How do you feel about the roles for women on TV? Does a cast full of sultry young ladies make a show more appealing? Or do you feel there should be more room made for real women, ones of every age, shape and size? What is more important to you, good looks or great mature actresses bringing true to life characters onto our screens? Matthew Hemley of The Stage reports on the ongoing choice of beauty before age on British television;

Important information for screenwriters and producers in the UK, the UK Film Council has changed the way that its development fund works;

Tanya Seghatchian, Head of the Development Fund at UK Film Council, has announced changes to the way the Fund will work. Writers will now be entitled to apply as individuals, without needing to have a producer or director attached to a project.

The new funding channels are as follows: