Screenwriters' Festival 2009

The fourth Screenwriters' Festival will be running from Monday 26th October to Thursday 29th October this year. The full programme has now been announced, and here's a list of just a few of the confirmed guest speakers:

• Ollie Madden - Vice President of Production, Warner Bros.

• Steven Moffat - Lead Writer, Doctor Who

• James Schamus - CEO Focus Features

• Christine Langan - Creative Director of BBC Films

• Simon Beaufoy - Writer of The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire

• Phil Collinson - Head of Drama, BBC North

• Kenton Allen - CEO, Big Talk Productions

• Tessa Ross - Controller of Film and Drama, Channel 4/Film4

• Ben Stephenson - Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning

• Kate Harwood - Controller of Series and Serials, BBC Drama

• Armando Iannucci - Writer/Director of The Thick of It and I'm Alan Partridge

• Ashley Pharoah - Writer of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes

• Tony Grisoni - Writer of Channel 4's recent Red Riding adaptations

Tickets are still available for either two or all four days.

If you aren't able to make it, you can follow reports by Piers Beckley on the Writers' Guild blog.