22 November 2010
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The winners have been announced of the 2010 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.
Best Feature Film Screenplay
Kick-Ass - Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Best First Feature-Length Screenplay
Moon - Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Best Television Drama Series
Being Human - Toby Whithouse
Best Television Comedy/ Light Entertainment
Getting On - Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine
Best Television Short-Form Drama
Occupation - Peter Bowker
Best Television Continuing Drama
Coronation Street - Peter Whalley, Carmel Morgan, David Lane, Mark Wadlow, Chris Fewtrell, Jayne Hollinson, Martin Allen, Lucy Gannon, Mark Burt, John Kerr, Damon Rochefort, Julie Jones, Jonathan Harvey, Simon Crowther, Joe Turner, Debbie Oates, Daran Little, Stephen Russell, Jan McVerry
Best Children’s Television Drama/Comedy - live action or animation
Shaun the Sheep - Richard Goleszowski, Rob Dudley, Glenn Dakin, Lucy Daniel Raby, Elly Brewer, Jimmy Hibbert, Will MacLean, John Camm, Lee Pressman, Julie Jones, Dan Berlinka, Andy Williams, David Ingham, Richard Vincent, Patrick Makin, Chris Sadler, Kieron Self, Giles New, James Henry, Nick Park, Kay Stonham, Sarah Ball, Ian Carney, Mark Daydy, Craig Ferguson, Patrick Gallagher
Best Theatre Play
Jerusalem - Jez Butterworth
Best Play for Children and Young People
The Monster Under The Bed - Kevin Dyer
Best Radio Drama
Number 10 - Jonathan Myerson
Best Radio Comedy/Light Entertainment
Mark Steel’s In Town - Mark Steel
Best Videogame Script
Red Dead Redemption - Dan Houser, Mike Unsworth
Best Non-Fiction Book
This Party’s Got To Stop - Rupert Thomson
Best Fiction Book
A Life Apart - Neel Mukherjee
Lifetime Achievement
Michael Frayn
Photos from the Awards presentation can be found on our Facebook page. You can see videos of the acceptance speeches on our YouTube channel.
Past winners
Since the Guild Awards were reinstated in 2007 the winners have been as follows:
2009
Television comedy / light entertainment: Outnumbered, by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton
Television drama series: Being Human, by Toby Whithouse
Television soap / continuing series: Coronation Street, episodes written by Carmel Morgan, Chris Fewtrell, Damon Rochefort, David Bowker, David Lane, Debbie Oates, Jan McVerry, Jayne Hollinson, Joe Turner, John Kerr, Jonathan Harvey, Julie Jones, Lucy Gannon, Mark Burt, Mark Wadlow, Martin Allen , Martin Sterling, Peter Whalley, Simon Crowther, Stephen Bennett (Pictured: Chris Fewtrell, Simon Crowther, Mark Wadlow, Joe Turner, Jan McVerry, Jonathan Harvey)
Television short form drama: Criminal Justice by Peter Moffat
Feature film screenplay: Hunger, by Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh
Feature film screenplay newcomer: Shifty, by Eran Creevy
Theatre play: At the Gates of Gaza, by Juliet Gilkes Romero
Theatre play for children and young people: Scarlet Ribbons, by Brendan Murray
Radio comedy / light entertainment: 15 Minute Musicals, by Dave Cohen, Richie Webb and David Quantick and
Radio drama: The Gunshot Wedding, by Katie Hims
Video games: Prince of Persia, by Andrew S Walsh
Outstanding contribution to children's writing: Sir Terry Pratchett
Lifetime achievement: Andrew Davies
2008
Best Short Form TV Drama: Miss Austen Regrets, by Gwyneth Hughes
Best Soap / Continuing Drama Series: The writers of The Bill, Season 23 - Geoff McQueen (series deviser), Richard Ommanney, Neil Clarke, Steve Griffiths, Emma Goodwin, Julian Perkins, Steve Attridge, Clive Dawson, Peter G. Morgan, Andrew Taft, Chris Murray, Tom Higgins, Julia Wall, Maxwell Young, Jane Marlow, Sally Tatchell, Si Spencer, Matthew Bardsley, Jonathan Rich, Matthew Leys, James Hall, Chris Murray, Stuart Morris, Nicholas McInerny, Chris Ould, Alan Pollock, Simon Moss, Nicholas Martin, Scott Cherry, Doug Milburn, Steve Trafford, Stephanie Lloyd Jones, Steve Baillie, Frank Rickarby, Andrew Alty, Will Shindler, Chris Dunn, Sarah-Louise Hawkins, Len Collin, Gregory Evans, Tom Needham, Patrick Homes
Best TV Drama Series: Cranford, by Heidi Thomas
Best TV Comedy / Light Entertainment: Gavin and Stacey, Series 2, by James Corden and Ruth Jones
Best Play: Happy Now?, by Lucinda Coxon
Best Play for Children and Young People: Electric Darkness, by Mike Kenny
Best Screenplay - Feature Film: Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Best Radio Comedy / Light Entertainment - Fags, Mags and Bags, by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary
Best Radio Play: Mr Larkin's Awkward Day by Chris Harrald
Best Book - What Is She Doing Here?, by Kate Clanchy
Best Videogame Script: Overlord, by Rhianna Pratchett -
Also recognised at the ceremony were:
Tony Collingwood - An Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Writing
David Croft and Jimmy Perry - A Lifetime Achievement Award
2007
Best Videogame Script: Canis Canem Edit, by Dan Houser and Jacob Krarup -
Best Radio Play: McNaughton, by Steve Gooch
Best Original Drama (TV): See No Evil: The Moors Murders, by Neil McKay
Best Soap / Series (TV): Doctor Who, Series 3 - by Chris Chibnall, Paul Cornell, Russell T. Davies, Stephen Greenhorn, Steven Moffat, Helen Raynor and Gareth Roberts
Best Comedy / Light Entertainment (TV): The Thick of It by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Best Play: Black Watch by Gregory Burke
Best Screenplay (Feature Film): This Is England, by Shane Meadows
Other awards presented were:
Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Writing - J.K. Rowling
A Special Award from the Writers’ Guild’s Books Committee - Alan Brownjohn
The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007, Best Screenplay Award, presented by the Writers’ Guild and The List - Matt Greenhalgh (Control)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Alan Plater
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