Mentoring

We want to be the most creative production company in the industry and believe that a vibrant creative culture helps produce extraordinary projects and that the key to that lies in mentoring. So we’re thrilled to have ITV, the BBC and Screenskills as partners and funders for our new writer and new director schemes.

Finding and nurturing new talent is at the very core of what we do. We want to provide a space for the next generation to flourish, offer them a foothold in the industry, and a platform from which they can take their next steps. Which is why we’ve set up a Writer in Residence award.

Dancing Ledge have been a proud partner of the BBC’s TV Drama Writers Programme since 2020. This sees us develop an original pilot episode with an up-and-coming screenwriter over the course of a year, with the screenwriter attending masterclasses and workshops along the way with established TV screenwriters, production teams and experts. The scheme culminates in a readthrough, and the BBC have a first-look at the finished project.