From Page To Screen: Chris Chibnall's Desert Island Scripts

Part of the 2026 From Page To Screen film festival

Award-winning screenwriter, best-selling novelist and festival curator Chris Chibnall discusses the power of great scripts and shares some favourite clips.

“To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.” Alfred Hitchcock

Chris selects eight of his favourite ‘Big Screen Banger’ film scripts and discusses the screenwriters behind them plus the influence they’ve had on him. Chris will be in conversation with acclaimed writer John Higgs.

Chris is a BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Broadcasting Press Guild and Peabody award-winning screenwriter, executive producer, novelist and playwright whose work has been seen, read, translated and remade around the world. Most recently, Chris has written the screenplay for Netflix’s Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials. His other television work includes the multiple BAFTA winner Broadchurch; Doctor Who; United; Torchwood and Life on Mars. Chris’s best-selling first novel, Death at the White Hart, is soon to be a major ITV drama.

John Higgs
John is a novelist, journalist and cultural historian whose books include The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds, William Blake vs the World and Lynchian: The Spell of David Lynch.

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Bridport Arts Centre

Wednesday 22 April at 5pm

Tickets: £7.50/£6.50/£5
25-and-under £3
10% off for BAC supporters

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901 or online