What Guild members are getting up to

PAUL ABBOTT has just signed a three-year, first-look distribution deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises and his new company, Abbott Vision. Paul said that FME's approach to project development was "spot on." He said: "Too many industry people are reacting to the economic situation by diving for their emergency media survival manuals. That's the opposite of where I stand. It's wrong, it's destructive and it will force creative talent into a tailspin. We should all be investing in imagination now. It's a lot more fun and it's the only credible asset that can rescue the screen drama industry."

SIMON J. ASHFORD wrote the episode of Robin Hood "Cause and Effect" going out on BBC1 at 6:25pm on Saturday 4th April.

SAMINA BAIG wrote the episode of Holby City "Careful What You Wish For" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 7th April.

RICHARD BURKE wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 8th April.

RICHARD CURTIS wrote and directed the film The Boat that Rocked, now on general release nationwide.

MARY CUTLER wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Monday 6th till Friday 10th April with each episode being repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original release.

HELEN FARRALL wrote the episode of Doctors "One for the Road" going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Wednesday 8th April.

RACHEL FLOWERDAY wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 9th April.

JULIA GILBERT wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 6th and at 7:30pm on Tuesday 7th April.

DAWN HARRISON wrote the episode of Doctors "Hole" going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Tuesday 7th April.

GUY HIBBERT'S award-winning drama Five Minutes of Heaven is going out on BBC2 at 9:00pm on Sunday 5th April. Starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbit, it explores aspects of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

DEBBIE HORSFIELD wrote the episode of All the Small Things going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Tuesday 7th April.

STEVE HUGHES wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 9th April.

ROBERT JONES wrote the episode of The No. 1 Detective Agency "Problems in Moral Philosophy" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Sunday 5th April.

MIKE LEIGH: The BBC Collection DVD boxset will be released on 6 April. In six DVDs it contains all of the BBC's surviving Mike Leigh works, from 1973's Hard Labour to the Long Goodbye in 2000 , including classics like Abigail's Party, Nuts In May and Grown-Ups. It includes his own director's commentaries, a booklet, documentaries and a few rarely-seen short films from 1975.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 7th April.

DAVID MCDERMOTT wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 8th April.

DAVID NOBBS'S adaptation of What a Carve Up! begins on Radio 4 at 11:30pm on Monday 6th April.

JESSE O'MAHONEY wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 6th April.

DAVID STAFFORD co-wrote the episode of Hazelbeach going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 6th April.

CHRIS THOMPSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 6th April.

JOE TURNER wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Friday 10th April.

NICK WARBURTON'S radio series Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke continues on Radio 4 with Jerusalem going out at 2:15pm on Tuesday 7th and Tested on Thursday 9th April.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 6th and at 7:30pm on Wednesday 8th April.