Episode 3.5 - Soap Opera Writer

It's time to turn our attention to the long-form drama, and three of the best writers in the biz are queueing up for jobs in IEE's writers room in the form of Emma Crossland, Laura Ollerton and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch!

But who isn't a soap opera person at all? Who has seen a lot more Stephen Sondheim musicals than Sam? And who will make for the fanciest grandma?

WARNING: Contains The Swears

GABBY HUTCHINSON CROUCH is a regular writer on Radio 4′s THE NEWS QUIZ and THE NOW SHOW. Her first novel, DARKWOOD, was published in 2019 by Farrago Books, with the second in the series, SUCH BIG TEETH, following the year after, and the third in the series, GLASS COFFIN, published in 2021. Her latest book is WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE, which I, Sam, really recommend if you've ever lived by the British seaside. Find her on Twitter @Scriblit

EMMA CROSSLAND is a stand up comedian and sit down everything else.  Enthusiasm enthusiast,  arachnophobe and employee of the month June 2019. Find her on Twitter @CaptainTwitchy, probably in other places too.

LAURA OLLERTON is a Bath-based comedian (but prefers showers), wordsmith lover and clown-horn impersonator. I don't think she has any Facebook pages or Twitter presence or that stuff but I'm prepared to be corrected. 

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IF you've read this far you're probably a proper fan, in which case you should buy a ticket for  The Comedy Firm of Crossland and Wilkinson. Go to crosslandandwilkinson.com as soon as I've finished building the website.