Courses.
ScreenSkills - The Perfect Deck (Online)
A 2-hour, online deep dive into creating brilliant pitch materials. Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund.
ScreenSkills - Development for Small Indies & Individuals (Online)
If you’re running a lean indie, building something on your own, or working without the support of a large development team, this 3-hour, online session is designed to help you decide what to pursue, what to park, and how to move forward with more clarity - an honest look at what works, what doesn’t, and how to build a focused, sustainable approach that gives your ideas the best chance of survival.
ScreenSkills - Sizzles Masterclass (Online)
A 3-hour, online course removing the mystery of how to create a piece of tape that will leave commissioners with a crystal-clear and compelling sense of your show idea. Fully funded by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Fund.
Fed up with managing stress and disappointment by having a small cry in the toilet? We feel your pain. Come and share your frustrations and leave with a toolkit that will make you feel better equipped to deal with the mental and creative toll of unscripted development. Open for anyone from researcher to exec working in unscripted development - bring your whole team. Fully funded by the Screenskills Unscripted TV Fund.
ScreenSkills - Surviving Development: A Guide to Creative and Personal Resilience
A comprehensive online and in-person course for unscripted TV researchers and experienced runners who want to brush up on their specialist skills.
Modules include:
Writing, ideation and Development
Casting
Shooting & Kit Care
Archive research
Communication
How to build a lasting career in TV
It’s free! Fully funded by ScreenSkills and taking place January to March 2026, with an in-person day in Bristol, Manchester or Glasgow. Click on the button for all the details and to apply.
ScreenSkills - The A-Z of TV Research
A series of online theory and in-person practical sessions covering all aspects of what it takes to create and deliver a sizzle tape to sell your show.
Aimed at Producers and APs working in development and Edit producers who would like to learn or refine their sizzle producing and editing skills.
Online, the course will look at examples of successful (and less successful) sizzles, defining what makes something good or bad. We’ll cover sourcing, scripting, budgeting, graphics, VO and much more. Then each participant will have access to the course tutors as they prepare the materials for their own sizzle before a day-long, in-person, editing workshop based in Manchester.
It’s free! Fully funded by ScreenSkills and taking place across January and February 2026. Click on the button for all the details and to apply.