Why do we run an Open Call for script submissions? Our Open Call is not a competition but a means by which the BBC seeks out the best writing talent. We look for writers with the strongest potential ...

Mike Flanagan adapts the Stephen King book into an eight-part series, starring an impressive Summer H. Howell and cannily updated to the present day. The Geese frontman’s new LP, recorded alone at a ...

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Languages often co-express related meanings, either reusing words or combining parts of words. It is poorly understood when each strategy is favoured. Across 1,982 languages, Brochhagen et al. find ...

The Open Call 26/27 will be a single application route for writers applying to three of our regular talent development programmes: Voices, Scripted and the Writers' Access Group. A summary of some ...

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A satisfying congruence between genetics and cell-biology findings, and experiments at altitude with a rotating device that measures radiant energy, in this week’s peek at Nature’s archive.