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Announcing Semifinalists!

Working class women are almost five times less likely to secure a creative job than men from privileged backgrounds, which is why Female Pilot Club is partnering with BBC Comedy to pair talented female comedy writers from working class backgrounds across the UK with industry mentors. Our wonderful sponsors helping make this event possible include Baby Cow Productions, Hat Trick Productions, Yellow Door Productions, CPL Productions & Black Dog Television. Five writers will be paired with industry mentors to help polish their scripts in preparation for a live read-through by top flight comedy talent at a London showcase event in 2025.

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Thank you to everyone who worked so hard on their submissions. We received 400 entries and were genuinely bowled over by the quality of the writing. If your script has not made it to the quarterfinals, please remember it does not mean it’s not a good idea or that you are not a good writer. Please, please keep writing.

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Since 2019, Female Pilot Club has staged live readings of brilliant female-written comedy scripts by top flight comedy talent for public and industry audiences. Our finalists have gone on to attain representation and have their scripts optioned by production companies. We believe nothing proves good comedy like the sound of laughter.

 

Please join us in congratulating the Semifinalists and stay tuned for Finalist announcements; email us to subscribe and follow us on X or Instagram for updates.

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Semifinalists

Amy Gray

Amy Harrison

Brenda McNeill

Cerys Hughes

Debbie Howard and Rachael Birch

Emma Keaveney-Roys

Jennifer Banks

Julie Tsang

Kate Van Boss & Angie Garaghon

Kim MacAskill

Kirsty Smith

Krystina Nellis

Lotte Mullan

Maxine Wade

Mitra Djalili

Samantha Lyden & Teresa Burns

Sarah Brown

Seeta Wrightson

Stacey L. Kettner

Teleri Sian Hughes

Sunny Hunny

Ground Down

Remembering

Hard Up

Hitched

Jeremy The Dad

Shit Hippy

So...Jesus

The Beldames

Granny

Hildegard Of Bingley

The Plastics

MILF

Bedside Manners

Losing It

It's All Relative

Boomerang

BD5 Girls

What do we do about Belphegor?

60 Miles from Civilisation

Quarterfinalists

Alexandra Woolley

Alexcia Lee

Alexis Rose

Amanda Webster

Ambrosine Davies

Amy Davey

Amy Gray

Amy Harrison

Amy Xander

Anastasia Marshall

Angela Tuck

Annie Mckenzie

Beth Granville

Bethan John

Bethan Martin

Brenda McNeill

Caitlin Magnall Kearns

Carla Brown

Cerys Hughes

Cerys Knighton

Chanel Akinwande

Chess Tomlinson

Chloe de Lullington

Claire Maylin Smith

Claire Rammelkamp

Debbie Howard and Rachael Birch

Eileen Tracey

Ella Faye Donley

Emily-Jane Clark

Emma Clarke

Emma Keaveney-Roys

Emmy Fyles

Erika Knight

Erin McHugh

Gabrielle Finnegan

Georgina Ambrey

Hannah Rudd

Hannah Swanston

Helen Iley

Jain Edwards

Jane Renton

Jemma Baker

Jemma Williams-Fyne

Jennifer Banks

Jennifer Hulman

Jenny de Jersey

Jessica McDonagh

Jill Main

Jilly Sumsion

Jo Hartland

Julie Parsons

Julie Tsang

Karen Brown McKee

Kate Hammer

Kate Van Boss & Angie Garaghon

Kim MacAskill

Kirsty Smith

Krysia Pepper

Krystina Nellis

Laura Harper

Laura McGrady

Laura Norton

Laura Usher-Bastar

Lauren Carse

Lauren Soley

Liz Champion

Lorna Riley

Lotte Mullan

Louise Young

Lucy Regent

Lucy Wilson

Lydia Bland

Lynda Kennedy

Lyndsey McAllister

Maura Campbell

Maxine Key

Maxine Wade

Mayura U

Mina Barber

Mitra Djalili

Natasha Cottriall

Nic Owen

Niki Rooney

Nina Stevens

Noor Sobka

Rachael Hunter

Rebecca Jo Hanbury

Ros Jones

Sally Collett & Andrea Valls

Samantha Lyden & Teresa Burns

Sarah Brown

Seeta Wrightson

Sharon Wright

Shazia Ashraf

Sheila Marshall

Sky Frances

Stacey Guthrie

Stacey L. Kettner

Tara Byrne

Teleri Sian Hughes

Tonya Joy Bolton

Vanessa Hehir

Wendy Storer

Yasmin Jafri

Zoé Mahfouz

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Quiet Please

Baddies

Addict

Square Eyes

Stacey

Small World

Sunny Hunny

Ground Down

St. Lorraine

Life After False Death

Welcome to Mars

Living Proper

Brought Up

Choir

General Practise

Remembering

Love Handles

MILF

Hard Up

Hush

Blended

Mam, Me, Mia

Madam & Eve

Testing

Losers

Hitched

The Favourite

Surf's Up the Boro

The Empty Nesters

Where Has Gerry Adams' Lovely Voice Gone

Jeremy the Dad

Live Your Best Life

Spyfools

Easily Lead

Living with ME

REP

Revelations

The Retreat

This Mighty Stranger

Cult Phenomenon

The Old Ones

Lesbihonest

Overcast

Shit Hippy

Shosh

Spiralling

Undertakers

Me! Magazine

Booty

Bossy

Loyalty

So... Jesus

The Casbah Lounge

Pursued by Bear

The Beldames

Granny

Hildegard of Bingley

Disconnected

The Plastics

A Quick Guide to Ruining Your Life

Basil to Bea

Acting Up

Sirens

Medsecs

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Around Tarn

Ring My Bell

MILF

Retreat

Grandma

The Mr. Darcy Project

Red Flag

Pearl and Jean

Got Your Nose

This is Grim

Flex Appeal

Bedside Manners

A is for Adulting

Hot Sauce

Losing It

(God Save My) Northern Soul

The Pitch

Peg's Pride

Private Dick

The Natives

The Staff Room

Alright Jo?

The 49ers Club

Babycakes

It's All Relative

Boomerang

BD5 Girls

Second Act

Weird

Hope Defferred

The Mofe Show

Fundertakers

What do we do about Belphegor?

Head

60 Miles from Civilisation

Ageing Disgracefully

Boomerang

The Roboteers

Common Stock

I Follow You

Meet the Mentors

Five brilliant mentors will participate in selecting our five Finalists and supporting them with mentorship in preparation for the showcase event. 

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