BREAKING INTO TV DRAMA: A WEEKEND SCREENWRITING INTENSIVE, LED BY ANNA PRICE
10th & 11th October 2026 | Peckham, LondonA two-day course for emerging professional screenwriters, led by Story Producer and Script Editor Anna Price. This weekend intensive is designed to give a working understanding of how to write original television drama, and of how the UK drama development and commissioning process operates.
ANNA PRICE
Anna Price is a working Story Producer with extensive experience of developing original TV drama in-house and as a freelancer, across many genres and for a wide range of broadcasters and streamers.She is currently working on an original six-part series shooting 2027. Her recent work includes Amadeus, Shardlake and Just Act Normal.
COURSE DETAILS
When: 10th and 11th October 2026, 10am-4pm with breaks
Group size: Just 6 places, including a half-hour 1:1 session with Anna
Price: £350 per person | Low-income place: £275 (one place available)
Lunch, tea and coffee will be provided both days.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Writing Craft
• What a script is, and what a pilot episode needs to do
• Generating and developing story and character ideas
• Premise, structure and story promise
• Building story: action, cause and effect, conflict
• Setting and stakes
• Character: wants, needs, aims and arcs
• The practical work of writing: scenes, stage directions and dialogueThe Industry and Your Place in It
• An overview of the UK TV drama landscape and the writer's role within it.
• How development and commissioning work
• The development process: ideas, treatments, outlines and beat sheets
• The writers room
• The business of being a writer: pitching and getting an agent
• The nuts and bolts: professional formatting conventions, screenwriting software
TESTIMONIALS
"Anna is the safe pair of hands I need to navigate my stories through the rigours of development. She is always about the story the writer wants to tell and she always know my stories inside out; the tone and my intentions. Wish I could have her in my corner on every script."
Janice Okoh, WriterI have worked with Anna on three major television projects and at every twist and turn of the development process, she has demonstrated the consummate skills of the very best script editors including the ability to hold the whole arc of your story in her mind. She has a preternatural gift for encouraging your best instincts, whilst gently but firmly steering you away from your worst excesses. You become a far better writer with Anna at your side.
Jeremy Brock, Writer and Director“There are many people working in film and television who blag or coast their way through their careers. So when you work with someone like Anna you appreciate them beyond words. She knows story. She knows the industry. She has an integrity that I wish you could bottle. I would pay to work with her again and pray that I do.”
DC Moore, Writer“Anna's development skills are amongst the very best in the business. Her capacity to get the best out of a writer and help them realise their ambition is superb. She's as comfortable working with experienced writers at the top of their game as she is at helping new talent develop their craft and find their voice.”
George Faber, Producer"Anna gets to the heart of what a script needs and wastes no time in telling you what you need to do next. She schooled me in industry techniques I otherwise wouldn't have known, and urged me to take my writing seriously. Her guidance has been transformative."
Maddy Black, Writer"Anna is a brilliant creative exec… she brings fantastic ideas and incisive questions that get to the heart of whatever it is we're trying to solve... She's genuinely a joy to work with. I wish I could clone her."
Rachel Paterson, Writer
PAYMENT
Applicants must complete the Google form to express their interest in the course. All responses will be reviewed by Anna Price. Upon confirmation of your place, payment will be required either by bank transfer or Stripe card payment.Participants have the option to pre-pay the full price of the workshop upfront or pre-pay 50% and complete the payment the day before the course.
If you have questions about the course, please contact Anna Price at [email protected].