The Offcuts Drawer

Best-selling thriller writer Lisa ("Then She Was Gone", "The Family Upstairs", "Watching Y... more

"Dublin Trilogy" novelist and former comedian Caimh (CK) McDonnell shares his sitcom set a... more

A rap musical set in a US prison based on a Noel Coward play, a sitcom about IVF and a sto... more

Raconteuse Miranda shares the bits of writing that didn't quite make it, along with tales ... more

This is not a normal episode of The Offcuts Drawer but a taster of the excellent podcast I... more

An investigation into the Mole-man of Hackney, standup material about pond-dipping and a b... more

Scotland's "Queen of Crime" shares some stonking bits of early writing, including her atte... more

The "Horrid Henry" creator gives us an out-take from her successful opera, unpublished art... more

"Friday Night Dinner" writer Popper shares some truly bizarre offcuts including the fake C... more

A grab-bag of television and film scripts that didn't quite make it including a drama abou... more

The West End theatre version of TV's "The Good Life", the "Toys" musical that came *before... more

Creator of "Guilt" and "Eric, Ernie & Me" Neil showcases some other shows that didn't quit... more

A sweary Karen Carpenter tribute act, women's rugby and the first black female astronaut -... more

Comedy, horror, Scottish football and a dog pooing in a bedsit are all to be found in the ... more

Michael Gove humiliating himself at university, a KGB-supplied sex manual and tales of der... more

Presenter and columnist Jay knows about food. But he's an acclaimed novelist, journalist a... more

A film script written with the young Hugh Grant (yes, that one), a TV show about The Sex P... more

Yes she's a writer of *breathes in* TV comedy series's (her own and other people's), drama... more

"Barry from Watford" and paranormalist "Clinton Baptiste" are just 2 of Alex's alter egos ... more

From standup to multi best-selling crime novelist and screenwriter, Mark's own story inclu... more

As one half of the renowned Sitcom Geeks, Dave knows more than a little about what it take... more

Comedy writer/performer Katherine - "the new Victoria Wood" and star of the Horrible Histo... more

A lesser known fact about erudite standup comedian Simon is that he used to write for porn... more

A world without sex, a rubbish support group, the invisible woman making breakfast in her ... more

Arabella rose to fame in The Fast Show asking "Does my bum look big in this?" which she wr... more

Quantick, the swiss army knife of the writing world, has worked on some of the most iconic... more

Renowned worldwide for romantic fiction Jenny shares her earliest novel... about rabbits, ... more

The pilot. Jon shares tales of spies with technical trouble, insulting Keanu Reeves and wh... more

Introduction to The Offcuts Drawer podcast. Laura Shavin interviews successful writers and... more