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script consultant \ editor, TV producer, interested in all things screenwriting, Fulham FC, running & cycling. Producer

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Philip Shelley
2 years
The Channel 4 screenwriting course is open for entries from 9am TODAY until Oct 3rd @Channel4 @Channel4Skills
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Entries for the 2021 @Channel4 Screenwriting Course are now OPEN! Until Friday Oct 2nd
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2 years
Screenwriting stars of tomorrow on this weekend’s ⁦ @Channel4 #4screenwriting course
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3 years
#screenwriters I've just added 8 excellent one page pitches to my script library - some brilliant examples of how to craft these incredibly tricky documents. Huge thank you to all these talented & generous writers
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Entries for the 2020 @Channel4 Screenwriting Course are now OPEN! Until Sept 27th
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2 years
Entries for the 2023 @Channel4 @Channel4Skills #4screenwriting course 2023 have now CLOSED. Thank you so much for all your scripts. Very excited to read them with the team of readers
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4 years
Just had my final zoom meeting with my 8 excellent, perceptive & delightful script readers. Still a fair bit of reading but decisions forthcoming in the next 3 weeks! #4screenwriting
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3 years
Today is the last day to submit a script for the 2022 Channel 4 screenwriting course. Please don't leave it to the last minute. We close 5pm - no exceptions @Channel4Skills
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3 years
Just got an email from an Australian writer I worked with at the start of his #screenwriting journey - he's now in pre-production on his own show for NBC/Netflix. I love my job but this sort of thing reminds me just how much
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6 years
Entries open for the 2019 @Channel4 @4Talent Screenwriting course this coming Friday Sept 7th
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1 year
Lovely evening introducing the 2023 #4screenwriting writers to the TV drama industry. Thanks to all who came and good luck to our 12 brilliant writers ⁦ @Channel4 ⁩ ⁦ @Channel4Skills
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#Screenwriters The wonderful #Time by #JimmyMcGovern prompted me to look at his amazing back catalogue - Hillsborough, Accused, Common, Broken all in @bbcwritersroom script library. An education in screenwriting right there
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6 years
We've now sent emails to the 34 short-listed writers for interview for #4screenwriting 2019. If you haven't heard - sorry. But we can only pick 12 writers from 2800 scripts. Thank you for entering - it's been a real pleasure reading all the scripts @4Talent @Channel4
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#4screenwriting over for another year. Look out for this talented bunch they’re going places
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UK screenwriters - a screenwriting competition that's definitely worth entering
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3 years
Talking to my daughter about the impending apocalypse, she says, 'Yup, we'll have to learn how to live without all the modern stuff - well not you, you will have died.' Happy Christmas.
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#4screenwriting We have now emailed all writers on the interview shortlist. If you haven't heard, you aren't on the shortlist but thank you very much for entering. It has been a real pleasure to read so many brilliant scripts over the last 7 weeks. @Channel4Skills @C4Press
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5 years
This week's SCREENWRITING newsletter - with information about how to enter for the 2020 @Channel4 Screenwriting Course - entries open next Tuesday Sept 10th
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5 years
Having a great time reading #4screenwriting script submissions. Read 3 absolute belters today. Thank you writers! @Channel4 @4Talent
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Philip Shelley
3 years
Excellent thread for screenwriters about finding a literary agent
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Emma Obank
3 years
Comps/initiatives are a great way to build profile & many industry people keep an eye on them. To name a few: Channel 4 Screenwriting @PhilipShelley1 , BBC Comedy & Drama Room, 4Stories, @rocliffeforum . Sister Pics & Dancing Ledge also run writer residencies. There are lots!
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4 years
UK Screenwriters trying to get your foot in the door, this is a valuable read
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BBC Writers
4 years
Thinking of entering a script in our annual script submission window (which opened today)? Please read this blog post by Anne Edyvean, the Head of BBC Writersroom, which explains how we and the wider industry work in terms of writer and script development
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4screenwriting 2019 is over sadly. I couldn’t be prouder of these mega-talented screenwriters
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4 years
This week's screenwriting newsletter - update on the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course
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6 years
Entries are NOW OPEN for the 2019 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE and will be open until Sept 28th @Channel4 @4Talent
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4 years
I'm doing a (free!) thing about written pitches for @FilmHubNorth next Thursday March 25th
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1 year
Channel 4 announces the writers on #4screenwriting 2023 - and a reminder that entries for the 2024 course close this coming Monday Oct 2nd at 5pm
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Channel 4 Press
1 year
Channel 4 Drama 4Screenwriting Announces Writers for 2023:
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3 years
Great to see that 7 of the 13 writers on @bbcwritersroom writers programme for 2021 are alumni of #4screenwriting
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4 years
My granddaughter 10 days old just been told ⁦ @FulhamFC ⁩ is her team. She’s thinking about it #ffc #coyw
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7 years
Entries for the Channel 4 Screenwriting course are now CLOSED. Thank you to the 2045 writers who entered.
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4 years
I'm holding a free zoom Q&A about the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course this Thursday Sept 10th 1-2pm. Please register in advance & reply to this tweet with any questions you'd like to ask
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2 years
A brilliant pitch
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John Frankensteiner
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Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise pitch to Ethan Hawke
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Here’s Ted who had his fun this morning successfully hijacking my ⁦ @bbcstudios ⁩ script editing & #screenwriting session. Now he’s expecting a meal and a walk #takingthepiss
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This week's SCREENWRITING newsletter - with news of the 2021 @Channel4 Screenwriting course
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This week's screenwriting newsletter - on pitching + the latest from 4screenwriting 2021
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3 years
Who needs dialogue? #screenwriting
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Артём Дерягин
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Этому шедевру немого кинематографа я ставлю 10 из 10!
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The entry window for the 2024 Channel 4 screenwriting course has now closed. A big thank you to the thousands who submitted a script. We are going to have a fun two months enjoying the vast range and brilliance of new UK dramatic writing #4screenwriting @channel4 @Channel4Skills
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We will be accepting script entries for the 2018 @Channel4 SCREENWRITING COURSE Sept 11 - Oct 1. All details here
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4 years
Entries for the 2021 @Channel4 @4talent Screenwriting Course close this Friday Oct 2nd at 5pm. But PLEASE try to enter before Friday as the website will get v busy and may buckle under the pressure. So avoid unnecessary stress & enter before Friday!
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3 years
This fortnight's screenwriting newsletter - advice for screenwriters on literary agents from the 1st weekend of #4screenwriting
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7 years
Hats off to the writer signatories of this letter - & I'm proud that #4screenwriting has pioneered and supported so many brilliant female voices over the last 8 years. We NEED fewer male crimes vs women stories, more female character-driven stories
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5 years
Great to see such a huge turn out at last night’s #4screenwriting drinks @Channel4 very excited to see this year’s 12 writers make a big splash
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3 years
Making full use of this T shirt for the next 30 mins #ffc
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5 years
This week's #SCREENWRITING newsletter - a response to this year's submitted #4screenwriting scripts
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4 years
In 15 minutes on #marr that useless f***ing wet blancmange said precisely nothing of any value whatsoever. Staggeringly arrogant & incompetent
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4 years
Worst pitch ever. Who wants to watch this?!
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#4screenwriting alumna Camilla Whitehill's own Channel 4 show - can't wait to see it
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Channel 4 Press
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BIG MOOD... 👀 First look images revealed for Channel 4's audacious comedy series - starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West 🔥 More info here 👉
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This week's screenwriting newsletter - 4screenwriting alumna @_SarahMilton on 'Things I wish I knew before #4screenwriting '
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1 year
12 brilliant stories brought wonderfully to life today by these writers & actors #4screenwriting @Channel4Skills ⁩ ⁦ @Channel4
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7 years
Blog I wrote for @bbcwritersroom about treatments, outlines etc
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4 years
An invaluable resource for screenwriters (& nice to see my article about pitches, treatments & outlines featuring on the homepage!)
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BBC Writers
4 years
We've relaunched our website today with a fresh new look and a reorder of some of the content. Have a look We'll be checking for broken links etc but if you spot anything then let us know.
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2 years
Great opportunity for UK screenwriters!
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LA Productions
2 years
LA Productions is proud to announce that our Spring unsolicited script submission window is now open until the 6th of April 2023. Please read guidelines carefully before submitting. We look forward to reading your work!
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3 years
Announcement of this year's brilliant #4screenwriting writers (and a mention of the other 31 writers we mentored)
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Channel 4 Press
3 years
✨Congratulations to the 12 writers who won coveted places on the @channel4 #4screenwriters course! We can’t wait to see what’s in store for you all further down the line!✨
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Brilliant evening introducing 36 wonderful screenwriters to the industry #4screenwriting
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#screenwriters are so often looking for great examples of written pitches / outlines of TV drama projects. Look no further!
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2 years
Incredibly useful thread, listing twitter accounts for anyone interested in writing, development production in TV drama, film, etc
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Emma Obank
2 years
✏️Social media can be a great place to hear about Film & TV opportunities and keep up to date with industry news 🗞️I’ve put together a quick🧵with some accounts to follow (production companies, broadcasters, initiatives, news etc) as a starting point. Feel free to add…📺
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Story catalyst
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#HappyValley S3 ep1 #screenwriting masterclass. Just brilliant.
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6 years
Wife (lying in bed next to me): linked-in is asking if I know someone called Philip Shelley and if I want to connect. Me: and are you going to? Wife: No. Me: Why not? Wife: Because I don’t want to. Me: Nice. #socialmedia
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4 years
#4screenwriting alumnus Arinze Kene gets MBE! Wow - huge congrats Arinze!
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Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE, FRSA
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Huge congratulations #ArinzeKene - made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to Drama & Screenwriting! 🎖
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My fortnightly screenwriting newsletter - announcing the entry dates for the 2023 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE @Channel4Skills @Channel4
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2 years
Just spent a very enjoyable & creatively stimulating weekend with these guys on my 2 day screenwriting course
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5 years
Delighted to see no less than SIX #4screenwriting graduates on this year's TV #TheBritList , with @KarenMCogan & the wonderful 'Fled' at the top of the list. Also thrilled to see Abi Gliddon's brilliant 'Cutting Class' on the list
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The Brit List
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The Brit List: TV 2019 is now officially live! Congratulations to all 25 writers! 👏 Follow the link to see he full list on our website. #TheBritList2019 #TheBritList #UKscreenwriters #UKScripts
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4 years
Lots of dramatic writing / script development opportunities / deadlines today @bbcwritersroom @LyricBelfast @BadWolf_TV @arcolatheatre
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This week's SCREENWRITING newsletter - REJECTION! - guest blog by #4screenwrting alumna @annalisadinn
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4 years
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
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I just sent out an email to everyone who applied for the 2020 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE @Channel4 @4Talent
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3 years
Not sure when this is coming out in the UK but so proud that one of the leads is my nephew Woody. I'm obvs biased but he and the film are wonderful. Don't miss it!
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This week's #screenwriting newsletter - on verbal & written pitches + the latest from 4screenwriting 2021
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6 years
Essential reading if you want to submit your script for the BBC Drama Room initiative (and you should!)
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BBC Writers
6 years
Check out our @TwitterMoments ⚡️ “BBC Writersroom's Script Room Q&A” to find out all about our upcoming submission window for #Drama scripts (open 10th December - 7th January)
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I'm holding a free zoom Q&A about the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course tomorrow Sept 10th 1-2pm. Please register in advance & reply to this tweet with any questions you'd like to ask
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2 years
Great to be back in the 3D room with these excellent ⁦ @Channel4Skills ⁩ trainee script editors for the last 2 days
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5 years
VOTE and vote tactically to get rid of Johnson #dogsatpollingstations
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This week's screenwriting newsletter - feedback from the #4screenwriting script readers for writers
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5 years
Very proud of my brilliant daughter’s credit on #ShameInTheGame @bbc excellent doc - sad but important
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1st ever Zoom meet-up with 2020 #4screenwriting writers & editors. Great to see them all & listen to the excellent Hilary Norrish
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My final screenwriting newsletter of the year - announcing my new Script Library - Happy Christmas to all readers of the newsletter!
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This week's SCREENWRITING newsletter - about new writers, story & learning from the best
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Screenplays to read!
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Scott Myers
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2023–2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 3 New Scripts: Air, Cassandro, Foe. This is the time of year studios release scripts to the public. Download them while you can! #movies #screenwriting
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A guy just rang @LBC in tears to apologise for voting Leave. I despise the @Conservatives for all their self-seeking destructive lying greedy hypocrisy with an absolute passion today. People are going to suffer hugely for thier arrogance.
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John Harris
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The Tory Party is breaking Britain, & in the process, it is breaking itself. The gravity of this gets lost in the social media age, but this is as historic as politics gets in peacetime.
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Everything that stinks about the right wing press in the UK. A blight on all our lives
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Marcus Rashford
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Ok, so let’s address this. I’m 23. I came from little. I need to protect not just my future but my family’s too. To do that I made a decision at the beg of 2020 to start investing more in property. Please don’t run stories like this alongside refs to ‘campaigning’.
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For screenwriters and actors watch this and observe what unconvincing lying looks like
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4 years
What a brilliant scene!
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I just signed the petition calling on Culture Secretary @OliverDowden to scrap his damaging plans to sell off Channel 4 to a private buyer! Can you add your name too?
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4 years
Huge congratulations to #4screenwriting alumni @_CatJones @om_wunmi & @AstroMinx for getting onto this year's @Brit_List
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Philip Shelley
4 years
on zoom talking all things #screenwriting for 1st weekend of #4screenwriting 2021 with some great guest speakers @TheresaIkoko @annalisadinn @xymyorkrapper @lynseymiller8 & more
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