Our fifth Script Essentials session was hosted by writer and filmmaker Sai Karan Talwar with professional script readers ...

Script Consultant Philip Shelley explains why spec scripts are fundamental to the industry and shares some great advice. As the dates for our next annual Open Call will be announced very soon, we ...

Happy New Year from the BBC Writers team! Get stuck into some reading with a bumper batch of new scripts just added to our library. "As 2025 draws to a close, we're delighted to be able to add a new ...

With all the debate over scripts versus storyboards, animation writer Steve Marmel (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, et al) has jumped into the fray, and put his money where his mouth is. Marmel, on ...

2025 has been another busy year here at BBC Writers. Our annual Open Call for script submissions recently closed, with a record of 5735 eligible scripts submitted. Our freelance readers are already ...