Screenwriter for hire
Looking to hire a screenwriter in the UK? With extensive experience developing treatments and original scripted projects, plus my background as a playwright, I offer versatile screenwriting services in comedy & drama formats. Whether you need a staff writer or a creative collaborator, I bring robust story development skills to every script.
Read some writing samples
I love to explore tragedy and comedy. So, if you like your jokes wrapped up in rug pulls on your heart strings, below you’ll find and introduction to me and what’s currently in my development slate.
Comedy
Read a sample scene. The opening sequence from comedy drama pilot Fairies.
Story: Three brothers are hurled back together in their hometown of Stoke on Trent to deal with the carnage of their alcoholic father’s cancer diagnosis. They must decide whether their brotherhood - and the family fancy dress and kissogram business - is worth saving.
Context: We meet the brothers as they meet each other for the first time in a long time.
“There’s a sweet sort of sadness to this one. The sense of pathos amidst the daftness gives this story an edge.”
~ BAFTA Rocliffe Jury’s Comments
Drama
An early scene from original drama Between the Riot and the Rainbow.
Story: Adam is accused of a sexual assault, but he has no memory of the events on the night of the accusation. This is a drama about shame and the destruction it can cause, internally and in the world.
Context: Adam meets Conor for the first time. It’s the outcome of their meeting that serves as a catalyst for the events that follow.
"brutal and funny in turns with a burning, plangent heart”
~ Alexi Kaye Campbell
If you’d like to keep reading
I have a selection box of sample scripts and treatments to send your way.
Explore some TV projects
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FAIRIES
Explore my BAFTA-Rocliffe winning bittersweet comedy-drama about three brothers who return to Stoke on Trent have to dress up as fairies to save their dying dad's dying kissogram business.
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RAGING
Curious to find out what would happen it two gay best friends attempt to have more than a friendship and end up imploding their friendship group? Get stuck in and find out whose side you’re on.
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SPEECHLESS
Dive into a US/UK love story about wedding speechwriter who is forced to write his way back to the love of his life, discovering that love speaks for itself while you’re looking for the words.
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I was recently selected from hundreds of applicants to be a writer on a development scheme with Sky Comedy and Birmingham Rep. The result was Tree Shall Not, Tree Shall Not Be Moved, a short comedy play about courage.
I recently wrote on Audible first-ever original music podcast. And it was podcast pick of the week in Sunday Times Culture and The Guardian. Series Cast includes: Ellie Goulding, Douglas Booth, Omari Douglas, Layton Williams, Philip Arditti, Julia Davis, Rory Kinnear, Paul Kaye and more.
“This clever concept musical, featuring interrelated stories, is created by Freya Slipper with songs by Chris Read. The best of the five episodes are written by Slipper or Doug Crossley... there is something undeniably promising here that deserves to be staged live. ”