Every year in November, both in the UK and in the US, the Film & TV industry awaits the unveiling of The Brit List. Since 2007, we have been showcasing the best unproduced British film scripts, and have an unparalleled reputation for finding the hits of the future.
In 2018, we expanded The Brit List to include TV scripts, and we’re now also the go-to place to find the great British TV dramas of tomorrow.
So, how do we discover all these amazing British hits? There are thousands of scripts by British writers, all looking for a path to production. Sometimes brilliant scripts slip through the net. And that happens more often than you’d think. The industry is full of stories about amazing Films and TV shows that so nearly didn’t get made. Think of all the dramas we could have had! Our goal at The Brit List is to make sure that as many of these great unproduced scripts get their chance to reach the screen.
The Brit List is also a snapshot of the British industry as a whole. We reach out to our industry every year – more than 300 production companies, financiers, sales agents, and writers’ agents – to ask them which are the Film and TV scripts they’ve read in the last 12 months that they’ve loved but that haven’t yet found that elusive path to success. From their recommendations, The Brit List is collated and compiled by our principal, Alexandra Arlango.
Although the number of recommendations is included on The Brit List – and therefore there’s always one at the top – we don’t intend it as a competition. Rather we provide a showcase of the best unproduced British screenwriting – the scripts that will be made into the great TV shows and Films of the future.
But our writers are as important as their scripts, and the Film & TV industry can be a daunting place for those of us starting out. So, as well as giving a huge boost to the careers of our writers, The Brit List also offers a year long programme of curated webinars and events where they can meet and learn from some of the top commissioners, showrunners, directors and producers in the industry, both from the UK and the US.
At The Brit List we nurture talent. And give our writers the best possible start in the industry to which they are so vital.
Without writers there are no scripts, and without scripts there is no industry.
It all starts on the page …
“The Brit List’s brilliantly curated events throughout the year have been such a joyful way of building relationships in the industry – and best of all, it’s created a wonderful sense of camaraderie between all the writers.”
Jessica Lambert
Writer on The Brit List 2021
