LATEST NEWS

New to BBC SOUNDS - Moya’s play, Beside Myself, about the life of the writer, Daphne du Maurier. It stars Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy and was directed by Tracey Neale.

It's available to listen to until March 2025. No excuses!  To listen CLICK HERE…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wxpt

The Glassworker was given a sneak peek at the Pakistan International Film Festival 2019. 

Moya recently completed the screenplay for the animated feature film, The Glassworker, for Mano Animation Studios, Pakistan (story by Usman Riaz and Moya O’Shea, based on an original story by Usman Riaz). Mano are doing wonderful hand drawn animation and the film is in post production, to be released in 2024.

Moya’s comedy-horror screenplay, Snake, has been announced as a Finalist in the 2019 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest.

Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote written by Moya O’Shea and starring Sir Lenny Henry, Colin Salmon, Wunmi Mosaku, Sylvestre Le Touzel, Arinzé Kene, Fatima Koroma and Eunice Olumide has been shortlisted for the Triforce Film Festival. 

Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote was voted Best Film at the Earl's Court Short Film Festival.

Moya has won the prize for Best International Screenplay at the Canberra Short Film Festival 2018 for Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote.

Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote will be screened on the Opening Night of the Canberra Short Film Festival on Wednesday 12 September, 2018.

You can see Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote on Saturday 3rd March at 1pm at the Manchester Film Festival 2018. It stars Sir Lenny Henry, Colin Salmon, Wunmi Mosaku, Sylvestre Le Touzel and Arinzé Kene.

FESTIVAL WATCH: Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote is being screened at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, 22 September...

…at the Sydney Indie Film Festival, September 2017...

…and at Aesthetica Short Film Festival, November 2017.

Little Princess is back! Moya has written ten episodes of this amazing series, based on the books by Tony Ross, for The Illuminated Film Company. Watch out for them in 2019!

http://illuminatedfilms.com

http://www.littleprincesskingdom.com

Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote funded by Creative England/BFI is all finished! It was produced by Fiona Gillies and Michael Mueller, Executive Produced by Celine Haddad, directed by Christiana Ebohon-Green with music by Justine Barker, written by Moya O’Shea and stars Sir Lenny Henry, Colin Salmon, Wunmi Mosaku, Sylvestre Le Touzel, Arinzé Kene, Fatima Koroma and Eunice Olumide.

Moya’s adaptation of Jules Verne's 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' recently went to air in the Classic Serial slot on BBC Radio 4. It was directed and produced by Tracey Neale and stars Stephen Critchlow, Joel MacCormack and Gudmundur Ingi Thorvaldsson.

It's been released on CD...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Centre-Earth-full-cast-dramatisation/dp/1785295918

The pilot Moya wrote for The Illuminated Film Company's new animated series Caiman is being shown at Cartoon Forum Sept 13-16 and at MIPJunior October 15-16

Moya’s latest radio play, 'Snake' starring Harry Richardson (Poldark), Elizabeth Tan (Coronation Street), Richard Dillane (Wolf Hall) and directed and produced by Tracey Neale was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 September 8, 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092pzx1

Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote has been shortlisted in the Film London Shakespeare's Sister Short Film Initiative 2015.

Six part comedy serial, Kalangadog Junction, is being repeated on Radio 4 Extra. It's about a doctor and his wife who emigrate to Australia and stars Caroline Quentin, John Duttine, Niall Ashdown, Toby Longworth, Brian Bowles, Joanna Monro, Julie Gibbs, Moya O'Shea and the fabulous June Whitfield.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0999j0f

Moya has written an episode of the exciting, new animated series 'The Floogals' for The Foundation and Sprout/NBCUniversal. Her episode Project Sleepover goes to air in the US February 5th 2016 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floogals

Moya is thrilled to have been commissioned to write the pilot for 'Couture' a new TV drama serial produced by Richard Price Television Associates.

Afternoon Play 'Super Chief' directed and produced by Tracey Neale was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the 17th of October at 2.15pm. It stars Steve Toussaint, Alex Lanipekin, Morgan Deare, Laurel Lefkow, Steve Hartley, Samantha Dakin and Damian Lynch.

Super Chief Reviews - Pick of the Week - Radio 4, Pick of the Day in the Daily Mail, The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, Herald Scotland, Radio Times, Saturday Mail, Saturday Telegraph, Saturday Times, Saturday Independent, Sunday Observer.

Recently writing on the animated series “Toot The Tiny Tugboat” made by Lupus Films for Channel 5 and also wrote an episode of “The Floogals" for The Foundation and Sprout/NBCUniversal to be broadcast in 2015.

Radio comedy “Digging For Victory” starring Don Gilet, Cathy Murphy and Christine Lohr of Downton Abbey and directed by Tracey Neale is being repeated on BBC Radio 4, Wednesday 1 April 2015. It is BBC Radio 4 Drama Of The Week. If you missed it you can catch on iPlayer until April 30...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jrjfz

Radio serial 'The Chocolate Lovers' Club' starring Paula Wilcox, Eleanor Bron, Sylvia Syms, Carolyn Pickles, Helena Breck and Ray Lonnen is on BBC Radio 4 Extra Monday 7th - Friday 11th of January at 2pm. All episodes are repeated on Sunday 13th from 6am.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w8gmn/broadcasts/upcoming

Just in case you've managed to miss Moya’s radio play 'Theo' starring the amazing Martin Jarvis the last twenty times it's been on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, you can catch it Sunday 2nd December on BBC Radio 4 Extra at 1.30pm...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jt2n

Moya’s two part radio adaptation of Edna Ferber's 'Show Boat' starring Lysette Anthony and Samantha Spiro and directed by Tracey Neale premiers on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Monday 12th of November and Tuesday 13th of November.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nt0gv

Radio comedy “Digging For Victory” starring Don Gilet, Cathy Murphy and Christine Lohr and directed by Tracey Neale is on BBC Radio 4, Wednesday 13th of June at 2.15pm. It has been named BBC Radio 4 Drama Of The Week.

Moya has written three episodes of the animated series "Tree Fu Tom" starring David Tennant and Sophie Aldred broadcast on Cbeebies and BBC2.

With the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic coming up, Moya’s radio play 'CQD' directed by Tracey Neale is being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Sunday 15th of April at 13.30 and Monday 16 of April at 03.30. The play has a ghostly theme which involves the great liner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g7nrp

Radio serial 'The Chocolate Lovers' Club' is being repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra Monday 2 April - Friday 6 April at 14:00. There is an omnibus edition on the 8th at 06:00 and 12:00. It stars Eleanor Bron, Sylvia Syms, Paula Wilcox, Helena Breck and Carolyn Pickles and was directed by Tracey Neale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w8gmn/episodes/upcoming

Moya’s play, "Room Service Included", directed by Andy de la Tour has just finished a six week run at The Mill At Sonning starring Jo Herbert, Nick Waring, Frank Scantori and Juliet Vaughan Turner.

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/9492268.Room_Service_Included__The_Mill_at_Sonning