On a slippery soap

On a slippery soap


By DQ
May 1, 2025

The Writers Room

Lisa Holdsworth, a writer, producer and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain regional representative for Yorkshire, writes for DQ about the importance of continuing drama on television and why the falling number of soap writing opportunities is bad news for the drama industry as a whole.

 

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