Shortlists announced for Guild Awards 2007

The Guild has announced the shortlists for the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2007. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony hosted by Jeremy Hardy on Sunday 18 November. Thanks to generous sponsorship from BBC, ITV and Working Title, the awards will now be held at BAFTA (David Lean room) 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN.

The writers short-listed, in no particular order, are as follows:

Best Original Drama (TV)

• Victoria Wood - Housewife, 49 

• Peter Morgan - Longford

• Neil McKay - See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Best Soap / Series (TV)

• Chris Chibnall, Paul Cornell, Russell T. Davies, Stephen Greenhorn, Steven Moffat, Helen Raynor and Gareth Roberts - Doctor Who, Series 3

• Joe Ainsworth, Lisa Holdsworth, Nigel McCrery, Charles McKeown, Roy Mitchell, J.C. Wilsher and Richard Zajdlic - New Tricks, Series 4

• Chris Chibnall, Mark Greig, Matthew Graham, Guy Jenkin, Tony Jordan, Ashley Pharoah and Julie Rutterford – Life on Mars, Series 2

Best Comedy / Light Entertainment (TV)

• Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche - The Thick of It

• Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - Extras

• James Corden and Ruth Jones - Gavin & Stacey

Best Play (Theatre)

• Gregory Burke - Black Watch

• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon

• Tom Stoppard - Rock 'n' Roll

Best Screenplay (Feature Film)

• Tony Grisoni - Lives Of The Saints

• Paul Laverty - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

• Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan - The Last King Of Scotland (based on the book by Giles Foden)
  

• Shane Meadows - This Is England

Best Radio Play

• Charles Wood – Conspiracy at Sevres

• Mark Lawson – Expand This

• Steve Gooch - McNaughton

Best Videogame Script

• Charles Cecil and Neil Richards - Broken Sword: Angel of Death

• Dan Houser and David Bland - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

• Dan Houser and Jacob Krarup - Canis Canem Edit

All the nominated writer(s) had to be British or have worked in Britain. Eligible programmes / plays / books etc had to have been first released, published, performed or broadcast during the period 1 June 2006 - 31 May 2007 inclusive.

Other awards presented at the ceremony on Sunday 18 November will be:

• A Lifetime Achievement Award

• An award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Writing

• A Special Award from the Writers’ Guild’s Books Committee

• The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007, Best Screenplay Award, presented by the Writers’ Guild and The List.

The support provided from our sponsors has also enabled us to reduce tickets to £25 for members and £50 for non-members. Only 100 tickets are available for sale so early booking is recommended.

If you wish to book, please send a cheque with your name and membership number (if applicable) written on the back. Please make the cheque payable to the Writers' Guild, and address it to the 'Writers’ Guild Awards Tickets ', Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 15-17 Britannia Street, King’s Cross, London, WC1X 9JN. " Please also include a covering letter detailing any special requirements you might have for the event.

If you miss out on the 100 tickets for sale but still wish to attend, we will be able to add you to the waiting list for spare tickets. In this case, priority will be given to Guild members.

Article updated: 15.10.2007