A comedy drama series Downton Abbey Producer Carnival Films, about an aspiring young model, tops this year’s Brit list of best unproduced TV and film scripts.
Issy Knowles’ Exemplary behavior received seven recommendations to put it two ahead of the Mercurio range in second place Dizzinessbased on the true story of a lonely Parisian ambulance driver who faked his own heroic involvement in the 2015 Bataclan massacre.
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Sex education Producer Eleven Film has three projects listed, while Ringside Studios-backed Joi Productions has two. The crown Producer Left Bank Pictures, ITV Studios’ Tall Story Pictures, Banijay UK’s Kudos and Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch have also taken on projects. Only three are features.
Curtis Brown has the most clients on the list with five clients, with The Agency, Independent Talent Group, Lark Management and Cassorot Ramsay & Associates all running various projects.
Inspired by the US blacklist, the scripted show is put together each year based on recommendations from UK production companies, talent agencies, distributors, financiers, distributors and broadcasters.
Again, scripts required a minimum of six recommendations to be included, and a total of 19 made the list. Almost half were women writers. A similar number were writers from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds – a record for the Brit List.
“The Brit List is committed to supporting the writing talent of British writers from all backgrounds and because of the way it is curated, it acts as a mirror to which the UK industry is held up,” said Brit List founder Alexandra Arlango. said.
Here is the list:
SEVENTEEN RECOMMENDATIONS
MODEL BEHAVIOR by Issy Knowles (Curtis Brown)
Producer: Carnival Films
Form: TV
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Synopsis: An ambitious young model risks everything to realize her dream of great success, but belatedly discovers that success is not all that you imagine. After being confronted with the best and worst the industry has to offer, she must choose to shine in the spotlight with a lie or turn her back on everything she’s ever known.
FIFTEEN RECOMMENDATIONS
THE HOAX by Sam Spinks & Mattias Mella (Curtis Brown)
Manufacturer: Hattrick Mercurio
Form: TV
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: A 4-part drama inspired by the true story of the lone Parisian ambulance driver who faked his own heroic involvement in the 2015 Bataclan attacks and how the big lie was exposed.
THIRTEEN RECOMMENDATIONS
LOCO PARENTIS by Matthew Jacobs Morgan (The Agency)
Producer: Joi Productions
Form: function
Genre: Black Comedy
Synopsis: A dark comedy about a queer black man in his thirties who is desperate to find his place in life and struggles with what family means, especially when he encounters a group of privileged white mothers and a baby who won’t don’t be
MAN LIKE ME by Richard Wood (Curtis Brown)
Producer: Left Bank Pictures
Form: TV
Genre: Earth Science Fiction
Synopsis: In this down-to-earth sci-fi pilot, a small coastal community experiences a flurry of unnatural activity when a mysterious stranger arrives in town.
TWELVE RECOMMENDATIONS
WITHOUT YOU by Sharmila Chauhan (Dench Arnold)
Manufacturer: available
Form: function
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: After the death of her mother, Shiv discovers the family secret of adoption within the family. Challenging her own ideas of motherhood and siblings, she is forced to confront the cycles of her past and whether she has given too much to the people she loves.
TWO BECOME ONE by Isaac Tomiczek (The Agency)
Producer: Joi Productions
Form: characteristic
Genre: Coming-of-age comedy-drama
Synopsis: A lively and uplifting comedy-drama that captures the spirit of “Cool Britannia” that follows two sisters trying to attend the Spice Girls’ graduation concert. Fleeing their tense family life and small town, they head to London in search of scrapes, escapades and conflict, all set to a soundtrack of 90s Britpop classics.
Eleven RECOMMENDATIONS
NIGHT DIFFERENCES by Tom Clapham (Independent Talent Group)
Manufacturer: available
Form: TV
Genre: surreal comedy
Summary: Joe and Gemma, two strangers, have their lives turned upside down when a mysterious bond forms between them every time they fall asleep. Night Shifts is a surreal comedy-drama about a universal tragedy like no other.
NINE RECOMMENDATIONS
IF IT WERE OTHERWISE, IT WOULDN’T BE THIS by Ava Pickett (Curtis Brown)
Manufacturer: available
Form: TV
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: After an incident at a birthday party, best friends Olive, Sorcha and Pamela get a taste of justice, setting in motion a dangerous series of events for the boys of a small Essex town and the girls themselves.
STAMFORD HILL by Evan Placey (The Agency)
Producer: Tall Story Pictures
Form: TV
Genre: Contemporary Crime
Synopsis: Detective Inspector Yael Rosen must return to the Hasidic Jewish community and family she left behind 20 years ago to investigate the murder of a young man in Stamford Hill.
EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS
SELF by Rose Lewenstein (Lark Management)
Producer: Kudos
Form: TV
Genre: Drama-Comedy
Synopsis: On the cusp of 30, Eve reflects on her life and how things didn’t turn out the way she thought they would. Fleeing from memories of trauma she experienced as a teenager, Eve realizes she can see and interact with her 15-year-old self.
ANONYMOUS by Danny McNamara & Lauren McNamara (Casarotto)
Producer: Elf Film
Form: TV
Genre: Crime
Summary: William Clarke has no idea how he was supposed to be running for his life in the middle of the night or why a seemingly normal family beat him to death on the street. He also has no idea why there is a group of anonymous vigilantes who commit increasingly ambitious crimes while wearing a mask of his face. ANONYMOUS is a gripping crime thriller set in West Yorkshire, where the boundless and mythical moors collide with the urban dystopia of Halifax.
LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT by Zina Wegrzynski (Casarotto)
Producer: Elf Film
Form: TV
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Summary: A psychic teenager may be able to see into the future, but his fear prevents him from always trusting what he sees. Now she has to figure out what she wants to do with her life while juggling school and new love Teo, the one thing she didn’t see coming.
SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS
WONDERLAND by Juno Dawson (Mulcahy Sweeney Associates Ltd)
Producer: The Lighthouse Film and Television
Form: TV
Genre: YA Drama
Synopsis: Based on Juno Dawson’s bestselling YA novels, Clean, Meat Market and Wonderland. A twisted urban fairy tale about three seemingly unrelated teenage girls thrown together after the death of a socialite.
DEBRIS by Matt Hartley (United Agents)
Producer: Clerkenwell Films
Form: TV
Genre: Thriller
Summary: The world of a small fishing community in Devonshire is turned upside down when a mysterious boat is found at sea. A character-driven thriller that sheds light on the world that tourists in coastal towns never see and how far the people who live there have to go to survive.
SIX RECOMMENDATIONS
MOUSE CIRCUS by Jodie Ashdown (Berlin Associates)
Manufacturer: Boom
Form: TV
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Synopsis: Mystical drama-comedy about a taxidermy-loving hotel maid in her sixties who yearns for a Hollywood romance. The only thing standing in her way is her boring husband.
LONG LOST by Abi Hynes (independent talent agency)
Producer: Sunny March
Form: TV
Genre: Drama Crime Thriller
Synopsis: Radio host Anna is approached by her estranged sister Sophie when her mother unexpectedly sells her childhood home, which still contains the corpse of her abusive father, who murdered them when they were teenagers.
Paradise by Liv Little (Lark Management)
Manufacturer: available
Form: TV
Genre: Thriller
Overview: paradise is find a party Meet Lena Waithe Twenties; A driving, twisted LGTBQ+ thriller about welfare conspiracy theories, the growing pains that come with life in your 20s and what it means to feel safe and visible as a queer person in the UK, all with a bit of absurd fun knife out for the record.
DAD JOKE by Joshua Robertson & David Abramsky (The Galton Agency & Unrepresented)
Producers: Eleven Film in association with Bluebird Films
Form: TV
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Synopsis: When Joshua, a disabled stand-up comedian, finds out his fiancee Jen is pregnant, he’s finally ready to bare his soul on stage in a desperate bid to “make it” before fatherhood strikes. But as he gives his all in his quest for fame, he risks losing his family.
Kate’s resignation from Will Truefitt (Curtis Brown)
Manufacturer: available
Form: TV
Genre: Comedy Thriller
Synopsis: When a downtrodden personal assistant witnesses the murder of her bitch, the film director’s boss, she must do whatever it takes to survive. Unfortunately, her biggest obstacle may be the longtime boyfriend she was about to leave, who now insists on going on the run with her.
Writer: Jesse Whittock
Source: Deadline
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