People Like Bonnets. I Don't Think You

From Time To Time There Is A Move To Do A Little Less In The Way Of Period Dramas, But People Rebel. Audiences Say We Want Them. There Is A Big Hunger For Them. I Don't Think It's Sentimentality Or Nostalgia, It's Often That They Are Simply The Best Stories.

The Joy Of Writing Drama Is Putting Yourself Into Different People's Heads.

As A Fairly Innocent Teenager, Growing Up In A Village In Wales, I Just Thought, "god, I Would Like To Go And Hang About Soho And Write Great Poetry And Try To Avoid Drinking Myself To Death."

Taking The Humour Out Of Dickens, It's Not Dickens Any More.

People In The Bbc Are Always Dying To Get Out Of Their Open-plan Offices.