Lab UK-2021

In 2021, over 4 days, with 5 months of ongoing development support, 12 screenwriters (Residents of England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Scotland, and Welsh nationals) were mentored by some of the industry’s best writers and producers.

 JUNE 10 – 13, 2021

2021 UK&I Zoom Lab

The 2021 UK & Ireland writers

Claire BarclayAlice ClarkAngela FranklynKit HuiRachel MarsCatherine McGrottyAnna Merritt & Deborah WisemanLydia MulveySylvia-Anne ParkerLeyla PopeDorothy Jane StewartAli Taylor
2021 UK&I lab participantClaire Barclay
Return Her (½-hour drama, England)
2021 UK&I lab participantAlice Clark
The Munitionettes (1-hour drama, Scotland)
2021 UK&I lab participantAngela Franklyn
Mozart’s Don Jane (feature, drama, England)
2021 UK&I lab participantKit Hui
Black Dust (feature, drama, England)
2021 UK&I lab participantRachel Mars
Slacks (½-hour comedy, England)
2021 UK&I lab participantCatherine McGrotty
Off Season (½-hour fantasy, N. Ireland)
2021 UK&I lab participantAnna Merritt & Deborah Wiseman
Is This It? (½-hour comedy, Ireland)
2021 UK&I lab participantLydia Mulvey
Solas (½-hour sci-fi, Ireland)
2021 UK&I lab participantSylvia-Anne Parker
600 Steps (feature, drama, England)
2021 lab participantLeyla Pope
One Last Holiday (feature, drama, Wales)
2021 lab participantDorothy Jane Stewart
The Story of Me and You (feature, drama, Scotland)
2021 lab participantAli Taylor
My Boy (1-hour drama, Scotland)

The mentors’ insights and generosity and the fellow participants’ projects continue to inform and inspire.”

Ali Taylor
TWL UK&I 2021

The 2021 UK&I mentors

Abby Ajayi
Vanessa Alexander
Karen Campbell
Lindsey Dryden

Shruti Ganguly
Deborah Goodwin
Jenny Halper
Anne Hubbell

Maria Maggenti
Tanya Qureshi
Lynne Ramsay
Dee Ryder

Metrics
Script development

22+ alumni have been selected for leading development and training programs, such as The Blacklist, HBO, and Imagine Impact.

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