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We discover, develop and champion new and experienced writing talent across the whole of the UK.

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New Doctor Who Scripts Just In

You can now read all the scripts for Ncuti Gatwa's first series at the helm of the Tardis on our Script Library!
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    Watch our new video interview with Daniel Rusteau
  • Only Child

    Read an interview with writer Bryce Hart
  • The Listeners

    The provocative and haunting drama centres around Claire, a popular English teacher, who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.
  • Open Call

    Submissions are open! Deadline noon on Tuesday 3rd December. Find out full details including how to join an online help and advice session.

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  • The Comedy Crowd | Chorts 2024

    Deadline: Sunday 15th December 2024
    The Comedy Crowd are after Chorts! - comedy sketches or shorts that engage an audience, introducing an exciting new comedy character or concept, and talented new creators, all in 2 minutes or less.
  • The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2025

    Deadline: 6pm GMT Thursday 9th January 2025
    The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting - celebrating its 20th anniversary - is the largest playwriting competition in Europe and searches for scripts that are original and unperformed, by writers of any experience over the age of 16.
  • Royal Birmingham Conservatoire | Short Film Script Submissions 2025

    Deadline: Monday 10th February 2025
    The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Acting are once again accepting script submissions for short films to be shot in 2025.
  • About 大象传媒 Writers

    Find out more about our work and our offices across the UK.
  • How We Find and Develop Writers

    The Head of New Writing for 大象传媒 Drama Commissioning and 大象传媒 Writers explains our work with writers and how 大象传媒 Writers and Drama Commissioning work together.
  • Open Call

    Our Open Call is our main open submission opportunity for all writers aged 18 and over and resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
  • Successes

    Hear about some of our success stories, including competition and award winners, commissions and events. Download and read our Annual Report.
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  • Men Up

    Swansea, 1994. Five ordinary Welshmen face up to their secrets and lies when they embark on one of the world鈥檚 first medical trials for the drug that would become Viagra. By Matthew Barry.
  • Sherwood

    A divided police force, a relentless manhunt and a killer tormenting an already fractured Nottinghamshire community. By James Graham.
  • Steeltown Murders

    Three murders - unsolved but never forgotten. Thirty years on, can DCI Bethall find the serial killer who terrorised 1970s Port Talbot? True life drama of a cold case that made history. Written by Ed Whitmore.
  • Phoenix Rise

    Six outsiders learn the only way they are going to survive school is by sticking together. But can you ever really leave your past behind? By Perrie Balthazar and Matt Evans.
  • Wreck

    Welcome aboard the ship of nightmares. Searching for answers about his missing sister, Jamie joins the crew on a mysterious cruise liner. Conspiracy, comedy and a slice of slasher. By Ryan J. Brown.
  • The Power of the Dog

    Written and directed by Jane Campion (The Piano) and based on the novel by Thomas Savage, THE POWER OF THE DOG stars Benedict Cumberbatch as charismatic rancher Phil Burbank who inspires fear and awe in those around him.
  • Rye Lane

    Directed by Raine Allen-Miller from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, RYE LANE follows YAS (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (David Jonsson), two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
  • The Sixth Commandment

    An inspirational teacher is courted by a student, triggering a complex criminal case. A sinister real-life story starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid. Written by Sarah Phelps.
  • Watch Interviews

    Get inspiration and top tips from writers and industry professionals in our series of video interviews.
  • Podcast

    Download and listen to our free podcast, including interviews with some the UK's leading screenwriters.
  • Scriptwriting Essentials

    Watch a series of eight videos covering the essentials of writing a successful script, from introductions to rewriting.
  • Scriptwriting Glossary

    The world of scriptwriting is full of terms and phrases which may be confusing. We've created a list of definitions that we hope will help writers on the way to grasping what they all mean.

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