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• Message 1. 

  Posted by Elnora Cornstalk (U5646495) on Wednesday, 20th June 2007

  Several mixed queries. No particular significance in the order:
  
  1) I'd find it interesting to know more about the sws, apart from biography -- e.g. favourite episodes; techniques or characters; perceptions about what matters to them in TA. Could we have more of these in the 'backstage stories', perhaps?
  
  2) Is there an archive anywhere about past scriptwriters? I have a vague memory that Susan Hill wrote for T/A, and, on the lines of (1) would love to know more details about that + dates involved (if this is correct). Posters' knowledge would be most acceptable and gratefully received!
  
  3) Also on past writers, or writers' pasts. More 'trivia' on these please? e.g. I dimly remember a RT article, around the time Pat was going to Greenham, about sws - I think Mary Cutler was one. RT mentioned two friends (at least one of these had worked for a solicitor) who were behind some of the wittiest scripts, and were 'feminist' voices of the time. One had sent in a sample week's scripts and was recruited on the strength of these. Names? Key story-lines?
  
  There were glimpses of this kind of material in the 'Arena' programme, but the history, and critical analysis, was lost, imo, in the visuals and the evocations of the lost rhythms of rural life (music, black-and-white film of horse-draw ploughs, birds in hedgerows).
  
  Thank you,
  
  Elnora

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  Posted by Leaping Badger (U3587940) on Wednesday, 20th June 2007

  Blimey, you don't ask for much ,do you, Ms. Cornstalk?
  
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  Posted by mike (U2254029) on Wednesday, 20th June 2007

  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:00 GMT, in reply to Elnora Cornstalk in message 1
  
  The William Smethurst book contains some discussion of when new SWs started and what (to a certain extent) what their background and interests were but it's possibly not comprehensive in its coverage.

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  Posted by Elnora Cornstalk (U5646495) on Wednesday, 20th June 2007

  In reply to Leaping Badger in message 2
  
  Will change name to Oliver Twist forthwith, Leaps.... [Would love the kind of postings featured in TVH film club. Wish, wish.]

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  Posted by Keri Davies (U2219620) on Thursday, 21st June 2007

  I can't promise all of this, but I've printed it out and will bear it in mind when working on new articles for the site.
  
  We have a new writer whose work will be on air soon, and I am certainly planning to profile him. And future articles could well feature other writers.
  
  Have you seen this article I did about Simon Frith?
  
  

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  Posted by Elnora Cornstalk (U5646495) on Thursday, 21st June 2007

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  Many thanks, Keri; and for the link, which I had read, but have just enjoyed again. I always find it interesting to know how writers end up as writers, instead of perpetual would-be writers; and, I'll look forward to more articles as and when you have time. (No pressure: 'the future lies ahead' as they say.) Exciting to hear about the new writer. Perhaps shelter them from ML for the first few years ..?
  
  And Mike. I'll try to retrieve the William Smethhurst which my mother borrowed back some years ago. Lilian/JD and the handbag nothing!

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  Posted by RosieT (U2224719) on Thursday, 21st June 2007

  We have an exta copy of the Smethurst (in fact we have 2 extra copies, come to look)and you are welcome to one. I think I have a couple of articles about sws as well, which I shall look for. If you'd be interested, we could swap emails via Keri?

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  Posted by Elnora Cornstalk (U5646495) on Thursday, 21st June 2007

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  Oh, Rosie! Really?! Will happily swap emails. I'll email Keri forthwith! Big thank you!
  
  E xx

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  Posted by RosieT (U2224719) on Thursday, 21st June 2007

  I've emailed as well, hope to hear sometime.

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  Posted by Elnora Cornstalk (U5646495) on Friday, 22nd June 2007

  In reply to RosieT
  
  Thank you, Rosie. Keri has let me know you now have my email (I haven't yours); so would be glad to hear when you have a moment.
  
  Elnora

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