BAFTA/Scott Kershaw BAFTA and Rocliffe have announced the jury for the BAFTA and Rocilffe New Writing Forum focused on Comedy writing talent
The script selection jury for this year's BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum focused on Comedy writing talent will be:
Andrew Newman - Founder, Spelthorne Community Television- Jury Chair (Producer - Toast of London, Peep Show, Big Bad World, Fresh Meat)
Shane Allen - Controller, Comedy Commissioning Television BBC
David Quantick - Writer (The Thick of it, Veep, TV Burp, Rob Brydon Show)
Margot Gavan Duffy - Head of Comedy, Tiger Aspect (Benidorm, Boy Meets Girl, This Is Jinsy, Little Crackers)
Rachel Springett - Commissioning Editor, Comedy Channel 4 (Chewing Gum, Toast of London, Drifters, Black Mirror)
Saskia Schuster - Commissioning Editor, ITV Comedy (Plebs, Benidorm, Birds of a Feather)
Richard Watsham - Director of Commissioning, UKTV (Red Dwarf, Undercover, Hoff the Record, Crackanory)
Jim Field Smith - Director (Stag, The Wrong Mans, Episodes) and writer (Fur TV, Death Wish Live)
Ash Atalla - Managing Director, Roughcut TV (Cuckoo, People Just do nothing, Trollied)
The jury are selecting the Finalist and Forum List scripts from the scripts Long-Listed by the Panel.
The Panel will include:
Carrie Matthews - Comedy Agent & Producer
Elaine Gracie - Writer & Actor
Joe McVey - Comedy Development Executive, Objective Fiction
Denise Hicks - Co-founder and Director, LOCO & The LOCO London Comedy Film Festival
Charlie Coombes - Scripted Development AP, CPL Productions Ltd
Matthew Barry - Writer, Interns, Banana
Richard Boden - Director of Programmes, Delightful Industries + Comedy producer/director, (The IT Crowd, Count Arthur Strong, Blackadder Goes Forth)
Susan Jacobson - Director, Pistachio Pictures
Janette Linden - Agent, PBJ Management
Emma Obank - Casarotto
Hollie Ebdon - Agent, Ebdon Management
Saurabh Kakkar - Head of Development Comedy, bigtalkproductions (Dirk Gently, White Van Man)
Sam Michell - TV and Radio Producer, BBC (People Time, In And Out Of The Kitchen)
