[on his move to Cambodia] After 37 years hacking at Britain's TV coal face, I relished the chance to combine my acquired creative skills with teaching a public service project in a faraway country of which I knew little.
I don't care if you're in Alaska, China or Tasmania - people like good stories with a beginning, middle and end.
Quality writing is necessary in order to create original drama.
If the TV companies want to create original drama, they need to be prepared to pay writers to produce the drama.
To be a good writer we do not spend only a few days, a professional writer doesn't do anything besides writing.
However advanced the cameras and equipment, however talented the producers, director, actors, editors and the rest of the team, a movie is only as good as its story and script.
The drama has to come first and the issues and message will follow. People have to care about the characters before you start ladling out the issues.