Phoebe Waller-Bridge congratulates Jenna Al–Ansari
Chernobyl producer Sister and Olivia Colman’s prodco South of the River Pictures (SOTR) have given a TV development commission to a new writer-performer as part of their inaugural Screenshot competition.
Bahraini-British performer Jenna Al-Ansari won for her one-woman political satire Protect & Survive, which was picked out by a panel that included BBC commissioning editor Tanya Qureshi, Channel 4 head of comedy Fiona McDermott and Sky commissioning editor Tilusha Ghelani.
Olivia Colman
The show saw Al-Ansari, who only started writing in 2019, take to the stage as newly minted Conservative MP Bambi Buttery-Potts, battling to have her nuclear protection campaign taken seriously.