Father Brown "The Belle of the Bonfire" spec script
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Father Brown "The Belle of the Bonfire" spec script

Television (One-hour) · Drama · 75 pages
Status: Spec
Two of Father Brown's friends go undercover at a high-class hotel to find the culprit behind a series of grisly murders, using themselves as bait to draw the killer out of the shadows.
Written by Karen Simmons
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Finalist, Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition Fall 2021

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Karen Simmons
North Hollywood, CA
Born on the wrong continent, Karen has been absorbing UK culture like a sponge since she was a kid. Shows like Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Monty Python, Jeeves & Wooster, etc., (and authors like Christie, Wodehouse and Pratchett) inspired her own writing style. Did some dogsbody work as P.A. & Story Assist for various tv shows in L.A. (now ghost-w...
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This is the 4th of 7 spec-scripts that I have recently written for the BBC comedy-drama murder-mystery show "Father Brown". I have written these to use a showcase/calling card for my tv screenwriting talent with the intention of trying to find representation in the UK as well as to hopefully get the attention of the BBC Writer's Room and the producers of the Father Brown series itself, as I am determined to become a regular contributing writer for the show. This is why I use the British spellings of various words which differ from the way they're spelled in American English, and I also use various idioms that are very specific to the UK and not as familiar to US audiences, but this is to demonstrate that my writing is very British in style and tone and my familiarity with the show itself, since I also do a number of callbacks and references in my specs to previously produced episodes of the show. Though I do use the regular cast of characters established on the show, I also introduce my own original guest characters in my specs as well as new story beats/character arcs for the regular characters that continue to evolve throughout my specs in chronological order to demonstrate my ability to continue the world-building detail and character evolution that they've done on the show. I've included "previously on" pages on all of my Father Brown specs in order to make it easier for any reader unfamiliar with the show, or if they hadn't read my previous specs yet, to understand some of the story developments. So far all of the readers who've looked at my specs have told me that they read/sound just like an actual episode of the show itself, so I'd like to think that's a good sign that I can actually use these to get the attention of the Father Brown producers for their consideration.