The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) – the trade union representing professional writers across TV, film, theatre, radio, books, poetry, and video games – has welcomed the UK government’s report on copyright and AI released on March 18th. WGGB General Secretary Ellie Peers said: “Copyright and AI is an issue of huge importance to […]
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has announced that British playwright, screenwriter and television writer Jack Thorne has been elected its new President effective immediately The writer, known for Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Help, This Is England ’90 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig OBE […]
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) awarded their highest Awards accolade, the Outstanding Contribution to Writing Award, to Mr Bates vs The Post Office screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes and writer and WGGB Treasurer Gail Renard. The recipients received their awards at the Garden Museum in Lambeth on January 13th, presented by WGGB Chair Emma Reeves. […]
The Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has called for the incoming Labour administration to offer better protections in a number of areas. WGGB General Secretary, Ellie Peers, commented: “As the UK wakes up to a new government and chapter in our political history, we call for a better deal for UK writers, who have […]
The UK creative industries are a success and writers are central to that, according to creative writers trade union the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). As the UK faces a General Election on July 4th, the WGGB has launched a manifesto which calls on whoever forms the next Government to implement its recommendations around […]
Netflix UK, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) have signed a new deal on remuneration which will apply to UK writers on Netflix scripted live-action commissioned series. The deal became effective as of February 1st and is the first agreement between a streaming service, the WGGB and the PMA. Anne […]