That’s right folks, David Simon is giving a masterclass on television drama in Dublin, Ireland this Thursday 24/01/08 - a half day at The Guinness Storehouse, Dublin 8.

David Simon is the creator, writer and producer of ‘The Wire’ which, in my opinion is simply the best televsion ever.

The masterclass will explore such issues as the writing process, the writer as exec producer, developing story and character, and the current US television drama landscape

David Simon has been mentioned on BifSniff several times before, there was that post about a New York Times article on him and also a post about his book ‘The Corner’ which also has other interesting links to related articles.

The deadline for applying to the class has past, but if you are interested I recommend applying anyway as a little birdie told me there just might be a couple of places left… EDIT: THIS CLASS NOW FULL!