Our next Heard Word featured guest is writer-director-cartoonist, Peter Lydon. When he’s not working with Oscar and BAFTA winning actors, he’s expressing his flare for the visual in the form of witty and thought-provoking cartoons. If you’re a multi-talented creative working across different mediums, join Peter and find out how to successfully juggle a whole host of creative pursuits.

That’s Monday the 20th of October, 2025 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom.

To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our presenting writers. There are both 20-minute (1500 words) and 5-minute (700 word “lighting round”) slots available. You can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1TfI5…/edit…

Even if you aren’t presenting, please join us to offer feedback. Here is the link. https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85437743352…

A bit more about our Featured Guest:

Peter Lydon has successfully moved between commercials and high-profile TV drama, blending great performances with a cinematic eye.

In the TV world he has directed classics like Shameless, Teachers, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Vincent and Poirot. He won a Royal Television Society Award for his BBC1 period drama series Garrow’s Law.

As a commercials director he has clocked up work for brands like Carlsberg, Ikea, Sky, Mercedes, Samsung. In this arena he’s directed iconic names like great actors like Al Pacino, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Caine, Scarlet Johansson, Joanna Lumley. And high-profile figures like David Beckham, Nicole Sherzinger, Jose Mourinho, Erling Haaland.

Peter cut his directing teeth as a documentary maker with award winning films for BBC Arena and The South Bank Show. His three-part biography of comedy legend Peter Sellers was BAFTA nominated and won several major awards in the US including Gold at The Chicago Television Festival.

Peter is also a prolific cartoonist, but that’s another story…