

I'm sure there are others on UMRA who have knowledge about the
production details of TA.

How much say does an individual scrip writer have? You have a
producer, an editor and various others including the scriptwriters.

At some point there must be a meeting of all, or maybe only some of
them to decide on the storylines, how the stories are to play out,
what happens in an individual episode. This is then passed down to the
scriptwriters who provide the scripts. The scripts then, I assume are
pasted upwards to be approved before the actors receive them.

Anybody?
---
Pete.

[Kosmo]

Post by Pete W

Post by Kosmo
I have in the past complained about the writing of Nick Warburton who
was responsible for last week, usually because he attempts to infuse
some comic routine which simply does not feel like it is working and I
see red.
Apart from not knowing the Saturday Night Fever was before Emma was born
I cannot say I liked the week - but it did not seem completely out of
character.
Too much shouting - but that could well be the Director and not the
Writer - so less of a problem.
I was not impressed by the nonsense over litter picking and so on. Joy
should sit down with Lils and agree what is going on - given the
imminence of the event Kirsty would already have a long list and Lynda
would not have proposed her involvement with litter - that is a job for
Brad the Brain.
But I found little actually objectionable in the writing this week so
offer an apology for never wanting him to write another week.

I'm sure there are others on UMRA who have knowledge about the
production details of TA.
How much say does an individual scrip writer have? You have a
producer, an editor and various others including the scriptwriters.
At some point there must be a meeting of all, or maybe only some of
them to decide on the storylines, how the stories are to play out,
what happens in an individual episode. This is then passed down to the
scriptwriters who provide the scripts. The scripts then, I assume are
pasted upwards to be approved before the actors receive them.
Anybody?
---
Pete.

That is roughly my understanding. I believe the editorial meetings have
a focus on a 3 -6 month period with the 3 months being looked at in
detail and 6 months in more general outline with an annual meeting also
taking a look at the longer term (abandoned in the SOC era with
subsequent problems).

I think at the 3 month level writers are allocated weeks and then before
they commence writing their week there is an outline pattern of what
needs to be covered in the week which they then fill in the details.
Subsequent changes can happen if any actor is unavailable. The writers
have a limit (roughly 16) voices in a single week and various other
limitations I suspect. If one week needs more another week gets less
although it is expressed as voices over a recording session I believe.

So the writers have their stories largely agreed - but the discussions
appearing on air are down to the writers. And I suspect within a story
there is more or less freedom to write - as an example last week I
suspect Nick had a fairly free hand on what was said about the fete so
long as it all appeared - but George coming up with the Harry idea was
probably baked in alongside Emma having to go to her party etc.

[Pete W]

Post by Kosmo

Post by Pete W

Post by Kosmo
I have in the past complained about the writing of Nick Warburton who
was responsible for last week, usually because he attempts to infuse
some comic routine which simply does not feel like it is working and I
see red.
Apart from not knowing the Saturday Night Fever was before Emma was born
I cannot say I liked the week - but it did not seem completely out of
character.
Too much shouting - but that could well be the Director and not the
Writer - so less of a problem.
I was not impressed by the nonsense over litter picking and so on. Joy
should sit down with Lils and agree what is going on - given the
imminence of the event Kirsty would already have a long list and Lynda
would not have proposed her involvement with litter - that is a job for
Brad the Brain.
But I found little actually objectionable in the writing this week so
offer an apology for never wanting him to write another week.

I'm sure there are others on UMRA who have knowledge about the
production details of TA.
How much say does an individual scrip writer have? You have a
producer, an editor and various others including the scriptwriters.
At some point there must be a meeting of all, or maybe only some of
them to decide on the storylines, how the stories are to play out,
what happens in an individual episode. This is then passed down to the
scriptwriters who provide the scripts. The scripts then, I assume are
pasted upwards to be approved before the actors receive them.
Anybody?
---
Pete.

That is roughly my understanding. I believe the editorial meetings have
a focus on a 3 -6 month period with the 3 months being looked at in
detail and 6 months in more general outline with an annual meeting also
taking a look at the longer term (abandoned in the SOC era with
subsequent problems).
I think at the 3 month level writers are allocated weeks and then before
they commence writing their week there is an outline pattern of what
needs to be covered in the week which they then fill in the details.
Subsequent changes can happen if any actor is unavailable. The writers
have a limit (roughly 16) voices in a single week and various other
limitations I suspect. If one week needs more another week gets less
although it is expressed as voices over a recording session I believe.
So the writers have their stories largely agreed - but the discussions
appearing on air are down to the writers. And I suspect within a story
there is more or less freedom to write - as an example last week I
suspect Nick had a fairly free hand on what was said about the fete so
long as it all appeared - but George coming up with the Harry idea was
probably baked in alongside Emma having to go to her party etc.

Thanks Kosmo. Yes, it's as I surmised then. They may have a free hand
as you suggest, you don't say it, but surely they must submit their
scripts to an assistant producer, possibly, for checking for any
obvious errors, factual or otherwise before they are passed to the
actors.
---
Pete.

[Kosmo]

Post by Pete W
for checking for any
obvious errors, factual or otherwise before they are passed to the
actors.

You would think so but I sometimes wonder as there are some odd
continuity aspects from time to time. Some of those may be my faulty
memory these days.