Matthew Cooper

Over an hour of straight talking and practical scriptwriting advice from BAFTA shortlisted and RTS Royal Television Society) nominated scriptwriter Matthew Cooper (Emmerdale / EastEnders / Hollyoaks / Family Affairs).
The video covers scriptwriting advice and practical business aspects of how scriptwriting careers work in the UK film and TV business, including sections on:
• Agents
• BBC Writersroom
• Building credits on existing shows
• Why nobody will accept unsolicited scripts
• The UK film business
• The current state of UK TV
As well as advice on writing original scripts, sitcoms scripts and Mat reveals the biggest writing mistakes made by new scriptwriters (and how to avoid making those mistakes).
Mat’s IMDb profile is here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247639/?.…
and his ‘Script consultant’ website is here: https://www.matcoop.co.uk/script-cons…

Leeds set and shot comedy feature film - in full - free to view - lots of Leeds Utd jokes and scenes shot in and around Leeds - starring Dean Smith (from The Square Ball podcast). Loads of Leeds jokes and Leeds fun. Swearing, bad language and Neil Warnock jokes guaranteed

On the day his first child is born, Dan decides to have a swift pint with his best friend before he goes to the hospital. Halfway down the pint, all hell breaks loose.
Wetting the baby’s head will never be the same again.

The film can be seen in full on YouTube here:

Sober stars Dean Smith (Waterloo Road / Last Tango in Halifax / Still Open All Hours / The Square Ball podcast) and Tom Gibbons (Funny Cow / The Archers / Young Dracula) and is set in Leeds during the Marcelo Bielsa era.

Matthew was the scriptwriter of iconic EastEnders episode where ‘Alfie’ told ‘Kat’ he loved her for the first time - some clips (written by Matthew Cooper) below: