What Guild members are getting up to

Playwright BOB ADAMS has now had his first novel published. Spybus is a humorous spy thriller. There will be a book launch at Blackwells in Edinburgh on Thursday 29th January at 6.30.pm.Publisher Legend Press ISBN 978-1-84923-053-7

MARTIN ALLEN wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 2nd February.

DAVID ASHTON'S radio play McLevy is going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 3rd February.

JESSE ARMSTRONG, SAM BAIN and SIMON BLACKWELL'S new 6-part sitcom The Old Guys is going out on BBC1 at 9.30pm on Saturday 31st. Starring Roger Lloyd Pack, Clive Swift, Jane Asher and Katherine Parkinson.

MARK BURT wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 2nd February.

JOHN CHAMBERS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 3rd February.

GABY CHIAPPE wrote the episode of Lark Rise To Candleford going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 1st February.

ANNA CLEMENTS wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Friday 6th February.

PAUL COATES wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 3rd February.

DAVE COHEN thought it was about time someone made a documentary about the work life balance so he went and did it himself. It will be going out on BBC Radio 4 at 11am on Monday 2 Feb. And you can always catch it at listen again on for a week after or download it as a podcast

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "When Did You Last See Your Money?" going out on BBC2 at 6:30pm on Saturday 31st January.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 6th February.

RACHEL FLOWERDAY wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 2nd and at 7:30pm on Tuesday 3rd February.

FRASER GRACE'S play The Lifesavers is being performed at Theatre 503 from 27th January till 21st February. To find out more and to book tickets go to www.theatre503.com or call on 0207 978 7040.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 6th February.

Congratulations to GUY HIBBERT who won the prestigious World Cinema Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival last week for Five Minutes of Heaven.

STEVE HUGHES wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 4th February.

LINDA M. JAMES'S book How To Write Great Screenplays has been published by How To Books. To find out more, please visit www.writingunderwater.co.uk.

DAVID LEMON wrote the screenplay for the feature film comedy Faintheart which opened this week at cinemas nationwide3. It will be released on DVD from Monday 2nd February.

Congratulations to MIKE LEIGH who has been nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Happy-Go-Lucky.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 6th February.

TONY MCHALE wrote the episode of Trial & Retribution "Shooter" 1/2 going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Friday 6th February.

ROY MITCHELL wrote the episode of New Tricks "Casualty" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Wednesday 4th February.

DEBORAH MOGGACH's dramatisation of The Diary of Anne Frank continues on BBC2 on Saturday 31st January from 5.00 - 6.30 pm.

JONATHAN MYERSON'S radio play The Invasion: Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade is going out on Radio 4 at 3:00pm on Sunday 1st February.

WILLIAM NICHOLSON has been commissioned by Shine Pictures to write a screenplay, “1066,” about the confrontation between England’s King Harold and William, Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror), for control of the English throne.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Demons "Smitten" going out on ITV1 at 7:50pm on Saturday 31st January.

GILLIAN RICHMOND wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 5th and at 8:00pm on Friday 6th February.

SI SPENCER wrote the episode of The Bill "One Year On" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 5th February.

TIM STIMPSON wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 1st February till Friday 6th February with each episode being repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

TOM STOPPARD's show, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, originally created along with the composer Andre Previn in 1977, is currently revived at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre.

JOHN SULLIVAN wrote the episode of The Green Green Grass going out on BBC1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 5th February.

JOE TURNER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on 4th February.

KATHARINE WAY wrote the episode of Doctors "Wanted" going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Tuesday 3rd February.