Brian McGilloway has been awarded BBC Northern Ireland Drama’s Tony Doyle New Writers’ Award, receiving a £2,000 cash prize and the position of Writer in Residence at BBC Northern Ireland for six months.
The awards were judged by Stephen Wright, Head of BBC Northern Ireland, Kate Rowland Head of BBC Writersroom, Sarah Stack, Senior Script Executive, BBC Northern Ireland and Adrian Dunbar, of the BBC Two hit network drama Line of Duty 1&2.