Agreements, rates and guidelines

• Guidelines for writers and those working with them

Film

• WGGB/PACT Agreement 1992

• WGGB/PACT Agreement 1992 rates (includes recommended 35% increase to update rates)

• Screenwriting Credits Agreement

• Credit arbitration guidelines

• Writing Film - a good practice guide for screenwriters and those who work with them (2009)

Grants for the Arts

• Applying to Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts programme - read more about Grants for the Arts.

Musical Theatre

• Musical Theatre (main agreement)

• Appendix (a) - 1: Model collaboration  agreement for musical theatre writers

• Appendix (a) - 2: Notes on model collaboration agreement for musical theatre writers

• Appendix (b): Explanatory notes from Mercury Musical Developments website on Collaboration Agreements

• Appendix (c): Checklist for musical theatre agreements

Online

• Guidelines for online drama and content

Radio

• BBC Radio Drama Script Commissioning Agreement

• Radio Drama Agreement rates - (updated in 2013)

• BBC 7 Agreement

• BBC Radio Features Agreement 

• BBC Radio Features & Talks rates

Television

• BBC Television Script Agreement  – This is the successor to many previous agreements between the Guild and the BBC over the decades and sets out the minimum terms for most mainstream drama and sitcom contracts – not only minimum fees, but also advances, repeat fees, credits, pension rights and much more

• BBC Genreral Script Agreement (GSA) –  A new agreement closely modelled on the TSA which extends Guild terms to broadcast scripts under 15 minutes, material commissioned primarily for online use, drama within documentaries, some animation, and other areas

• BBC Sketch Agreement: This is a completely re-drafted agreement, replacing an obsolete contract after many years trying to bring rewards for sketch writing in line with the modern TV and entertainment industry

• BBC TV minimum rates

• ITV minimum rates for drama

• WGGB / PACT TV Agreement 

• WGGB / ITV / STV / PMA Agreement (see also: Addendum to this agreement, March 2012) 

• Writers’ Guild / TAC / S4C agreement

• Writers’ Guild / TAC / S4C rates

• Working With Writers - a good practice guide for TV programme makers (2009)

Theatre

• Independent Theatre Council (ITC): Theatre Writers' Terms & Conditions

• Independent Theatre Council (ITC) rates

• Theatrical Management Association agreement

• Theatrical Management Association (TMA) rates

TNC (major theatres):

• Form of Writers' Agreement

• Head Agreement

• TNC Rates

• Guidelines for profit share and expenses-only productions

• Template letter of agreement for delivery of activity on a Creative Partnerships project

Video games

• Guidelines for games writers and those who work with them