Television Fiction Writing

The MA TV Fiction Writing is a specialised master’s degree focusing solely on television writing. If you’re serious about pursuing a career in this industry, GCU is where you can turn that ambition into reality.

You’ll study with industry experts and benefit from our close collaborations with broadcasters and independent production companies. Our graduates now work across every aspect of the industry, demonstrating our course’s reputation as a launch pad for television professionals.

As the broadcast landscape is constantly evolving, you’ll learn within a course that is continually reviewed and refreshed. Alongside our strong focus on television drama, you’ll explore areas such as comedy, children’s television and formats, and benefit from intensive script editing development. This breadth of training ensures you will graduate prepared for today's industry.

On this course, you will:

• Graduate with two industry-level calling card scripts ready to take to market
• Gain direct, hands-on experience of full-day story conferences and writers’ rooms
• Learn from both academic experts and leading British TV scriptwriters
• Work in class on current television shows with guest speakers from those productions
• Receive individual mentoring from experienced television professionals
• Access producers and commissioners directly
• Be supported by a professional script doctor.

With this course, you will get the training, connections and experiences you need to prepare you to make an impact on the television industry.

Why study Television Fiction Writing?

• The course has strong links across the industry and has current agreements of support with BBC Scotland and STV studios.
• This was the first degree of its type in the UK and remains one of most specialised degrees to focus solely on writing for television.
• Our reputation for developing industry-ready, high-quality graduates is reflected in their success across the industry.
• Classes are taught exclusively by experienced television writers, with top-level industry guests including showrunners, executive producers, senior development producers and BBC commissioners.
• As a student on this course, you’ll have free access to industry-standard scriptwriting software.

Your career

With the hands-on experience offered in this course, you'll graduate uniquely prepared to launch an exciting new career in UK television and abroad. Over the last 15 years, our course has built a stellar reputation amongst employers. Many of our graduates have gone on to work on original and returning series for major broadcasters, including:

• BBC
• ITV
• C4
• 5
• Sky.

Our graduates work across the industry, working on shows like Eastenders, Emmerdale, and Hollyoaks. Types of roles include:

• Script writer
• Story editor
• Story liner
• Producer.

Others have created their own work with leading independent production companies. Many of our graduates go on to diverse roles in the television and wider broadcast industries and value the deep connections with industry across the programme.