My TV pilot screenplay ‘The Canonical Five’ has been moved from over 2,500 submissions into the quarter finals of the ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Competition. The script is a ‘factually accurate’ (as far as possible) police procedural following a spate of murders in London in 1888. The result of this pursuit of truth is a script that turns the search for ‘Jack The Ripper’ into a Victorian style ‘Se7en’. The script pays special attention to humanising the victims and reclaiming the ‘myths’ to turn ‘Jack’ into a genuine and horrific truth. Even if the script does not progress further in the competition, I’m delighted that the script reached the quarter-finals and has been recognised by ScreenCraft. This sort of encouragement propels me forward to achieve more (and get on writing the rest of the episodes!).
