Writers’ Guild Awards 2023
These took place on Monday 16 January 2023 at the Royal College of Physicians in London, presented by Rachel Parris (view the programme).
| CATEGORY AND PRESENTER | WINNER |
| Outstanding Contribution
Presenter: Stephanie Dale |
David Edgar |
| Best Online Comedy
Presenter: Josie Lawrence |
The Room Next Door – Boris Johnson Resignation Speech by Michael Spicer |
| Best Long Running TV Series
Presenter: Jack Thorne |
Doctors, Episode 5, ‘Hello?’ By Toby Walton |
| Best Writing in a Video Game
Presenter: Olivia Wood |
Immortality, Sam Barlow, Barry Gifford, Amelia Gray and Allan Scott |
| Best Children’s TV Episode
Presenter: Larry and Paul |
Dodger, Episode 9, ‘Dosh’ by Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery |
| Best Radio Comedy
Presenter: Michael Spicer |
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen by David Quantick |
| Best Long Form TV Drama
Presenter: Helen Lederer |
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay |
| Best First Novel
Presenter: John O’Farrell |
The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad |
| Best First Screenplay
Presenter: Emma Ko |
Passing by Rebecca Hall |
| Best Radio Drama
Presenter: Samira Ahmed |
Waterloo Station by Katie Hims |
| Best Play for Young Audiences
Presenter: Charlie Higson |
The IT by Vivienne Franzmann |
| Best Play
Presenter: Roy Williams |
Wonder Boy by Ross Willis |
| Best Screenplay
Presenter: Tony Grisoni |
Munich – The Edge of War by Ben Power |
| Best TV Situation Comedy
Presenter: Maurice Gran |
Big Boys by Jack Rooke |
| Best Short Form TV Drama
Presenter: Steven Moffat |
Four Lives by Neil McKay |