The Brit List, the platform for emerging British screenwriters, has revealed its 2025 selection of the best unproduced film and television scripts.
Established in 2007, the Brit List’s mission is to “highlight outstanding British voices, with its annual list compiled from recommendations from UK production companies, talent agencies, sales companies, financiers, distributors and broadcasters. As such, “the feature films and television scripts that made this year’s list offer a barometer of industry tastes and trends,” the Brit List team highlighted. “In recent years, the Brit List has represented near parity of male and female writers, and in this edition, half of the writers come from historically underrepresented voices.
This year, a minimum of seven recommendations were needed for inclusion, with 15 screenplays from 16 writers shortlisted for 2025.
At the top of the list is Don’t even go there by Robert Cawsey, whose synopsis reads: “A family hike in Wales, intended to bring Will and his former parents closer together, goes horribly wrong when an ancient monster is unleashed, seeking revenge on the locals. »
The second-placed screenplay comes from Blake Ritson, known for playing Oscar Van Rijn in The golden ageand his brother Dylan. Their Point of view is set in “a dystopian world where state-issued glasses control everyone’s outlook on life,” according to a plot summary.
Third place is occupied by Discretion by Dylan Brady, the actor who played Neek in the second season of Andor. The story revolves around a struggling actor who is offered a job by a high-flying producer and his movie star husband.
“In this year’s list, we have a strong collection of unique voices who take us into new and bold worlds,” said Alexandra Arlango, founder and director of Brit List. “It’s interesting to note that this year there are a high number of storylines in the sci-fi and horror genre, but these are balanced by a higher number of storylines that lean towards comedy. One striking difference we’ve seen between the storylines that have appeared on the Brit List 2025, and indeed in the majority of the 200 script recommendations we’ve had this year, is the number of them that have yet to brings in a production company This surely reflects the difficult times the film and television industries are currently facing and makes it more important than ever that we as an industry continue to take risks and have the conviction to support brilliant storytelling.
Almost one in four feature film scripts published on The Brit List were subsequently produced, including The king’s speech, PaddingtonAnd The favoriteaccording to the Brit List team.
Brit List 2025 writers, supported by Audible and the Film Distributors’ Association, will have the opportunity to participate in a six-month program designed to help them in their careers through weekly seminars featuring guest speakers from the industry, including buyers, producers and showrunners, as well as a roster of specialists in areas such as personal finance, mental health, pitching techniques and personal branding.
Here’s a look at The Brit List 2025 scripts.
24 RECOMMENDATIONS
Don’t even go there by Robert Cawsey (Curtis Brown)
Producers: Available
Form: Feature film Genre: Horror comedy
Summary: A family hike in Wales, intended to bring Will and his former parents closer together, goes horribly wrong when an ancient monster is unleashed, seeking revenge on the locals.
20 RECOMMENDATIONS
Point of view by Dylan Ritson and Blake Ritson (Curtis Brown)
Producers: Available
Form: Feature film Genre: High science fiction
Summary: In a dystopian world where state-issued glasses control everyone’s outlook on life, a faulty prescription opens Lyle’s eyes to a reality he cannot ignore.
18 RECOMMENDATIONS
Discretion by Dylan Brady (Knight Hall)
Producers: Bravo
Form: TV Genre: Erotic thriller
Summary: When a high-flying producer and her movie star husband offer struggling actor Jacob a job as a nanny, he plots to seduce his employers and take advantage of their industry connections – without realizing he’s walking into a trap.
15 RECOMMENDATIONS
Revolting by Jack Holden (Independent Talent Group)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Drama
Summary: Revolting is the fabulously explosive story of the British gay liberation movement from 1970 to 1990, inspired by the experiences of real-life activist Lisa Power.
Always greener by Lewis Wren (Curtis Brown)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: High Concept Rom Com
Summary: A struggling artist, haunted by his past failures, is offered a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful double from a parallel universe, only to discover that living his fantasy has cost him the love of his life.
12 RECOMMENDATIONS
Chasing the night by Abraham Adeyemi (Casarotto)
Producers: Available
Form: Feature film Genre: Romance
Summary: Former lovers Fatimah and Léon meet by chance in Athens on the last night of their respective journeys. The obstacles they couldn’t overcome in their hometown suddenly fade away. Can this new landscape give them a fresh start? They have one night to find out.
The widows’ union by Bethan Moore (The Agency)
Producers: Available
Form: Feature film Genre: Crime / Dark comedy Drama
Summary: In early 20th century Hungary, a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic. 133 men are murdered and the leader of the club, the young, handsome and stupid Zsofi Kovacs, is put on trial and faces the death penalty. But did she really do something wrong? Based on a true crime story.
10 RECOMMENDATIONS
Make it fly by Wisdom Charis (Curtis Brown)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Comedy-drama
Summary: A comedy about newly orphaned Steady that follows her as she navigates grief, adulthood, and the herculean task of taking over her father’s white van company (something difficult to do when she’s not even one of those three things) accompanied by her clueless but lovable friends.
Maternal by Adam Tindall (not pictured)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Offbeat action thriller
Summary: An unassuming middle-aged woman and her teenage son are forced to flee their monotonous lives, when the mother’s past as a master assassin finally catches up with her.
9 RECOMMENDATIONS
Children of the State by Sarah Louise Madden (Casarotto)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Dystopian thriller
Summary: Children of the State takes place in a near world where, to save a crumbling social system, family size is now based on citizens’ wages – any children who cannot afford it are taken in and raised by the state. Lowri Morgan, a working-class doctor, begins to question his complicity in this utopian world.
8 RECOMMENDATIONS
Sweatshop Boy by Arran Shargall (not pictured)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Workplace drama
Summary: A fast-fashion assistant uncovers a secret so explosive it could destroy the very industry he’s desperately trying to conquer, forcing him to choose between self-destructing his own career to reveal the truth or silencing it forever to protect his rise to power.
For a time like this by Stéphanie Yamson (Casarotto)
Producers: Five Acts Productions
Form: TV Genre: Drama
Summary: Four lifelong friends navigate love, ambition, health and brotherhood in today’s London. Their worlds intertwine through laughter, secrets and heartbreak – until tragedy strikes, forcing them to question what it really means to show up for each other.
7 RECOMMENDATIONS
Darling of the RightEnemy of my people by Mahad Ali (The Agency)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Political thriller
Summary: A charismatic secondary school principal is unexpectedly nominated as a Conservative candidate for London mayor. In turn, her deeply held values collide with both her past and the complex realities of her diverse community – forcing her to confront uncomfortable truths about loyalty, identity, and power.
I’m truly amazing by Anoushka Warden (Independent Talent Group)
Producers: Fifth season in association with Bond Group Entertainment
Form: TV Genre: Comedy-drama
Summary: Una can’t get wet. It must be broken. Newly engaged, she embarks on a desperate quest to fix her flaws… What happens to happily ever after for a woman who can’t stand sleeping with the best man ever? I’m F*cking Amazing is a hilarious dive into female sexual desire.
Sovereign By Chloe Mai White (Indie Talent Group)
Producers: Available
Form: TV Genre: Political-financial thriller
Summary: With the United Kingdom unable to pay its national debt, a government lawyer whose marriage is imploding is thrust into the spotlight as she fights to save the nation from economic disaster.
