Showing posts with label What Guild members are getting up to. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 04, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

MARTIN ALLEN wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 8th December.

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Tuesday 7th December.

SIMON BRETT'S comedy murder mystery A Charles Paris Mystery: Murder in the Title, adapted by JEREMY FRONT goes out on Radio 4 at 11:30pm on Monday 6th December.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Boots, Boots, Boots" going out on BBC2 at 6:55pm on Saturday 4th December.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 10th December.

MARK EVANS'S Bleak Expectations continues on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Thursday 9th December.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Tuesday 7th December.

ROSEMARY FRIEDMAN'S memoir Life is a Joke - A Writer's Memoir was published by Arcadia Books on 11th November. It is a thoughtful, inspiring and often very funny account of how creativity can banish the everyday "disagreeables", not least of which is ageism. As she tries to make sense of everything life has thrown at her, Rosemary Friedman takes us behind the scenes of playwriting and publishing and gives us her insights into a wide variety of topics, from serious illness to food, friends, families, religion and travel.

DAVID GOODERSON's 60-minute stage adaptation of The Wind in the Willows opens at the Maltings Arts Centre, Farnham on Wednesday 8th December and runs until 12th December. More details and Booking: www.farnhammaltings.com

MARK ILLIS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 10th December.

JULIAN JONES wrote the episode of Merlin "The Coming of Arthur" going out on BBC1 at 7:40pm on Saturday 4th December.

JESSICA LEA wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th December.

DARAN LITTLE wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 9th and at 8:00pm on Friday 10thDecember.

JIMMY McGOVERN co-wrote the episode of Accused "Liam's Story" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Monday 6th December.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 9th December.

GUY MEREDITH'S radio play Sky High goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Friday 10th December.

CAROLINE MITCHELL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 9th December.

CARMEL MORGAN wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm Friday 10th December.

DAVID STAFFORD co-wrote the episode of Hazelbeach going out on Radio 4 at 11:30pm on Wednesday 8th December.

JOE TURNER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 6th December.

NICK WARBURTON'S radio play On Mardle Fen begins a new series with the episode Bird in Hand going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 6th December.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 6th December.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 6th December.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Work by Guild members in the next week

JESSE ARMSTRONG and SAM BAIN'S Peep Show starts it's seventh series at 10:00pm on C4 on Friday 26th November.

RICHARD BURKE wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Friday 26th November.

JANE BUSSMANN is performing Bussmann's Holiday: The Worst Date Ever at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London on 7th and 8th December and on 14th December at The Houses of Parliament, Grand Committee Room, Westminster, London.

SONIA CASTANG'S short film Ashes has been selected for the UnderWire Festival, a new festival to discover new female film-making talent. It has been shortlisted in the Best Director category and it is showing on Saturday 20th November at 2:00pm ().

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "The Big Parade" going out on BBC2 at 7:30pm on Saturday 20th November.

RICHARD BEVAN'S play Trading Faces has been nominated for "Best Play" by the Offie Awards (Off West End).

JEREMY FRONT'S adaptation of Simon Brett's comedy murder mystery A Charles Paris Mystery: Murder in the Title goes out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 22nd November.

JULIAN JONES wrote the episode of Merlin "The Sorcerer's Shadow" going out on BBC1 at 7:45pm on Saturday 20th November.

KIKI KENDRICK'S play Next! is on at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London at 7:30pm until 28th November (Sunday at 6:30pm). Tickets cost £9 and can be booked at the box office on 02074824857.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 22nd November.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Thursday 25th November.

DARAN LITTLE wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 25th November.

GARRY LYONS wrote Amazonia, featuring Rory Kinnear and Michelle Dockery, which can be heard on Radio 3 on Sunday 21st November. Garry's adaptation of The Secret Garden runs at Birmingham Rep Theatre from November 25th to January 8th.

JIMMY McGOVERN wrote the episode of Accused "Frankie's Story" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Monday 22nd November.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 22nd November.

JONATHAN MYERSON'S radio series Number Ten concludes on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 22nd November.

Congratulations to DAVID NICHOLLS, who last week won the Galaxy Popular Book of the Year Award for his novel One Day. The film version, scripted by Nicholls himself, and starring the American actress Anne Hathaway in the lead is due for release in autumn 2011.

LESLEY CLARE O'NEILL co-wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 25th November. She also wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 26th November.

CHRISTOPHER REASON wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 22nd November.

DAVID STAFFORD co-wrote the episode of Hazelbeach going out on Radio 4 at 11:30pm on Wednesday 24th November.

DANNY STACK wrote this week's episode of CBBC's Roy on Saturday 20th November at 11:00am on BBC2. The show has recently been nominated for two Baftas, including Best Children's Drama, and earlier this year won the RTS Award for Best Children's Drama.

BILL TAYLOR wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 a 7:00pm on Tuesday 23rd and 24th November.

MARTYN WADE'S dramatisation of the final weeks in the life of English composer EJ Moeran goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Friday 26th November.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Friday 26th November.

AMANDA WHITTINGTON has five linked plays, Paradise Place, going out on Radio 4 at 7:45pm from Monday 22nd till Friday 26th November.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 22nd November.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

MARTIN ALLEN wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 19th November.

BILL ARMSTRONG wrote all five episodes of the new series The Indian Doctor starring Mark Williams, Ayesha Dharker and Sanjeev Bhaskar. It goes out on BBC1 at 2:15pm from Monday 15th till Friday 19th November.

MARK BURT wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 15th November.

JANE BUSSMANN is performing Bussmann's Holiday: The Worst Date Ever at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London on 7th and 8th December and on 14th December at The Houses of Parliament, Grand Committee Room, Westminster, London.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Sons of the Sea" going out on BBC2 at 7:30pm on Saturday 13th November.

TIM DYNEVOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 15th November.

DARREN FAIRHURST wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 17th November.

STEVEN FAY wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th November.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 18th November.

ALISON FISHER'S short story took first place in the Bridport Prize judged by Zoe Heller.

RACHEL FLOWERDAY wrote the episode of Casualty "The Enemy Within" going out on BBC1 at 8:20pm on Saturday 13th November.

ADRIAN FLYNN wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 14th till Friday 19th November. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

ROBERT FORREST wrote the episode of The Pillow Book going out on Radio 4 at 7:45pm on Monday 15th November.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 19th November.

ADRIAN HODGES'S screenplay for the film My Week with Marilyn is currently being shot at Pinewood Studios, starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier. The director is Simon Curtis and the producer is David Parfitt.

JAYNE HOLLINSON wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 15th November.

ALISON JOSEPH wrote the episode of SOS: Save Our Souls "Signing" going out on Radio 4 at 7:45pm on Sunday 14th November.

NEIL LEYSHON'S fictional response to a story in the week's news From Fact to Fiction goes out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm on Saturday 13th November.

JANE MARLOW wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 15th of November.

JIMMY McGOVERN has been interviewed by the broadcaster and journalist Mark Lawson about his life and career on BBC4 at 9:00pm - 10:00pm on Sunday 21st November. Covering such topics as his memories of working-class Liverpool, how his struggles with speech drove his love of words and the impact of Catholicism on him. The pair also reflect on his writing achievements, from Brookside and Cracker through to the controversial 1994 film Priest and the BBC drama Accused.

ROLAND MOORE'S series Land Girls won four RTS Midlands Awards at the 2010 ceremony in November. The series won Best Drama, Best Actress (Sophie Ward), Best Actor (Danny Webb), and Best Newcomer (Becci Gemmell). Congratulations to all the cast and crew!

PAUL MYATT wrote the episode of Doctors "The Men Who Came to Dinner" going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Thursday 11th November.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Thursday 18th November.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Merlin "Queen of Hearts" going out on BBC1 at 7:20pm on Saturday 13th November. His series Misfits continues it's second series on E4 at 10:00pm on Thursday 18th November.

CHRISTOPHER REASON wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th November.

STEPHEN SHERIDAN'S Writers' Guild award-winning dramatisation of Anthony Horowitz's children's novel Groosham Grange is being repeated on BBC7 at 5:00am on Friday 12th November.

DAVID STAFFORD co-wrote the episode of Hazelbeach going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Wednesday 17th November.

BARRY STONE'S novel Barking At Winston has been published by Zircon Press (ISBN 978095663204) and is available at bookshops now for £6.99.

BILL TAYLOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 18th November.

Saturday, November 06, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

RAY BROOKING wrote the episode of Doctors "Tiny Whispers" going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Friday 5th November.

JANE BUSSMANN is performing Bussmann's Holiday: The Worst Date Ever at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London on 7th and 8th December and on 14th December at The Houses of Parliament, Grand Committee Room, Westminster, London.

PAUL COATES wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th and Friday 12th November.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY co-wrote the episode of Dad's Army "No Spring for Frazer" going out on BBC2 at 8:00pm on Saturday 6th November.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 8th November.

JAMES DANIEL has written his first children’s book, The Pickle-Smith Trunk-Warmer – a schoolboy inventor’s tale stuffed with brainy ideas, skiing elephants and warty jungle trolls. Illustrated by Gavin Brearey, the book is published by EarthMonkey Media. See www.picklesmith.co.uk.

CLIVE DAWSON'S screenplay The Animators, in development at Qwerty Films, was voted on to the Ruby Films/BBC Films Brit List of best unproduced screenplays written this year.

MAUREEN DUFFY'S play Sappho Singing, starring Jackie Skarvellis, is on at Teatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Road, NW1 1TT from 16th till 20th November at 8:00pm (matinee at 2:30pm on Saturday) and at The White Bear, 138 Kennington Park Road, SE11 4DJ on 28th November at 8:30pm and on 29th at 7:30pm. Book tickets at www.teatrotechnis.com and www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk.

ANDREW ELLARD'S radio sitcom pilot I'm Not With Him is now available - free! iTunes: http://j.mp/cF7B2h Direct: http://j.mp/9xqmBC.

FIONA EVANS' play The Price of Everything is on from 28th October till 13th November with The Stephen Joseph Theatre Company Westborough, Scarborough, YO11 1JW. Tickets cost between £10 and £20 with student tickets just £7 and can be booked by calling the Box Office on 01723 370541 or online at www.sjt.uk.com.

LISA EVANS' play The Day The Waters Came will be on at Takeoff Festival on 12th November and at The Drum, Plymouth from 23rd-27th November.

JULIAN FELLOWES wrote the episode of Downton Abbey going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Sunday 7th November.

RACHEL FLOWERDAY wrote the episode of Casualty "Hands On" going out on BBC1 at 8:40pm on Saturday 6th November.

ADRIAN FLYNN wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 7th till Friday 12th November. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

JEREMY FRONT'S dramatisation of A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of Disappearance concludes on Radio 4 at 11:00pm on Thursday 11th November.

ROB GITTINS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 8th November.

PIPPA HINCHLEY is the runner-up in the nextventertainment competition in L.A. with her Victorian, supernatural love story feature: One White Crow.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 11th November.

RICHARD McBRIAN co-wrote the episode of Spooks going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Monday 8th November.

NICHOLAS McINERNY has a play-reading of Lazyeye coming up at the Tristan Bates Theatre, the Actors Centre, WC2H 9NP on Thursday 11th November at 4:00pm.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 12th November.

CAROLINE MITCHELL wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 11th November.

JONATHAN MYERSON'S Number Ten continues on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 8th November.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Thursday 11th November.

JANE PEARSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 12th November.

CLIVE WOOLLANDS has had his first book Blood Moon published under the pseudonym Robert H. Tempest. It is available for uploading as an ebook for £4.37 and in paperback for £6.88. http://offthebookshelf.com/authors/33-robert-h-tempest#584

GRAHAM WOOLNOUGH'S one-man play Tea with the Old Queen, based on the fictional diaries of William Tallon. The production runs from 23rd November to 27th November at 8:00pm at the Old Sorting Office, 49 Station Road, Barnes Green, London SW13 0LF. Tickets are £9.50 (conc. £8.50) www.osoarts.org.uk, Box office: 02088769885.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

BENNETT ARRON'S account of identity theft It Wasn't Me, It Was Bennett Arron is on at The Radlett Centre on Wednesday 3rd November at 8:00pm. You can book tickets at the box office on 01923859291 or online at www.radlettcentre.co.uk.

RICHARD BEVAN’S play Trading Faces at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre continues until 6th Nov. The play examines the battle between modern love and a culture of self gratification. Time Out described the play as ‘witty, poignant and salacious’ ‘sharp and touching’ and ‘a great choice for the pub theatre space’
Tickets £12/£10. Box Office Ticketweb 0844477100

RICHARD BURKE wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th November.

MARK BURT wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 4th November.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Man Hunt" going out on BBC2 at 6:40pm on Saturday 30th October.

DARREN FAIRHURST wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 3rd November.

JEREMY FRONT'S dramatisation of A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of Disappearance continues on Radio 4 at 11:00pm on Thursday 4th November.

KULVINDER GILL has a rehearsed reading of the first 10 minutes of his sitcom The Folks on the Hill as part of the Off The Page event at the London Screenwriters Festival on Saturday 30th October at 8:00pm.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 5th November.

MARTHA HILLIER wrote the episode of Holby City "Tough, Love" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 2nd November.

JAYNE HOLLINSON wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 5th November.

JULIAN JONES wrote the episode of Merlin "The Eye of the Phoenix" going out on BBC1 at 7:55pm on Saturday 30th October.

KIKI KENDRICK’s one-woman show Next! will be having it’s first London run 9th-28th Nov 7:30pm (Tuesday-Saturday, Sunday 6.30pm) at the Etcetera Theatre London NW1 7BU. Written and performed by Kiki Kendrick, directed by James Barry for Liberated Theatre.

PENNY LEICESTER'S dramatisation of So Much For That goes continues on Radio 4 at 7:45pm on Monday 1st November.

JONATHAN MYERSON'S Number Ten continues on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 1st November.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Thursday 4th November.

LESLEY CLARE O'NEILL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 2nd November.

JULIE PARSONS wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 4th November.

NICK WARBURTON'S radio play Setting A Glass goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 2nd November.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 1st November.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

CAREY ANDREWS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Tuesday 26th October.

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 27th October.

GARY BROWN'S fictionalised account of real events surrounding a Middle Eastern plot to kill the British Foreign Secretary just after the Second World War goes out on Radio 4 at 2:30pm on Saturday 23rd October.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Branded" going out on BBC2 at 7:45pm on Saturday 23rd October.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 25th October.

JOHN FOSTER'S Five Go Killing is on at the Lighthouse Studio, Poole on Saturday 30th October at 4:30pm. Tickets are £6 (£4 concessions), to book call the box office on 08444068666 or go to www.lighthousepoole.co.uk for more information.

JEREMY FRONT'S dramatisation of A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of Disappearance continues on Radio 4 at 11:00pm on Thursday 28th October.

LISA HOLDSWORTH wrote the episode of New Tricks "Coming Out Ball" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Friday 29th October.

JOHN KERR wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 28th October.

PETER KERRY wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 26th October.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 29th October.

PENNY LEICESTER'S dramatisation of So Much for That begins on Radio 4 at 7:45pm on Monday 25th October.

DARAN LITTLE wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 29th October.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 28th October.

ROLAND MOORE was creator and lead writer of Land Girls, which begins a repeat run of its first series stripped across the week from Monday 25th October to Friday 29th October at 2:15pm on BBC1.

JONATHAN MYERSON'S Number Ten begins a new series on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 25th October.

DAVID NOBBS c0-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Thursday 28th October.

DEBBIE OATES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 29th October.

JULIE PARSONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 25th October.

PATREA SMALLACOMBE wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th October.

TIM STIMPSON wrote the episodes of The Archers on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 24th till Friday 29th October. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broad cast.

ANDREW S. WALSH wrote the English version of the new Professor Layton animated film Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva available now on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

RICHARD BEVAN’S first commissioned stage play is at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 19th Oct – 6th Nov. Trading Faces examines the battle between modern love and a culture of self-gratification. Even in a world of mobile phones and emails, affairs aren’t always easy to hide from partners. In a society that encourages everyone to have it all, are we in danger of losing sight of what’s really important? Tickets £12/£10. Box Office 0844477100.

A Medal for Murder by FRANCES BRODY (aka Frances McNeil) is published in paperback by Piatkus/Little Brown on 7th Octber. Set in Harrogate in 1922, this is the second in the Kate Shackleton Mystery series.

Frances will be doing lunchtime signings at Waterstone's, Leeds on 16th October; Waterstone's, Lancaster on 23rd October; and Waterstone's, Harrogate on 30th October. Frances will be speaking at Waterstone's in the Wool Exchange, Bradford, at 6.30pm on Thursday 28th October. See www.frances-brody.com for details.

MARK BURT wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 18th October.

JADEN CLARK wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 22nd October.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY co-wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Menace from the Deep" going out on BBC2 at 7:30pm on Saturday 16th October.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 22nd October.

North East playwright FIONA EVANS’S new play premieres at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough this autumn. Tense and thrilling, The Price of Everything calculates the price we pay for material possessions and the effect it has on our loved ones. The Price of Everything stars Andrew Dunn, who appeared in Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies; Julie Riley, who recently starred in Amateur Girl for Hull Truck Theatre; and 17-year-old rising star Jodie Comer. Tickets cost between £10 and £20, with student tickets just £7, and can be booked by calling the box office on 01723 370541 or online at www.sjt.uk.com.

JEREMY FRONT'S dramatisation of A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of Disappearance goes out on Radio 4 at 11:00pm on Thursday 21st October.

HENRIETTA HARDY wrote the episode of Doctors on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Tuesday 19th October.

ROB JOHNSTON'S blackly comic play Under My Skin is being produced by Breathe Out Theatre at Studio Salford 13th-16th Oct at 8:oopm. Tickets from www.studiosalford.com.

NEIL JONES wrote the episode of Waterloo Road going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 20th October.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 22nd October.

PAUL LAVERTY wrote the screenplay for Route Irish and it was directed by Ken Loach. It will be screened as part of the London Film Festival on 23rd October.

JESSICA LEA wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd October.

MIKE LEIGH'S new film, Another Year, will have its UK premier simultaneously at cinemas around the country on Monday 18th October at 6:45pm for 7:00pm start. The premiere is the Centerpiece Gala at this year's London Film Festival, hosted by the Mayor of London. The screening will be followed by an onstage Q&A, live via satellite, with Mike Leigh and cast members Lesley Manville, Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 20th October.

JAN McBRIDE has won an international literature prize, the "Lit Award Ruhr Oberhausen 2010" with her short story Tiny Fingers, Tiny Toes.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Thursday 21st October.

JANE PEARSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm Monday 18th October.

ALISTAIR RUTHERFORD'S feature-length science-fiction screenplay, Backflip, is one of the two winners of the latest Wildsound Feature Screenplay Contest. On Saturday 16th October both winning scripts have their first acts read through by professional actors in a public event at the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto. The reading is filmed and put on the internet. The winner of a subsequent audience and online vote then has a full read-through in a similar event in December.

KATHRINE SMITH wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 18th October.

BILL TAYLOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 22nd October.

JAN WOOLF'S book Fugues on a Funny Bone was launched on Tuesday 12th October at Daunt Books in Holland Park, West London. "Witty, poignant and penetrating, Jan Woolf's collection of stories takes the reader on an episodic journey through the interlinking lives of children and adults in a small London education 'unit' for troubled children. From a Hackney towpath to a day trip to Albania, she covers subjects as disparate as physics, communism and pornography...".

JUSTIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Holby City "Shifts" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 19th October.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 21st October.

Friday, October 01, 2010

Work by Guild members in next seven days

MARTIN ALLEN wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 8th October.

DAVID ASHTON'S dramatisation of Emma Smith's fictionalised memoir Maidens' Trip goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Friday 8th October.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "The Day the Balloon Went Up" going out on ITV1 at 6:00pm on Saturday 2nd October.

RICHARD DAVIDSON wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 7th and at 8:00pm on Friday 8th October.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 4th October.

JIMMY GARDNER wrote the episode of Inspector George Gently "Peace and Love" which concludes on BBC1 at 8:30pm on Sunday 3rd October.

MARTIN JAMESON'S radio play, in four parts, Stone continues with part two, Collateral Damage, going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Wednesday 6th October.

ROB JOHNSTON'S stage-play Einstein's Daughter comes to the Hyde Festival Theatre 28th Sept - 2th Oct at 7:45pm following a north-west tour. Tickets at www.quaytickets.com.

NEIL JONES wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 4th October.

RICHARD McBRIEN wrote the episode of Spooks going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Monday 4th October.

GRAHAM MITCHELL wrote the episode of Holby City "Revelations" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 5th October.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 1:45pm on Wednesday 6th October. His radio comedy series The Maltby Collection continues on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 6th October.

DEBBIE OATES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 7th October.

PAUL ROUNDELL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 6th October.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 8th October.

NICOLA WILSON wrote the episode of Casualty "Into the Fog" going out on BBC1 at 8:40pm on Saturday 2nd October 2nd.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Work by Guild members in the next seven days

JOHN ANTROBUS co-wrote Not Tonight, Caligula which is on at the Leicester Square Theatre.

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 30th September.

SONIA CASTANG'S short film Ashes will be showing at the 3rd Branchage International Film Festival in Jersey on 26th September. The cast features Meryl Fernandes (EastEnders), Pushpinder Chani, Shobna Gulati (Coronation Street, Dinner Ladies) and Harvey Virdi (Brick Lane, Britz)

DAVID COOK'S radio play Walter Now, starring Sir Ian McKellen, is going out on Radio 4 at 2:30pm on Saturday 25th September.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Big Guns" going out on BBC2 at 6:30pm on Saturday 25th September.

SASHA HAILS wrote the episode of Casualty "Only the Lonely" going out on BBC1 at 8:35pm on Saturday 25th September.

CAROLINE HARRINGTON wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 26th September to Friday 1st October.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 27th September.

MARK ILLIS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 28th September.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 30th September.

JOHN KERR wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Friday 1st October.

NEIL JONES wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Thursday 30th September and at 6:30pm on Friday 1st October.

PENNY LEICESTER'S adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel The Beginning of Spring goes out on Radio 4 in five episodes at 10:45am from Monday 27th September to Friday 1st October.

JUSTIN MACGREGOR'S play The Play That Killed Me is on at The Lowry, Manchester on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October at 8:00pm. To book tickets (£5, £7.50 and £10) please go to www.thelowry.com/studio or call the box office on 08432086010.

CAROLINE MITCHELL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 29th September.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 10:55pm on Wednesday 29th September. His museum-based sitcom The Maltby Collection continues on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 29th September.

LESLEY CLARE O'NEIL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 30th September.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Merlin "Goblin's Gold" going out on BBC1 at 7:00pm on Saturday 25th September.

DANNY STACK'S short film Origin has its world premiere at Brancharge International Film Festival on Sunday 26th September. Danny also recently launched the UK Scriptwriters podcast with Tim Clague where they talk about the latest on the UK scriptwriting scene.

CHRIS THOMPSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00opm on Friday 1st October.

JACK THORNE co-wrote This Is England '86, which concludes on C4 at 10:00pm on Tuesday 28th September.

NIGEL WILLIAMS'S radio comedy series HR concludes with the episode Consulting going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 27th September.

Friday, September 17, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

CAREY ANDREWS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Tuesday 21st September.

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio play series Pilgrim concludes with the episode "Hope Springs" going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 21st September.

RICHARD BURKE wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd September.

JANYS CHAMBERS'S dramatisation of My Family and Other Animals concludes on Radio 4 at 9:00pm on Saturday 18th September.

STEVE CHAMBERS has written the 5 part Woman's Hour Drama Hysteria going out on Radio 4 at 10:45am on Monday 20th September and for the rest of the week. Denise's marriage unravels as hysteria rises over prostitute murders in Middlesborough.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Room at the Bottom" going out on BBC2 at 5:15pm on Saturday 18th September.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 24th September.

KATIE DOUGLAS wrote the episode of Waterloo Road going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 22nd September.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 23rd September.

ROB GITTINS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 24th September.

PHILIP GOULDING'S stage adaptation of T.E.B. Clarke's Ealing Comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt is currently being toured by Bruce James Productions (7th September - 23rd October)

TOM GREEN'S radio play For Ever England goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Wednesday 22nd September.

LISA HOLDSWORTH wrote the episode of New Tricks "Left Field" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Friday 24th September.

JULIAN JONES wrote the episode of Merlin "The Tears of Uther Pendragon" going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Saturday 18th September.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 20th September.

PETER KERRY wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 22nd September.

MARK ILLIS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 21st September.

JESSICA LEA wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Friday 24th September.

JANE MARLOW wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 23rd September.

JAN MCVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 20th September.

DAVID NOBBS'S sitcom The Maltby Collection goes out on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 22nd September. He also has a radio play on Radio 4 We Happened to Be Passing going out at 2:15pm on Friday 24th September.

DEBBIE O'MALLEY wrote the episode of Law & Order: UK "Defence" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Thursday 23rd September.

JANE PEARSON wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 23rd September.

TIM STIMPSON wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 19th to Friday 24th September. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

JACK THORNE co-wrote the episode of This is England '86 going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Tuesday 21st September.

ANDREW S. WALSH wrote the new English version of Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. The first Professor Layton film is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 18th October.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 24th September.

Friday, September 10, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

JESSE ARMSTRONG and SAM BAIN have recently finished filming the seventh series of Peep Show which will commence on Channel 4 in November. In the meantime, here is a link to a behind-the-scenes look at Peep Show.

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio play series Pilgrim continues on Radio 4 with the episode The Lady in the Lake going out at 2:15pm on Tuesday 14th September.

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 16th September.

MOIRA BUFFINI, who wrote the screenplay for Tamara Drewe, will be joined by the director Stephen Frears for a special screening and Q and A at the Tricycle cinema in Kilburn, North London on Tuesday 15th September at 8:15 pm. Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmons which was in turn inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd.

JANICE CHAMBERS' two-part dramatisation of My Family and Other Animals goes out on Radio 4 at 9:00pm on Saturday 11th, Meet the Family - Plus a Few Animals, then at 3:00pm on Sunday 12th September.

ANNA CLEMENTS wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th September.

LISA EVANS'S play The Day The Waters Came starts its UK national tour begins on 16th September till 28th November

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 13th September.

JOHN KERR wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 17th September.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 16th September.

PAUL LAVERTY will be interviewed by Michael Moore, the controversial American film-maker, at the Toronto International Film Festival next Thursday 16th September at 2.30pm, along with Ken Loach, in a public discussion in a "Mavericks" panel.

Paul has got two of his films showing next week at the Toronto International Film Festival: Route Irish, screenplay by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach, which deals with a mercenary coming back from Iraq to Liverpool http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/routeirish and Even The Rain, shot in Bolivia, in Spanish and Quechoa, and dedicated to Howard Zinn.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 13th September.

ANDREA NEWMAN'S hit novel of the 1970s, A Bouquet of Barbed Wire, has been reprinted to tie in with the new three-part remake by Guy Andrews. The first episode can be watched again on www.itv.com. Part two will be on ITV1 on Monday 13th September at 9:00pm.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 10:45pm on Wednesday 15th September. His radio sitcom The Maltby Collection continues its new series on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 15th September.

RHIANNA PRATCHETT is set to write the screenplay for her first feature film, a London-based drama about a group of female vigilantes, to be produced by Simple Productions. Her first feature, working title Vigiliai, will be based in London and follows the rise of a female-centric vigilante group after the rape of a young woman. Shooting is due to being in 2011. Comedy director Amanda Baker, who made the 2009 short film Colour Blind, will direct the film.

Paul Atherton, who will produce for UK outfit Simple Productions, said: "Amanda and I were looking for someone with an unusual and unique voice. This is a big idea and we consciously made the decision to acquire an established writer, albeit one with no film experience, who isn't afraid to break conventions. Rhianna is the perfect choice as she writes from a woman's perspective in a traditionally male arena of violence."

CALEB RANSON co-wrote the drama documentary First Flight, based on the memoirs of Geoffrey Wellum, going out on BBC2 at 9:00pm on Tuesday 14th September. Starring Sam Heughan.

TIM STIMPSON wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 from Sunday 12th till Friday 17th at 7:00pm. Each episode is repeated the day after its original broadcast at 2:00pm.

BILL TAYLOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 17th September.

CHRIS THOMPSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 14th September.

JACK THORNE co-wrote the episode of This Is England '86 going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Tuesday 14th September.

NIGEL WILLIAMS wrote the episode of HR going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 13th September.

JOHN WILSHER wrote the episode of New Tricks "It Smells of Books" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Friday 17th September.

COLIN WYATT wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Tuesday 14th September.

Friday, September 03, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

SIMON ASHDOWN wrote the episodes of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:25pm on Tuesday 7th, at 7:30pm on Thursday 9th and at 8:00pm on Thursday 10th September.

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio series Pilgrim continues with "The Lost Hotel" going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 7th September.

Dying in the Wool, A Kate Shackleton Mystery by FRANCES BRODY (aka Frances McNeil) is now available in Large Print hardback and in Audio from Magna Books. Kate Shackleton, First World War widow turned private detective, investigates the disappearance of a millionaire mill owner. See www.frances-brody.com anmd www.francesmcneil.co.uk

JANYS CHAMBERS'S two-part dramatisation of My Family and Other Animals begins with "Meet the Family - Plus a Few" going out on Radio 4 at 3:00pm on Sunday 5th September.

TIM DYNEVOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 6th September.

JAYNE HOLLINSON wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 6th September.

MARK HOLLOWAY wrote the episode of Heartbeat "Pass the Parcel" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 5th September.

GWYNETH HUGHES'S drama U Be Dead based on a true story of obsession, starring David Morrissey, Alex Lowe and Tara Fitzgerald, going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 5th September.

DARAN LITTLE wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 6th September.

JULIE MAYHEW'S radio play Stopgap goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Wednesday 8th September.

AELISH MICHAEL'S radio drama about the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes, called Dreaming of Foxes can be downloaded from The Independent website - www.independent.co.uk/drama.

SUE MOONEY wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 7th September.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 10:55pm on Wednesday 8th September. He also wrote the first episode of the new series of The Maltby Collection going out on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 8th September.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Vexed going out on BBC2 at 11:10pm on Saturday 4th September.

PAUL ROUNDELL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 9th September.

KATHRINE SMITH wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Wednesday 8th September.

JACK THORNE co-wrote the new series This Is England '86, a follow-up to the Bafta Award-winning This Is England, begins on C4 at 10:00pm on Tuesday 7th September.

JO TOYE wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 5th till Friday 10th September. Each episode is repeated the following day at 2:00pm.

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

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 9th September.

NIGEL WILLIAMS wrote the episode of HR "Wandering" going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 6th September.

Friday, August 27, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio play in four parts begins with the episode "The Drowned Church" on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 31st August.

DAVID BARRY, whose play A Friend of Ronnie's was showcased by Equity members at the Writers' Guild three years ago, performs at the Sarah Thorne Theatre Club, Broadstairs, on 18th and 19th September. He is also appearing in the one-act play which is presented by Katapult along with Maid/Man by US writer Rich Rubin, whose play recently won Katapult's one-act play competition.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY co-wrote the episode of Dad's Army "The Lion Has Phones" going out on BBC2 at 8:30pm on Saturday 28th August.


IAN CURTEIS'S radio dramatisation of Boscobel goes out on Radio 4 at 2:30pm on Saturday 28th August.

RICHARD DAVIDSON wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 2nd September.

ANNE DOWNIE'S first novel The Witches of Pollock will be published by Capercaillie books on 6th October 2010. She will also be appearing at the National Theatre, London in Men Should Weep from 18th October.

LISA HOLDSWORTH wrote the episode of Waterloo Road going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 1st September.

ALEX JONES' one-man play I'm A Minger! is touring again, beginning with a week of performances at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 6th September, before embarking on a national tour, including Northern Ireland. Check out the website for a theatre near you: http://www.imaminger.com.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 30th August.

SUE MOONEY wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 30th August.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the episode of Reggie Perrin going out on BBC1 at 10:45pm on Wednesday 1st September.

DEBBIE OATES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 30th August.

LESLEY CLARE O'NEILL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 31st August.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Vexed going out on BBC2 at 9:00pm on Sunday 29th August.

CHRISTOPHER REASON wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 30th August.

PAUL ROUNDELL wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 2nd September.

WILLIAM STANTON’S play Foul Tide, about the destruction of a Devon village, is on at the Courtyard theatre in London from March 16th – 24th 2011 www.thecourtyard.org.uk

SUE TEDDERN wrote the serial soloparentpals.com, going out on Radio 4 at 10:45am, repeated at 7:45pm, Monday to Friday, 23rd to 27th August.

BERT TYLER-MOORE wrote the episode of Pete versus Life "Ollie's Girlfriend" going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Friday 3rd September.

LIL WARREN'S Sport is War...? is on at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival at The Sin Lounge (upstairs) - venue 339, Cowgate.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Sunday 29th August.

NIGEL WILLIAMS' radio comedy HR continues with the episode "Dogging" going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 30th August.

JUSTIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Holby City "The Last Day of Summer" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 31st August.

Friday, August 20, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

SIMON BRETT'S radio play Quirks goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Thursday 26th August.

MARK BURT wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 27th August.

JONATHAN DAVIDSON'S drama documentary Miss Balcombe's Orchard goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 23rd August.

MATT EVANS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Tuesday 24th August.

ROB GITTINS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 26th August.

PETER KERRY wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 26th August.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 27th August.

JESSICA LEA wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th August.

DAVID NOBBS co-wrote the first episode of the new series of Reggie Perin going out on BBC1 at 10:45pm on Wednesday 25th August.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Vexed going out on BBC2 at 9:00pm on Sunday 22nd August.

STEWART PERMUTT`S new play Real Babies Don`t Cry won a Fringe First Award and is being performed at the Gilded Balloon Teviot Row Bristo Square, Box Office: 0131 6222 6552 or www.gildedballoon.co.uk till 29th August. It stars Richard Dempsey, Janet Prince, Mandi Symonds and the director is Gene David Kirk.

TIM PRICE wrote the episode of Holby City "'Til the Grave" going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Tuesday 25th August.

CAROLE SIMPSON SOLAZZO wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 22nd till Friday 27th August. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

SUE TEDDERN wrote the episode of the new series Soloparentpals.com "A Clean Slate" going out on Radio 4 at 7:45pm on Monday 23rd August.

CHRIS THOMPSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 27th August.

JOE TURNER wrote the episode of Coronation Street on ITV1 at 8:30pm on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 23rd August.

JAMES VOLLMAR'S one act play Timetable will feature in the Theatre Trail at this year's Arundel Festival, during which Drip Action Theatre Co will perform eight one act plays over eight days in eight different venues. First performances are on Saturday 21st August. More details from http://www.arundelfestival.co.uk/Arundel%20Theatre/att-dailylisting.html.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 23rd August.

Friday, August 13, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

ABBY AJAYI wrote the episode of Coming Up: I Don't Care going out on C4 at 11:40pm on Thursday 19th August.

BENNETT ARRON is performing his new show Bennett Arron Has Had Enough at the Canon's Gait, Edinburgh from August 19th - 28th. It's part of the Free Fringe. He is also hosting a one-off Sitcom Writing Workshop on August 26th from 1:15pm-2:15pm. Entry is free. www.bennettarron.com

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 19th August.

PAUL COATES wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Monday 16th August.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY co-wrote the episode of Dad's Army "The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones" going out on BBC2 at 6:00pm on Saturday 14th August.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 20th August.

MARK EVANS'S radio comedy series Bleak Expectations concludes with the episode "Chapter the Last: a Happy Life Broken and Then Mended a Bit" on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 16th August.

STEVEN FAY wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th August.

JOHN FINNEMORE'S radio comedy series Cabin Pressure continues with the episode Johannesburg going out on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 17th August.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 20th August.

JAYNE HOLLINSON wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 19th August.

JANE HOLLOWOOD wrote the episode of Heartbeat "Jobs for the Boys" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 15th August.

JOHN KERR wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 16th August.

DARAN LITTLE wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 20th August.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 16th August.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 16th August.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Misfits going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Saturday 14th August. He also wrote the first episode of the new series Vexed staring Toby Stephens and Lucy Punch going out on BBC2 at 9:00pm on Sunday 15th August.

JEREMY PAUL'S play The Secret of Sherlock Holmes with Peter Egan and Robert Daws, directed by Robin Herford, designed by Simon Higlett, is running at the Duchess Theatre, London WC2, until 11th September.

JANE PEARSON wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th August.

JAMES QUINN's new comedy TWENTY20 about cricket and how it mirrors modern life, continues in repertoire at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough till August 28th.

ALISTAIR RUTHERFORD wrote the script for the short film, Eight Words, which has been accepted for the New York City International Film Festival. The film will screen in competition on Monday 16th August.

CAROLE SIMPSON SOLAZZO wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 from Sunday 15th to Friday 20th August.

RICHARD STONEMAN wrote the episode of Doc Martin "Do Not Disturb" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Friday 20th August.

SIMON STRATTON won the John Brabourne Big 5 Comedy Award for his screenplay Get Miles.

KARIN YOUNG wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 20th August.

Friday, August 06, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

STEVE BUTCHARD is writing a 90-minute single drama called Taken for JIMMY McGOVERN's new indie, RSJ Films. The story centres on child migrants who travel to the UK, where they find themselves working illegally, with their lives tracked by a benevolent policeman. It will be broadcast on BBC1 next year.

PAUL COATES wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Friday 13th August.

DAVID CROFT and JIMMY PERRY wrote the episode of Dad's Army "Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret" going out on BBC2 at 8:30pm on Saturday 7th August.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 13th August.

MARY CUTLER wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 8th till Friday 13th August. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day following its original broadcast.

TIM DYNEVOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 13th August.

MARK EVANS wrote the episode of Bleak Expectations "Chapter the Fifth: an Already Bad Life Made Worse but Sort of on Purpose" going out on Radio 4 at 11:30am on Monday 9th August.

JOHN FINNEMORE wrote the episode of Cabin Pressure "Ipswich" going out on Radio 4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 10th August.

PETER GIBBS wrote the episode of Heartbeat "Deadlier than the Male" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Sunday 8th August.

SASHA HAILS wrote the episode of Casualty "Nice and Easy Does It" going out on BBC1 at 9:20pm on Saturday 7th August.

DAWN HARRISON'S new play All The Queen's Children is on at the Edinburgh Fringe next week from 7th to the 14th August. Venue: 21 C Aquila at 4:50pm. Performed by Reading Youth Theatre it is about unaccompanied minor refugees coming to the UK and ending up in a B&B.

JONATHAN HARVEY has created a new musical, Corrie!, to celebrate 50 golden years of Britain's longest-running and most- loved soap, Coronation Street. Corrie! will have it's premiere tomorrow, Saturday 7 th August and will run until 21st August at the Lowry Theatre in Salford.

MARTHA HILLIER wrote the episode of Holby City "Man with No Name" going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Tuesday 10th August.

NEIL JONES wrote the episodes of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Tuesday 10th and at 6:00pm on Wednesday 11th August.

DAVID LANE wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 9th August.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 12th August.

CAROLINE MITCHELL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 10th August.

TOM NEEDHAM wrote the episode of The Bill "Death Knock" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Tuesday 10th August.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the episode of Misfits going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Saturday 7th August.

PAUL ROUNDELL wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 12th August.

RICHARD STONEMAN'S dramatisation of Rumpole is going out in two parts on Radio 4. The first part, Rumpole and the Family Pride", goes out at 2:15pm on Monday 9th August. The second part, "Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle", goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 10th August.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

JESSE ARMSTRONG and SAM BAIN co-wrote the episode of The Old Guys going out on BBC1 at 9:30pm on Friday 16th July.

COLIN BENNETT'S Book Acting on Television, a craft book for young actors, based upon his legendary courses at RADA, is available from book shops for £10, ISBN 978-1-905493-11-1, or on-line www.actingontv.com. It's very funny and cuts to the chase with most topics, from getting to know casting directors to learning lines. Some of it is quite tedious but if you need to know the facts then... get over it, grit your teeth and read!

MARK BURT wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Friday 16th July.

Congratulations to DICK CURRAN, whose play Islanders is one of 10 chosen for this year’s 24:7 festival in Manchester. An earlier version of the play had a rehearsed reading at Live Theatre but this is its first full-scale production. For more information, see www.247theatrefestival.co.uk/showislanders.html.

JULIE DIXON wrote the episode of The Bill "The Calling" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Tuesday 13th July.

JEFF DODDS wrote the episode of Casualty "Going Solo" going out on BBC1 at 8:25pm on Saturday 10th July.

ROB GITTINS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Monday 12th July.

JESSICA LEA wrote the episode of Hollyoaks going out on C4 at 6:30pm on Friday 16th July.

JAN McVERRY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Monday 12th July.

HOWARD OVERMAN wrote the first episode in the new season of Misfits going out on C4 at 10:00pm on Saturday 10th July.

JULIE PARSONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 12th July.

ANDREW PAYNE wrote the episode of Midsomer Murders "The Dogleg Murders" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 14th July.

JOANNA TOYE wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 11th till Friday 16th July. Each episode will be repeated at 2:00pm the day after its original broadcast.

PETER WHALLEY wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Friday 16th July.

Friday, July 02, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

ALAN AYCKBOURN will direct the world premiere of his 74th play, The Life of Riley. It will play at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 16th September - 16th October. With a few months of his life remaining, George Riley's closest friends remember with love, nostalgia or occasional bursts of downright fury, how deeply he has affected all their past lives. George, though, is plotting one last final farewell which threatens to upset all their future lives. What exactly is the eccentric maverick Riley playing at?

SARAH BAGSHAW wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Thursday 8th July.

SIMON BLACKWELL wrote the episode of the new series of The Old Guys starring Roger Lloyd Pack and Clive Swift.

STEPHEN CHURCHETT wrote the episode of Lewis "Allegory of Love" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Sunday 4th July.

JEFF DODDS wrote the episode of Casualty "Going Solo" going out on BBC1 at 8:50pm on Saturday 3rd July.

The Bridge by KEVIN DYER is on at The Rep Dundee, opening on Friday 9th of July.

CHRIS FEWTRELL wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 5th July.

IAIN FINLAY MCLEOD'S radio play Mr. Anwar's Farewell to Stornoway is going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 6th July.

ROB GITTINS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 9th July.

KATE GLOVER'S play Judenfrei: Love and Death in Hitler's Germany is running in London at the Jewish Museum on 14th and 15th July at 7:30pm , book online at www.jewishmuseum.org.uk, then at The Church of All Hallows by the Tower EC3R 5BJ on 16th July at 7:30pm, book online at www.historiatheatre.com and then at The Guild Church of St. Dunstan-In-The-West on 27th July at 7:30pm, tickets can be booked from the later website address.

PENNY GOLD'S radio play A Chaos of Wealth and Want is going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Friday 9th July.

PHILIP GOULDING'S stage adaptation of William Woodruff's best-selling memoir The Road to Nab End runs at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre from 17th June to 10th July 2010.
www.philipgoulding.com

LISA HOLDSWORTH wrote the episode of New Tricks "A Face for Radio" going out on BBC1 at 9:00pm on Wednesday 7th July.

JULIE JONES wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 8th July.

JOHN KERR wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 5th July.

JAN MCVERRY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Friday 9th July.

LESLEY CLARE O'NEILL wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 6th July.

JULIE PARSONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Friday 9th July.

CHRISTOPHER REASON wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 8th July.

MIRANDA WALKER wrote the play Collaboration, which is at The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury on July 1st – 2nd.

JAMES WOOD wrote the episode of Rev "Jesus Is Awesome" going out on BBC2 at 10:00pm on Monday 5th July.

STEPHEN WYATT'S radio play Gerontius is going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Thursday 8th July.

Friday, June 25, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

CAREY ANDREWS wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 30th June.

SIMON CROWTHER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Monday 28th June.

GREGORY EVANS wrote the episode of The Bill "Solace" going out on ITV1 at 9:00pm on Tuesday 29th June.

ADRIAN FLYNN wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 27th June till Friday 2nd July. Each episode is repeated at 2:00pm the day after its original broadcast.

JONATHAN HARVEY wrote the episodes of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 8:30pm on Thursday 1st and at 8:30pm on Friday 2nd July.

MARK ILLIS wrote the episodes of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 30th June and Thursday 1st July.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 1st July.

STEVEN MOFFAT wrote the episode of Doctor Who "The Big Bang" going out on BBC1 at 6:05pm on Saturday 26th June.

ABI MORGAN was commissioned by Ben Stephenson at the BBC to write a six-part series called The Hour, a drama set in a London newsroom in 1956. A passionate love triangle is set against a backdrop of historic events such as the Suez crisis. She said, "The Hour is a challenging new direction for me that offers the chance to return to characters again and again, and see them develop in a series format. I'm excited about the potential of their stories."

DAVID NOBBS'S radio play Silent Nights goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Friday 2nd July.

CHRIS O'CONNELL is co-directing an assortment of short plays that are on at the Shop Front Theatre in Coventry on 29th, 30th June and 1st July. Times: 1.00pm – 2.15pm Tickets: £3 per day or£8 for 3 day saver ticket
Box Office: 0845 680 1926 Online: www.oxboffice.com Venue address: Theatre Absolute's Shop Front Theatre, 38 City Arcade, Coventry CV1 3HW. If you require further information about the Shop Front Theatre or Theatre Absolute contact: Julia Negus on 02476158341 or julia@theatreabsolute.co.uk

ANDREW PAYNE wrote the episode of Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence" going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Wednesday 30th June.

JAKE RIDDELL wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:30pm on Thursday 1st July.

CHRIS THOMPSON wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Monday 28th June. He also co-wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Tuesday 29th June.

JOE TURNER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Monday 28th June.

JAMES WOOD wrote the first episode of BBC2's new comedy "On Your Knees, Forget the Fees" starring Tom Hollander as Rev Adam Smallbone going out on BBC2 at 10:00pm on Monday 28th June.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

What Guild members are getting up to

SIMON ASHDOWN wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:00pm on Wednesday 23rd June.

Congratulations to ALAN AYCKBOURN for winning a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio play Pilgrim, which has gone out in four parts, concludes with Gainst All Disaster which is going out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Monday 21st June.

SIMON BOVEY'S radio play Mountain of Light is going out on Radio 4 at 2:30pm on Saturday 19th June.

MICHAEL CHAPLIN'S radio play Two-Pipe Problem goes out on Radio 4 in two parts, the first of which is Right Old Charlie going out at 2:15pm on Tuesday 22nd June. The second part, The Memory Man Forgets, goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Wednesday 23rd June.

Congratulations to BRIAN CLEMENS for having being included in the Birthday Honours List and awarded an OBE for "services to broadcasting and drama".

RACHEL FLOWERDAY wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 7:00pm on Monday 21st June.

ADRIAN FLYNN wrote the episodes of The Archers going out on Radio 4 at 7:00pm from Sunday 20th till Friday 25th June, with each episode being repeated at 2:00pm the day after its original broadcast.

STEWART LOVE'S book of four stage plays was launched at the Linenhall Library in Belfast on 30 April. The Randy Dandy, The Big Long Bender, The Big Donkey, and Me Oul Segocia. Three of the plays were presented on radio and two were also successful TV productions. Selected Plays by Stewart Love, Lagan Press, Belfast, hardback £14.99, Paperback £10.99, stewartlove.co.uk.

BILL LYONS wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 7:00pm on Thursday 24th June.

PAUL MENDELSON'S radio play I Am I Said goes out on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Thursday 24th June.

STEVEN MOFFAT wrote the episode of Doctor Who "The Pandorica Opens" going out on BBC1 at 6:40pm on Saturday 19th June.

CHRIS PARKER wrote the episode of EastEnders going out on BBC1 at 8:00pm on Friday 25th June.

BILL TAYLOR wrote the episode of Emmerdale going out on ITV1 at 8:00pm on Thursday 24th June.

JOE TURNER wrote the episode of Coronation Street going out on ITV1 at 7:30pm on Sunday 20th June.