Great Opportunity for aspiring working class TV Writers who are as yet un-agented and un-credited to get a break in the industry - 10 spots available! #scriptwriting www.arvon.org/arvon-announ...

Arvon announces programme for screenwriters from working-class backgrounds  | Arvon

Arvon is delighted to announce the Arvon Screenwriting Programme, supported by Prime Video Pathway. This new two-year talent development programme will...

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Married at First Sight USA The new Celebrity series has a big reveal... #Trump #Putin #MadKingsMarried

YouTube seem to have the winning model in TV. Make nothing yourself and charge everyone else $$$ to broadcast their content. Here in the UK the BBC is upping the number of its YouTube channels to 50 this year with only a minority of them for Kids now. www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

Breakingviews - YouTube is a devil in disguise for traditional TV

Legacy networks like the BBC are rushing to do business with the Alphabet-owned platform, in search of new revenue and audiences. The top choice of viewers, YouTube is generating over $40 bln in ad sa...

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Sitcom Mission has come round again for any aspiring comedy writers out there. Enter it with a 15m comedy pilot sitcom script and you've got until 26 April to write one. 😀 www.comedy.co.uk/sitcom_missi...

Sitcom Mission entry details - BCG Pro

Details on how to enter the Sitcom Mission competition, including rules, guidelines and the entry form.

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Snowy old morning in Newcastle ☃️

There's an interesting series of end of year interviews here with the main terrestial commissioning editors BBC, ITV, C4 etc. talking candidly about their year, industry challenges and what they're looking for show wise going-forwards 📺 🎄 www.televisual.com/news/directo...

Director of Drama Lindsay Salt on the BBC's slate - Televisual

Lindsay Salt is director of BBC Drama. She talked with Televisual for its annual drama report. Earlier this year, we were thrilled to see how This City is Ours connected with audiences across the UK. ...

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There's lots of interesting and free online sessions here that are great for newer screenwriters from C4 and the NFTS all happening this week - starting today! ✍️ www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...

Channel 4 and NFTS | Script to Screen

Online Events: 8th - 12th December 2025

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A blue Winter's day in Newcastle at the Exhibition Park boating lake, now home to the Wylam Brewery if you fancy a pint 🍻

Interesting paid opportunity from OKRE Fund (£5k) for comedy writers with some credits and a working relationship with a producer to come up with new project ideas reflecting climate change (Several Conditions Apply). Closes 9 Jan. ⚡️🌪️☀️ okre.org/okre-fund/

OKRE Fund - OKRE

The OKRE Fund provides financial support to early-stage imaginative, meaningful and collaborative entertainment projects.

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Watersprite this year for the first time are running a competition for newish/aspiring UK TV writers. Previous comp winners have been paired up with big industry names for mentorship and get exposure. Apply with CV, TV pilot, 10pp & outline by end 30 Nov. 📺 ✍️ watersprite.org.uk/writing-for-tv

'Gatecrashers' is a 4 month development writing lab for newish working class screenwriters (Criteria apply) from the BFI & the Lottery. It's open till Noon, Fri 27 Nov. Apply with CV, feature film idea/outline & writing sample 10-15pp. Looks great! 🎬✍️ www.sona-films.com/gatecrashers

Worth checking out this and the associated Brit lists if you're looking to build your TV & Film industry network ~ and who doesn't need to do that these days. . . 🎬 📺 www.screendaily.com/features/the...

The Brit 50: Ones to watch - UK production companies on the rise

The UK is home to dozens of rising production companies working on some of the most exciting projects of the moment.

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This an excellent support scheme & programme for new and emerging UK writers (x12) 2026-27 on low incomes across a variety of mediums - including narrative fiction & theatre. Various criteria apply. Open till 17 Nov. ✍️ www.arvon.org/jerwood-arvo...

Jerwood Arvon Writer Residencies 2026-7 | Arvon

The Jerwood Arvon Writer Residencies are a fully funded, self-directed development opportunity for 12 emerging writers.

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These are very good! 🕵️‍♀️

Sean Coleman@colemandesign.bsky.social · 11mo ago

TV crime shows as published by Penguin Books. 🧵 1/ #Bookish

According to a new survey by BECTU almost a third of creative industry freelancers see themselves working in another industry in five years’ time. Have to say it's crossed my mind a lot lately, tired of being out of work and broke nearly all the time. www.televisual.com/news/bectu-s...

Bectu survey shows 'perfect storm of uncertainty' - Televisual

TV and film workers' union, Bectu, has released a new survey of freelancers finding that 39% are out of work and just 13% feel secure in their job.

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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...

5 reveals first four Play for Today commissions - Televisual

Following the previously announced pilot, 5 has announced today the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate.

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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!

Matt Owen@mjowen174.bsky.social · last yr.

Replace it with Alias Smith & Jones (the good ones).

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!)

Phil Shelley@philipshelley1.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm taking bookings for my next SCRIPT READING & DEVELOPMENT Q&A on zoom evening of Sept 10th script-consultant.co.uk/script-readi...

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...

Can you write a play for Live Theatre's stage?

Second playwriting competition announced

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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...

'Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight to pen next James Bond film

'Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight has been tapped to write the script for the next 'James Bond' film, to be directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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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...

United Agents

United Agents Ltd. is a British talent and literary agency founded in 2007.

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

Postcard From The Past@pastpostcard.bsky.social · last yr.

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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...

Writers' Lab - Soho Theatre

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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

Shop — Squint

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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...

Government unveils creative industries plan - Televisual

The UK government has now announced its £380 million investment package as part of the Creative Industries Sector Plan. The Creative Industries Sector Plan comes as part of the wider Industrial Strate...

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