The Writers' Guild of Great Britain announces shortlist for 2022 awards
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain have revealed the shortlist for their annual ceremony today.
Next year’s event, which takes place on February 14 at London’s Royal College of Physicians, will honor two years of British writing after last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic.
WGGB President Sandi Toksvig OBE said this about the forthcoming ceremony:
“What a fitting day to celebrate the cream of British writers – who have kept us entertained on page, stage, screen and across the airwaves, through such dark times.
Our creative industries play such an important role, as do all those who work within them and we hope our awards ceremony on Valentine’s Day will send this message – you matter, we care, and thank you for your words, which have lifted us all up over these past two years.”
In the video game portion, Amnesia: Rebirth, Overboard!, and Röki are up for Best Writing in a Video Game. Other noticeable nominations include Adult Material (Best Long Form TV Drama), Promising Young Woman (Best First Screenplay), and Paddington & The Love Day Cards (Best Children’s TV Episode). The entire shortlist can be seen below.
Best Long Form TV Drama
Adult Material by Lucy Kirkwood
I Hate Suzie by Lucy Prebble
It's A Sin by Russell T Davies
Best Short Form TV Drama
BBW by Yolande Mercy
Elizabeth is Missing by Andrea Gibb
Time by Jimmy McGovern
Best Long Running TV Series
Doctors, Series 21, Episode 81, 'The Joe Pasquale Problem' by Stephen Keyworth
Holby City, Series 21, Episode 50, 'Kintsugi' by Martin Jameson
River City, Series 21, Episode 28 by Jillian Mannion
Best TV Situation Comedy
Feel Good by Mae Martin and Joe Hampson
Frayed by Sarah Kendall
This Way Up, Series 2, Episode 4 by Aisling Bea
Best Children’s TV Episode
Aardman's The Epic Adventures of Morph: Chas Air by Tim Bain
My Mum Tracy Beaker: I Want My Mum Back by Emma Reeves
Paddington & The Love Day Cards by Hannah George
Best Radio Drama
Body Horror by Lucy Catherine
The Half Widow by Avin Shah
The Tenderness of Boys by Oliver Emanuel
Best Radio Comedy
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast by Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons
Olga Koch: Fight by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin
The Kurupt FM Podkast, Series 2 by Asim Chaudhry, Hugo Chegwin, Allan Mustafa and Steve Stamp
Best Writing in a Video Game
Amnesia: Rebirth by Ian Thomas
Overboard! by Jon Ingold
Röki by Emma Beeby, Sam Dickinson, Tom Jones, Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou and Danny Salfield Wadeson
Best Screenplay
I Care a Lot by J Blakeson
Sorry We Missed You by Paul Laverty
The Personal History of David Copperfield by Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci
Best First Screenplay
His House by Remi Weekes
Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell
Rocks by Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson
Best Play
Once Upon a Bridge by Sonya Kelly
Shook by Samuel Bailey
The Syrian Baker by Kevin Dyer
Best Play for Young Audiences
Germ Free Adolescent by Natalie Mitchell
Heavy Weather by Lizzie Nunnery
Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles? by Martin Travers
Best Musical Theatre Bookwriting
Black Love by Chinonyerem Odimba
The Prince and the Pauper by Chinonyerem Odimba
Ride by Freya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams
Best First Novel
A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee
The Lip by Charlie Carroll
The Manningtree Witches by A K Blakemore
Best Online Comedy
How to be Maggie: With Maggie P by Kate-Lois Elliott
Remember getting the period talk at school #Menopause by Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
Where Did It Come From? Series 1, Episode 2, 'The Hat' by Ralph Jones and Vyvyan Almond