Fraser is an award-winning actor, writer and showrunner, whose work spans many genres and fields, from creating and showrunning five seasons of the hit panel show SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW for ITV, to radio plays such as MAYNARD for BBC Radio 4 (directed by Kathy Burke), and SPACE IS THE PLACE, a 5 part dramatisation … Continued
Mellie is a children’s/family TV content creator, producer, script writer, voice director, script editor and consultant. Together with her partner, Jan Page, they set up Adastra Creative, an independent production company, which has produced five series of top rated BAFTA winning CBeebies show GRANDPA IN MY POCKET. In addition, she co-created, wrote and produced HA … Continued
Rik is a screenwriter who often co-writes with the director John Hay. Together they have collaborated on a number of films including THERE’S ONLY ONE JIMMY GRIMBLE, starring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone, THE STEAL, starring Alfred Molina, Stephen Fry and Helen Slater, and THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE, a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Love-Hewitt. Rik … Continued
Sarah is a comedy writer, performer, and award-winning author of children’s books. In 2012 she won the Funny Women Comedy Writing Award for her script THE SLUSH PILE. She is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. Sarah wrote multiple episodes across two series of teen mystery drama EVERMOOR for Lime Pictures/Disney, plus … Continued
Lucy is an experienced and versatile children’s writer in TV, film, books and theatre. In television she has worked on a variety of award winning shows for for companies such as Henson’s, Aardman, HiT Entertainment, CBBC and CITV. She created the live action kids’ comedy drama series for 8-12 year olds, BIG KIDS, for CBBC, … Continued
Kirstie, a writer, creative producer, and script doctor, has significantly contributed to the entertainment industry alongside her writing partner John Regier. Their expertise played a crucial role in shaping the first seven seasons of Doc Martin, the highest-rated drama on British TV, which also gained popularity in the US and inspired adaptations in seven countries. … Continued
Henry Gifford is an experienced Franco-British animation writer. Since studying at the National Film School in India, Henry has worked on many hit shows including Head Writing on THE DOOMIES for Xilam and Disney. He has written on numerous shows including THE UNSTOPPABLE YELLOW YETI (Gigglebug / Disney), THE SMURFS (Nickelodeon) and SPIDEY AND HIS … Continued
James is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, sketch comedian and producer – spanning projects from kids’ animation to YA to live action adult comedy. He moved to Los Angeles from London in 2019 to work as head writer and co-developer of Netflix Animation’s critically acclaimed series Dogs In Space (“consistently smart and deft – just snarky enough, just silly … Continued
Brydie Lee-Kennedy is an Australian screenwriter based between London and Sydney. She has written extensively for television and other media in Australia, the UK and America. She was BAFTA nominated for her work on THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL (Cartoon Network), where she served as story editor. She has been a staff writer on DEAD … Continued
Claire Miller is an experienced television drama writer specialising in returning series and character-led drama. She is currently part of the core writing team on BBC’s CASUALTY, where she has written multiple episodes including the show’s 30th anniversary finale. Claire has written across several series of CBBC’s THE DUMPING GROUND and THE WORST WITCH, and … Continued
Simon Nicholson has written for film, theatre and television and has worked extensively in children’s TV. His recent credits include head writing PJ MASKS for Entertainment One / Disney. Recent projects include a reboot of a classic animated preschool property for 9Story, an animated book adaptation for BBC Studios Kids & Family and a one … Continued
Emma Nisbet is an experienced comedy scriptwriter, with a background in comedy development and production. She has developed original comedy projects with Fremantle’s Retort, NBC Universal’s Lucky Giant, BBC Comedy, and CBBC, and has been commissioned to adapt a high profile children’s book series. Recent credits include writing on LAGGING for CBBC, as well as … Continued
Allan Plenderleith is a BAFTA-winning Head Writer, Showrunner, Development Producer and Director who has worked in the children’s animation and live action space for over 20 years, across linear television as well as digital and interactive platforms. He was showrunner on Nickelodeon’s animated series DEER SQUAD, and in his work as a Creative Consultant and … Continued
Adam is a BAFTA-winning Writer, Showrunner and Creative with more than 20 years’ experience in Children’s TV and Media. Adam was recently head writer on a new pre-school animation MINIBODS with One Animation, and is currently writing on another animated series for them. He’s also writing on two animated specials for Hello Halo, and previously … Continued
Paul Rice most recently co-directed 11 episodes of Cartoon Network’s hugely successful, multiple BAFTA and Emmy-winning The Amazing World Of Gumball. Having worked for 6 years on over 200 episodes of the show, he has been intimately involved in almost every aspect of it. This includes writing, storyboard, layout, backgrounds, animation and compositing. He was … Continued
Jessica Silcock and Naomi Smith are a Manchester-based comedy writing partnership. They were finalists in the BBC’s “Jesting About 2” competition, and received mentorship from BBC Comedy producers. They have previously developed original ideas with NBC Universal’s comedy division Lucky Giant and BBC3, and have written on BBC3 comedy PRAMFACE. They have previously written sketch … Continued
Rob Sprackling is an experienced screenwriter and award-winning writer/director working across comedy, live action and animation. He is currently developing a comedy horror feature based on his award winning short film RISE OF THE APPLIANCES, which he wrote and directed (British Horror Award at the British Horror Film Festival 2011, Best Horror Comedy at the … Continued