In addition to our top three finalists, theFORUM LIST includes BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: two additional projects that received more than four nominations Jenni Konner, Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John Madden, Mike Newell, BAFTA ROCLIFFE from our TV industry experts. To contact any of the writers, Richard Eyre, David Parfitt, Cameron simply email [email protected] with your details and we will McCracken, Peter Kosminsky, David Yates, NEW WRITING FORUM connect you with them. Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Nik Powell, Duncan Kenworthy, Rebecca OÕBrien, with producers REBECCA DE SOUZA and GREG BRENMAN CHARLOT by Ian Masters Simon Relph, Sue Perkins, John Bishop and Dave Spikey. WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 // BAFTA, 195 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1J 9LN Indo China, 1936: on vacation to the East after Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin finally finds his voice when his tentative new project, Colonial GREG BRENMAN established series Family Business by Tony Grounds. She Subjects, fuels anti-colonial protests led by his number one Cambodian Moderator and Rocliffe Producer FARAH ABUSHWESHA Drama Republic with his produced Tony Marchant’s single film Recovery fan. [email protected] long-term colleague Roanna and co-produced Abi Morgan’s single film Royal EDEN 6 by Simon Davies BAFTA Producers Benn in 2013. The company’s Wedding. Next was Secret Diary of a Call Girl for An astronaut plagued by nightmarish visions and a scientist fleeing his JULIA CARRUTHERS first production was Hugo ITV 2, Me and My Monsters for CBBC and Public past compete in a race against time that could save or doom our species. [email protected] Blick’s award-winning The Enemies for BBC One. 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She is developing projects for ANNA HARGREAVES Development Coordinator, Sky Drama include hit series Doctor Foster and an adaptation all the major broadcasters. Most recently she DIEDERICK SANTER Joint Chief Executive Officer, Kudos Rocliffe Producer of An Inspector Calls for BBC One. developed the script for Helen Edmundson’s ED CRIPPS GILES SMART Agent, United Agents [email protected] Before founding Drama Republic, Greg adaptation of An Inspector Calls for BBC One. IONA VROLYK Development Executive, Tiger Aspect produced over 400 hours of critically acclaimed Casting JANE HUDSON Head of Drama Series, ITV FAYE TIMBY TV drama with Tiger Aspect Productions FARAH ABUSHWESHA runs JENNIFER MCCONNELL Script Editor (Eastenders, Wolf Hall) [email protected] including Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, Secret Diary Rocliffe and has produced Danny JOHN JACKSON Writer (Being Human, In The Flesh) LAURA DICKENS of a Call Girl and the multi BAFTA & Oscar- Huston’s The Last Photograph; [email protected] JONATHAN LEWSLEY Development Editor, BBC Independent Drama nominated feature film Billy Elliot. The Party, an Irish Film Board KATIE CARPENTER Head of Development, Sister Pictures Music Following the success of The Honourable Woman, commission to celebrate the Rupert Cross & Dan Hines courtesy of MANPREET DOSANJH Commissioning Executive, Channel 4 Drama Air-Edel Associates Greg will executive produce Hugo Blick’s next centenary of the 1916 Easter OTTO BATHURST Director (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Criminal Justice) LAURA NAHKLA project, Black Earth Rising, an eight-part drama Rising; Pinewood Studio’s Pressure, PYPO PHIL MULRYNE Development Assistant, Drama Republic [email protected] for BBC Two. Comedy Content and teen thriller Don’t Hang PHILIP SHELLEY Script Editor & Consultant (C4 Screenwriting Course, Artwork Up. 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BROWN [email protected] Agent Diana Tyler MBA: [email protected] Directed by [email protected] Directed by PAUL CAVANAGH Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON [email protected] SAM WASHINGTON [email protected] Music by [email protected] Music by DAN HINES Music by RUPERT CROSS c/o Air Edel RUPERT CROSS c/o Air Edel c/o Air Edel Rather than imprisonment, criminals are tattooed Inspired by true events. A female detective, a gay activist then exiled from overpopulated cities and must With her father in a coma, a transgender Muslim woman and a Drag Queen unite to stop a serial killer in 1970’s fend for themselves in the wilderness. returns to Bradford to run his business while concealing her San Francisco. true identity from her family. Andreas Hadjivassiliou lives in Norwich Ryan J. Brown is a writer and actor originally from and is studying for an MA in Scriptwriting Born and raised in London to Mauritian parents, South Yorkshire. We Are Your Children is his first foray Rasheed/Rasheeda at UEA. His first screenplay, titled Many Wally Jiagoo is a resigned Aston Villa fan, into television drama and the competition is the first Rooms, reached the semi-finals of the Shore unexpected lover of dogs, and recovering Scrabble writing contest he has entered. He lives in London Scripts competition in 2015. He is currently obsessive. In 2005 he was chosen to be part of and has been writing comedy and drama for stage working on his second feature-length script, Soho Theatre’s Core Writing Group, where his and screen for several years. He recently wrote, a play and a TV pilot. first attempt at writing a full length play resulted performed, and produced a sketch show at the in a staged reading by the National Youth Theatre Leicester Square Theatre. CAST in 2006. In 2010 he was a shortlisted finalist for the Sky BBC All Mixed Up sitcom competition. 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