Creator of BBC3 hit Fleabag Phoebe Waller-Bridge and comedy writer/performer John Finnemore are among this year's Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards winners.
Comedian, actor and writer Meera Syal hosted the annual event honouring the cream of British film, TV, theatre, radio and gaming writing talent.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge was awarded Best TV Situation Comedy prize for Fleabag. John Finnemore won Best Radio Comedy for John Finnemore’s Double Acts.
See the full results below.
Writers’ Guild Awards 2017 winners:
Outstanding Contribution to Writing
Sir Tom Stoppard
Best Radio Comedy
Winner: John Finnemore’s Double Acts – Series 1, Episode 5, “English for Pony Lovers” by John Finnemore
Shortlisted: Guilt Trip by Katherine Jakeways, Felicity Montagu, Olivia Nixon; The Pin by Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen
Best Radio Drama
Winner: Fat Little Thing by Lucy Gannon
Shortlisted: Cuttin 'It by Charlene James; lament by Debbie Tucker Green
Best Long Running TV Series
Winner: Doctors, Series 18, Episode 29, “There is No Place” by Claire Bennett
Shortlisted: Coronation Street, Episode 8946 by Chris Fewtrell; Emmerdale, Season 1, Episode 7628, “Holly’s Death” by Karin Young
Best Writing in a Video Game
Winner: Virginia by Jonathan Burroughs, Lyndon Holland and Terry Kenny
Shortlisted: FIFA 17 “The Journey” by Martin Korda, Matthew Turner, Tom Watt; Fragments of Him by Mata Haggis
Best Children’s TV Episode
Winner: The Dumping Ground, Season 3, Episode 20, “Refuge” by Emma Reeves
Shortlisted: Danger Mouse, Season 1, Episode 3, “Greenfinger” by James Griffiths, Mark Oswin; Hetty Feather, Series 2, Episode 10, “The Reunion” by Helen Blakeman
Best Long Form TV Drama
Winner: Trapped by Clive Bradley
Shortlisted: Victoria, Season 1, Episode 4, “The Clockwork Prince” by Daisy Goodwin; Spotless, by Ed McCardie
Best First Screenplay
Winner: Adult Life Skills by Rachel Tunnard
Shortlisted: Radiator by Tom Browne and Daniel Cerqueira; Florence Foster Jenkins by Nicholas Martin
Best Play for Young Audiences
Winner: (Joint winners) What The Thunder Said by Ed Harris and Rise Up by Lisa Evans
Shortlisted: This Changes Everything by Joel Horwood
Best Play
Winner: Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
Shortlisted: Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland; All The Little Lights by Jane Upton
Best Screenplay
Winner: Eye in the Sky by Guy Hibbert
Shortlisted: The Survivalist by Stephen Fingleton; Suffragette by Abi Morgan
Best TV Situation Comedy
Winner: Fleabag, Episode 1 by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Shortlisted: People Just Do Nothing, Series 3 by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp; Plebs, Series 3, Episode 1,“The Beasts” by Tom Basden, Sam Leifer
Best Short Form TV Drama
Winner: Ellen by Sarah Quintrell
Shortlisted: And Then There Were None, Episode 3 by Sarah Phelps; Murder, “The Big Bang” by Robert Jones
Picture of Phoebe Waller-Bridge courtesy of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain.
