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The Betty Box and Peter Rogers Comedy Writing Programme 2016
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), in partnership with Big Talk Productions and LOCO (The London Comedy Film Festival), has launched a script development programme for four emerging comedy writers. Each writer will be awarded £10,000 and take part in a personalised seven month programme of industry support, beginning in October 2016, as they develop a comedy feature film screenplay or pilot script for a narrative comedy television series.
All four writers will be given script development support from the film or TV team at Big Talk, will be matched with an experienced script editor to work with on their script and given professional development through CTBF and LOCO, the latter of which will also manage the programme. At the end of seven months, the selected writers will have completed a feature screenplay or television pilot, which will be presented as a live, fully cast table read to an industry audience during a special LOCO event in Spring 2017.
In order to qualify, applicants must;
- Have a minimum of two years’ experience anywhere behind the scenes in film and/or television. This experience need not be current nor consecutive.
- Demonstrate a commitment to writing comedy for the screen
- Live and work in the UK at the time of applying
- Not hold any previous professional writing credits on a theatrically released feature or sole writing credits for broadcast scripted television programme
Deadline for applications is 31 July 2016. To find out more and apply, click here.
Good luck!
