Outstanding Television Screenplays from Australia

In both TV series and serials, the best screenplays are excellent, yet largely unrecognised - because television screenplays are rarely published or critically assessed in terms of the restrictions and conventions under which they were written. Consequently, the most popular and possibly the most influential art form in the Western world is the least studied. Top Shelf 2 features five outstanding screenplays chosen by acclaimed television writer, Greg Haddrick. Serial Episodes: Home & Away - Episode 2282 by Linda Stainton - AWGIE Award for Best Episode of a TV Serial 1998 -Breakers - Episode 241 by Sean Nash - AWGIE Award for Best Episode of a TV Serial 1999 Series Episodes - Good Guys, Bad Guys - 'One Point Eight Million Reasons to Change Your Name' by Graeme Koetsveld - Nominated for the AWGIE Award for Best Episode of a TV Series Drama 1997 and for the AFI Award for Best Television Screenplay 1997 - Blue Heelers - 'Reports of Damage and Loss' by John Banas - AWGIE Award for Best Episode of a TV Series Drama 1997 - Wildside - Episode 17 by Tim Pye - AFI Award for Best Television Screenplay 1998