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Helen Black

@WriterHBlack

Writes novels and TV. BAFTA, Emmy, Broadcast nominated. RTS winner. Watches footie and eats fried egg sandwiches

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Someone asked me last night how many actively working TV writers there are in the U.K. I assume they mean making their living from it

Do we know?

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Helen Black Before Holby City and Doctors were cancelled, the number of writers earning a full-time living from tv drama was estimated at between 200 - 300. Friends in other industries always surprised by that. It is of course now - many less.

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