Your script's journey to broadcast. The TV industry can be very confusing. For a writer it can feel overwhelming trying to figure out which hoops you need to jump through, and in which order, to get ...

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 ...

James Cary explains how you can find your way into the process of writing that script. Writing a sitcom script is really hard. There's so much to think about. Situation. Characters. Plot. Pace. Oh, ...

(Firstly, a definition for the non industry types. 'Spec' is short for speculative, and basically means you're writing something that no-one asked for and no-one is paying for. You simply had the idea ...

An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s.