Robyn Addison
Writer
Robyn was a member of the Bush Theatre Emerging Writers’ Group. She was previously Longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and was a finalist in the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. She was a continuity writer and announcer for Sky Nature for several years and has various projects in development.
She is in a writing partnership with Jessica Ransom. Their 30-minute comedy script ‘Harriers’ was shortlisted for the UK TV Comedy 50:50 prize and their drama script ‘Lady Birds’ is currently in development.
James Callis
Writer
James wrote A.K.A Blackbird (A life in bits), an immersive 9-hour auditory experience/ series, starring the cast of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, available on most audio platforms from 2023. Writing credits include the film BEGINNERS LUCK, starring Julie Delpy, and the shorts ALL COCK & NO BULL, and SURETY – both of which he directed. He has several films and TV series’ in development including GENTLEMAN WOLF, RELACION, LONG WEEKEND, a stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s novel THE HEART OF A DOG and most recently the film THE HOUSE SITTERS.
Claire Cooper
Writer
Claire has two drama series’ in development, SEASON OF THE WITCH (co-written with Karen Hassan), and MADE OF STONE. She is currently developing a restoration format show FROM WORN TO WONDERFUL with her brother John Cooper – winner of BBC’S INTERIOR DESIGN MASTERS 2025.
Shaun Dingwall
Writer
Shaun was Executive Producer on the film INLAND, and currently in development with his feature-film ROSEWOOD.
Mark Heywood
Writer
Mark is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the co-author of the Mark Dewar Cordoba novels set in Arabic Spain, the first book in the series being shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award. His play RHUBARB GHETTO premiered at the Vault Festival London, and he is currently developing crime drama and psychological thriller projects for television. His film, IDEALISTS, is currently in development, produced by Neil Thompson and with Jon Amiel attached as director.
Paddy Houlihan
Writer
Paddy writes on (and stars in) the BBC sitcom “Mrs. Brown’s Boys”
His series SHEDITES is currently in development with the BBC.
Karen Paullada
Writer
Karen’s short film (co-written with Amy Stacy) LOVE THERAPY won BBC’s It’s My Shout, and subsequently went into development as a series with Bad Wolf. She recently finished filming a short version of her 30-minute comedy LITTERPICKERS, and is currently in development with her film PACKAGES.
Jessica Ransom
Writer
Extensive writing credits include THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL and ELLIOTT FROM EARTH for the Cartoon Network, DANGERMOUSE (CBBC), I WAS THERE (Radio 4), THE ARMSTRONG & MILLER SHOW (BBC) and SHASHA & MILO (Zodiak Kids). She has been part of the core writing team over several series for the BAFTA Award winning HORRIBLE HISTORIES, and more recently HORRIBLE SCIENCE. Her series THE MANOR is in development with Lion TV, and she is currently contributing several episodes to the new animated version of GANGSTA GRANNY for the BBC.
Steve Speirs
Writer
Steve wrote, starred, and co-produced the film CAUGHT IN THE ACT (directed by Matt Lipsey), as well as multiple episodes of STELLA for Sky TV. He has developed projects with Lucky Giant/NBC Universal, BBC, Feelgood Fiction, Tidy Productions, and KingBert. His BBC Studios hit comedy (in which he also stars), THE TUCKERS, is now in its third series on BBC Wales & iPlayer. Series one recently premiered on BBC2.
Amy Stacy
Writer
Amy’s short film (co-written with Karen Paullada) LOVE THERAPY won BBC’s It’s My Shout, and is subsequently in development as a series with Bad Wolf. Currently her comedy PROGRESS (co-written with Matilda Tristram) is in development with Potboiler/Channel 4.