TV Writer Podcast 080 – UK Writers James Whitehouse & Hannah George
In the UK, TV pilots get “optioned” the same way feature scripts do in the US! Learn about this and many other fascinating differences between writing in the UK, the…
In the UK, TV pilots get "optioned" the same way feature scripts do in the US! Learn about this and many other fascinating differences between writing in the UK, the US, and Canada, in Gray's fun interview with UK writing team James Whitehouse and Hannah George.
James Whitehouse and Hannah George started working together nearly four years ago.
Since then, they have worked for the BBC, writing six episodes of the award-winning new CBBC children's drama series 'Wolfblood,' which has since been acquired by Disney for international release. They have also written on Nickleodeon's hit series 'The House of Anubis.'
They have a had several of their own scripts optioned in genres as diverse as children's sci-fi, and adult sitcom, and drama. They are currently in development with several companies for these, and writing on CBBC comedy show 'The Slammer.'
In this fun interview, they tell what you should look for in a writing partner, and describe many fascinating differences about writing in the UK versus writing in Hollywood or Canada, including optioning TV specs, writing without a full time writers room, and much more!
They are represented by Harriet Pennington-Legh at Troika.
Follow James on Twitter: @JMJWhitehouse
Follow Hannah on Twitter: @HannahMGeorge
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