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
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
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
John Hay is a two-time EMMY, BAFTA and Berlin Bear Award-winning film and television director. John began his career at the BBC where early work included AUTOGEDDON, a monologue performed by Jeremy Irons which won the Grand Prix at the Shanghai TV Festival, and CAUSE OF DEATH, which won the Golden Gate at San Francisco. … Continued
Kit Lambert is an experienced Welsh television drama writer currently commissioned as Lead Writer and Executive Producer on the BBC drama THE DETECTION CLUB MYSTERIES, produced by BBC Studios. Based in Penarth in South Wales, Kit is best known for his work in television detective drama. His credits include WHITSTABLE PEARL, DEATH IN PARADISE, FATHER … 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
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
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
Steve is an experienced scriptwriter who has developed original comedy ideas with a number of producers, including Hat Trick Productions, the BBC, and NBC Universal / Lucky Giant. His 6 x 40-minute original sitcom YOU, ME & THEM was commissioned by UKTV’s Gold as their first original sitcom and premiered in 2013, produced by Hat Trick … Continued
Catherine Williams is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter with over 20 years of experience in children’s television. She has created, script edited and written for many iconic shows including Pocoyo, The New Teletubbies, Shaun the Sheep, Waffle the Wonder Dog, Topsy+Tim, and Lovely Little Farm. Most recently, she head-wrote Piggy Builders, set to premiere in 2025. Catherine … Continued
Comedy writer Tobi Wilson worked as a Senior Writer on Cartoon Network’s THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL, now in it’s seventh series, having written across six of them. Tobi was part of the writing team on GUMBALL who won the 2013, 2016 and 2019 Children’s BAFTA Award for writing, plus the 2014 and 2017 nomination … Continued