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Writing Successful TV Drama

with Eleanor Greene

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Writing Successful TV Drama

with Eleanor Greene

Two days inside the room where TV gets made.

A practical, no-nonsense weekend for screenwriters who want to stop guessing how the industry works – and start getting noticed, represented, and commissioned.

Brilliant writing alone won’t get your script made. The writers who break through understand the business as well as the craft, what producers want, how broadcasters think, and why some scripts get green-lit while equally good ones don’t.

Over two days, Eleanor pulls back the curtain on all of it.

Eleanor Greene is a BAFTA-nominated, Prix Europa-winning Drama Exec Producer. Over 25 years she’s worked alongside writers like Russell T Davies’ generation of British talent, turning raw ideas into scripts, scripts into commissions, and commissions into screen.

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This event is run by The London Screenwriters’ Festival. 

When: 17th and 18th October (Weekend)
Where: The Drayton Court Hotel, Ealing, London, W13 8PH 
Nearest Tube: West Ealing (Elizabeth Line)
Tickets: £147 (earlybird then £177)

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What you'll walk away with

By Sunday evening, you’ll know:

  • How to tell a good idea from one a producer will actually buy
  • How to pitch your show in a sentence that makes someone lean forward
  • What the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix and Apple are really looking for right now,  and how to write to that
  • Why budget kills more shows than bad writing, and how to write within it
  • How to find an agent (and which agent to target)
  • How to behave in a writers’ room so you don’t get fired
 

A rare look inside a real BAFTA-nominated production

Eleanor walks you through The Windermere Children — her BAFTA-nominated, Prix Europa-winning film — from the first idea on a page to broadcast night. You’ll see the original pitch documents, early script drafts, producer notes, edit decisions and behind-the-scenes correspondence almost no one outside a production company ever gets to read.

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‘Eleanor’s sessions today were amazing - a wicked sharp eye from the real world, offering us brutal but still encouraging advice about how to shape our projects and get noticed in the TV writing world.’
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Judith Bunting // Screenwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘I've learned in one day with Eleanor what years of events, blogs and podcasts didn't teach me about the TV industry.’
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Luis Calvo // Screenwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Wow! What a day. Eleanor Greene is the most knowledgeable producer I have come across. I value the wisdom she imparted.’
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Mike Campbell // Screenwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Over the weekend we’ll cover:

  • Who decides what gets made – and how to get in front of them
  • Where great TV ideas really come from (and the ones to leave in the drawer)
  • What genre your show is – and why getting this wrong can kill a pitch before it starts
  • Why budget shapes every greenlight decision, and how to write with that in mind
  • How to turn your story into a pitch that sells in 30 seconds
  • When to push back, when to compromise, and how not to get fired from your own show 
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This is for you if: 

  • You’ve written scripts but can’t crack how the industry actually works
  • You’ve got a brilliant idea and no idea how to pitch it
  • You’re tired of generic “how to write” advice and want someone who’s actually made the shows
  • You want to be in the room with a working producer, not a teacher

What is included?

  • Overview of the drama business and deep analysis of current commissioning trends so that YOU can write for the market. 

  • Insight into the relationship between budget and the greenlightability of a project so that YOU can write to get produced. 

  • Deep understanding of the distinctions between TV centric genres, and types of stories, so that YOU can pitch into existing formats, slots and established convention.

  • Packaging: learning how to refine your pitch into a few simple sellable words, so that YOUR pitch hooks in seconds. 

  • Eleanor is a creative producer with 25 years of producing experience and will show you what a producer is looking for (and why).

  • Live pitching session. Eleanor will help you turn your idea into a pitch, LIVE.

  • Experience the production process from concept to screen using BAFTA nominated, award winning The Windermere Children as a working example so that YOU can better think like a producer. 

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Saturday Guest Speaker TBC

Each day we have an industry speaker who will share their experience and wisdom. 

‘My mind is truly blown! Would recommend her to anyone writing for TV. Absolute gold dust.’
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Alex Gaumond // Actor and Screenwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Eleanor Greene gave a masterclass on the UK television industry. I learned so much about pitching television shows and storylines. I highly recommend any course that she teaches!’
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Tisha Brown // Screenwriter and Lawyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Love love loved Eleanor’s session. I learnt so much, she’s amazing!!’
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Amy Livingstone // Screenwriter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last LondonSWF Event We Ran With Eleanor… 

100% of delegates rated it 5 out of 5
100% said it was worth every penny
100% would recommend it to another writer

(We checked these twice. They’re real.)

My Pledge To You

“If by the end of day one you don’t feel your screenwriting has been taken to a whole new level, tell us, and we’ll refund your ticket on the spot. We’re in the trenches with you. We make films. We’ve spent 20 years connecting writers with the industry through the London Screenwriters’ Festival. We wouldn’t put our name on this if it wasn’t world-class.”

Chris Jones
Founder // London Screenwriters’ Festival Founder

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