Nice new initiative for young or aspiring playwrights. The Royal Court Theatre have come up with a series of free videos - in a nutshell it's how to write a play. 🎭✍️ www.instagram.com/reel/DGfiz2Y...

Nice to see Play for Today being reinvented on C5 with an accent on developing new talents in front of and behind the screen. Good luck to all involved. 🎬👏 www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...

Studio21’s 2025 Script Competition is Now Open.Are you a screenwriter looking for your big break? Studio21 is on the hunt for the next must-watch micro-drama to capture audiences worldwide. 👉 Full details and submission info at: https://www.studio21.com/script/ #Studio21

There's one we thing we gotta get, Torode. John Torode: What's that? Gregg 'Kidding himself' Wallace: Out of this business!

Join us on 20 August at 1pm for a FREE workshop with Imogen Sarre of leading agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates. Imogen will discuss the role of an agent, how best to approach an agent and the right time to do so. https://papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio #Theatre #playwriting

Interested in working in, script reading, script development or script editing? Here's an excellent place to get tne inside info you need. (And Phil's a really nice bloke who know his stuff!)

Live Theatre’s North East Playwriting Award is open for entries. The Award is open to writers who are from, living or working in the North East – Winner gets a commission for a full-length play for the Live Theatre. ✍️ www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/can-you-wr...

The next James Bond is starting to come together... Denis Villeneuve (Dune & Arrival) Directing it 👍 Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo) Writing it 👍 But who would you cast to star in it? www.nme.com/news/film/pe...

Keir Starmer's heartfelt tribute to Hulk Hogan, very moving ~

United Agents is running its 100x100 scheme for another year – giving feedback to 100 underrepresented writers on the first 10,000 words of their manuscript. Submit between 28th-29th July. www.unitedagents.co.uk/news/third-b...

A tagline for a 1972 folk horror film which I am now desperate to see.

Soho Theatre's Writer's Lab is now open for applications for new writers. If you're in London and looking to write for the stage it's a great programme with a great track record. ✍️🎭 (Zoom Q&A on Mon 7 Jul) sohotheatre.com/project/writ...

Pay-what-you-can online writing courses via Zoom, aimed at artists from low-income backgrounds, in July and August courtesy of Squint Theatre www.squinttheatre.com/shop

Some rare good news, the Government have released their new creative industries plan. The announcement includes a £150 million Creative Places Growth Fund for six regions outside London. www.televisual.com/news/governm... Full plan is here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

What do you ketamine it’s all over between them…??? Our new issue of The Eye on sale now

RIP Sly Stone. "I am no better and neither are you We are the same, whatever we do I am everyday people, yeah, yeah." #SlyStone www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUh...

The modus operandi of the big AI outfits seems to be: 'Don't Ask - Don't Pay'. Just STEAL. Governments should really be holding then to account on behalf of all the creators out there who are being shamelessly ripped off. #AI deadline.com/2025/06/bfi-...

The BBC are running a day of Masterclasses in Liverpool Weds (11 June) for newbies looking to build a career in TV & Audio. Lots of big names speaking & great networking Opportunity. Good one for new writers. The sessions are also streamed but booking is essential 📺📻 www.bbc.co.uk/academy/live...

Don't you hate it when toddlers fall out with each other. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Studiocanal is closing down It’s A Sin and Happy Valley UK TV production outfit Red Production Company... Getting very tough out there this year. www.screendaily.com/news/studioc...

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Agatha Christie died nearly 50 years ago but she's still hard at it with a new video course teaching the art of writing detective novels, that's what you call a work ethic. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

New series of Michael Spicer: No Room. Starts tomorrow night at 11pm on BBC Radio 4. Contains sketches like that one up there. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

In which I take on the idea that your spec script has to be 'undeniable' -> www.andreamann.com/blog/the-myt... #screenwriting #scriptsky #scriptsky+

Apply with short film idea by 20 May. Been running a few years, well worth applying if you're a newish Northern based writer as there's 10 spots on the training course.

🚨 Calling all writers - our Script Lab is back! We’re offering the chance to turn your short film idea into a ready-to-shoot script. You’ll learn the fundamentals of screenwriting and develop your story in sessions with our BFI NETWORK Talent Executives and expert mentors.

Probably just a big coincidence that all 15 of them are Tories or closely linked to the party and all of them just happened to correctly guess the election date and gamble a large amount of cash on the outcome. Not suspicious at all, as Trump would no doubt say. 🏴‍☠️

Perfect Weekend reading. I actually think the Pope pulls it off but my favourite is Snowball the giant cat ~ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

New Podcast starting today, looks good for anyone interested in the business side of UK TV. #TV podnews.net/press-releas...

Netflix do like increasing their prices that's for sure. #TV deadline.com/2025/04/netf...

Short Com's annual TV competition for pilot sitcoms/comedies opens Mon 7 Apr - closes 20 July. Winners get industry exposure to agents and production companies. Enter with script 23-30pp. Fees apply. Comedy newbies welcome. 📺✍️ www.shortcom.org/script-compe...

Hours of fun 😀

Tesla sales diving across Europe. Nobody wants to own a #MuskMobile 🤡 www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Chopwell Wood, feels like Winter has ended.

Bafta winning director Peter Kosminsky calls for a 5% levy on UK subscription streaming revenues, with the proceeds collected for a British cultural fund. Good idea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Worth checking this out if you're published...

The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems... DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY By Robert Routledge, B.Sc., F.C.S. Eleventh edition. (1896) #illusions #ghosts #stage #theatre #inventions #books

Never quite understand Apple TV+ seems just to be a loss-leader for their phones and computers. Their streaming service is now losing $1 billion a year . . . www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Jack Thorne is deservedly riding high with another huge British drama success story, but here he warns that shows like 'Adolescence' will simply die out unless the industry gets to grips with a “devastating” funding crisis. #scriptwriting deadline.com/2025/03/adol...

Nice article on the making of Adolescence which has just dropped on Netflix and looks superb. #adolescence dramaquarterly.com/making-adole...

This is an interesting commissioning opportunity for TV/Film Drama/Comedy projects from Lumo TV. They are looking for ideas specifically from deaf creatives. (Submit directly or via Production Co's.) It's a very good opportunity if you qualify. Deadline 2nd May. 🚀 lumotv.co.uk/corporate/ab...

Today's book choice for #WorldBookDay📚

The Scottish have won the AI Wars.

I never thought I'd be rooting for the aliens to land on the White House lawn. 👽

"No, you can't have a second series of that thing you loved. We gave all the money to the woman with the crazy cute English accent so she could develop a TV remake of a movie of a videogame. Sorry, not sorry."

Open now till 21 Apr - The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2025 is a competition for 30m+ audio drama scripts from Northern writers. (Has an excellent track record & industry kudos) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...