Philip Ralph
@philralph.bsky.social
Screenwriter, recovering actor, rites of passage guide. Advocate for positive change in UK TV and the arts.
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Sometimes I’m tempted to start a new hashtag group on here, purely dedicated to promoting female screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, cinematographers, editors et al.
Nothing remotely against our male counterparts. We just need MORE female representation and voices within the industry.
Nothing remotely against our male counterparts. We just need MORE female representation and voices within the industry.
This terrible news for female directors, the wider industry and for female stories and representation on screen AND behind the scenes.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
I knew this would happen
And it’s going to keep dropping
Given everything going on this may seem trivial but it’s all connected
How can we create a better world when we only tell ourselves stories from one perspective?
We’re choosing this
And I am fucking furious
mailchi.mp/usc/2025-was...
And it’s going to keep dropping
Given everything going on this may seem trivial but it’s all connected
How can we create a better world when we only tell ourselves stories from one perspective?
We’re choosing this
And I am fucking furious
mailchi.mp/usc/2025-was...
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Sometimes I’m tempted to start a new hashtag group on here, purely dedicated to promoting female screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, cinematographers, editors et al.
Nothing remotely against our male counterparts. We just need MORE female representation and voices within the industry.
Nothing remotely against our male counterparts. We just need MORE female representation and voices within the industry.
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❤️ and this is, I think, exactly what I needed to hear today
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 132678:
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
January 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
❤️ and this is, I think, exactly what I needed to hear today
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This terrible news for female directors, the wider industry and for female stories and representation on screen AND behind the scenes.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
I knew this would happen
And it’s going to keep dropping
Given everything going on this may seem trivial but it’s all connected
How can we create a better world when we only tell ourselves stories from one perspective?
We’re choosing this
And I am fucking furious
mailchi.mp/usc/2025-was...
And it’s going to keep dropping
Given everything going on this may seem trivial but it’s all connected
How can we create a better world when we only tell ourselves stories from one perspective?
We’re choosing this
And I am fucking furious
mailchi.mp/usc/2025-was...
2025 was a new low for women directors. Our new report is out today.
mailchi.mp
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This terrible news for female directors, the wider industry and for female stories and representation on screen AND behind the scenes.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
Women and girls make up 51% of the world population and yet aren’t given the same equivalence within the film/TV industry. Frankly, that’s archaic.
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I really miss when scripted TV was considered the disreputable younger sibling of film and most people didn’t have any pretensions of making high serious profound art.
Bring back scripted genre pulp that looks like it cost five dollars an episode.
Bring back scripted genre pulp that looks like it cost five dollars an episode.
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I really miss when scripted TV was considered the disreputable younger sibling of film and most people didn’t have any pretensions of making high serious profound art.
Bring back scripted genre pulp that looks like it cost five dollars an episode.
Bring back scripted genre pulp that looks like it cost five dollars an episode.
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Plenty of variables, but Farage remains a contender for PM. If so, what's the UK's international role? Airstrip One for a gangster state. Or we reject him, and resume being part of a rules-based Europe. This is the inescapable choice we now face, in shit circs (cos of Brexit, of Farage's making) 1/2
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Plenty of variables, but Farage remains a contender for PM. If so, what's the UK's international role? Airstrip One for a gangster state. Or we reject him, and resume being part of a rules-based Europe. This is the inescapable choice we now face, in shit circs (cos of Brexit, of Farage's making) 1/2
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One of the great films of all time:
January 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
One of the great films of all time:
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Counterpoint: it’s not
World is in better place than when Eden Project created 25 years ago, founder says
Tim Smit also says extreme political views will fade when people realise good things are around the corner
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Counterpoint: it’s not
Film of the year. Superb on every level. See it.
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Film of the year. Superb on every level. See it.
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I wonder what celebrated AI actress Tilly Norwood is up to these days
December 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wonder what celebrated AI actress Tilly Norwood is up to these days
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“But what about your pension? If there’s a crash!”
A warning that sadly falls on deaf ears for those of us whose pension was our creative work, stolen in the first place to build this teetering edifice of toxic dogshit.
A warning that sadly falls on deaf ears for those of us whose pension was our creative work, stolen in the first place to build this teetering edifice of toxic dogshit.
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“But what about your pension? If there’s a crash!”
A warning that sadly falls on deaf ears for those of us whose pension was our creative work, stolen in the first place to build this teetering edifice of toxic dogshit.
A warning that sadly falls on deaf ears for those of us whose pension was our creative work, stolen in the first place to build this teetering edifice of toxic dogshit.
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Just watched Reds. So much to say but two things take precedence: 1) why the fuck don’t we make intelligent deep rich complex movies like this for adults anymore? 2) Diane Keaton is simply astounding in this film - open, present, real, grounded, heartbreaking. An astonishing performance.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just watched Reds. So much to say but two things take precedence: 1) why the fuck don’t we make intelligent deep rich complex movies like this for adults anymore? 2) Diane Keaton is simply astounding in this film - open, present, real, grounded, heartbreaking. An astonishing performance.
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On BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds today, 11am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress?, Forward Thinking
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
On BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds today, 11am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Just watched Reds. So much to say but two things take precedence: 1) why the fuck don’t we make intelligent deep rich complex movies like this for adults anymore? 2) Diane Keaton is simply astounding in this film - open, present, real, grounded, heartbreaking. An astonishing performance.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just watched Reds. So much to say but two things take precedence: 1) why the fuck don’t we make intelligent deep rich complex movies like this for adults anymore? 2) Diane Keaton is simply astounding in this film - open, present, real, grounded, heartbreaking. An astonishing performance.
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When analyses of the bad state of the film and TV industry blame the various writers / actors’ strikes, it’d be nice if they blamed the reasons for those strikes instead.
“The industry has struggled to recover from appalling residuals offers, and aggressive tech-driven erosion of artists’ rights.”
“The industry has struggled to recover from appalling residuals offers, and aggressive tech-driven erosion of artists’ rights.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When analyses of the bad state of the film and TV industry blame the various writers / actors’ strikes, it’d be nice if they blamed the reasons for those strikes instead.
“The industry has struggled to recover from appalling residuals offers, and aggressive tech-driven erosion of artists’ rights.”
“The industry has struggled to recover from appalling residuals offers, and aggressive tech-driven erosion of artists’ rights.”
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We don’t want to humanise or acknowledge the multifaceted aspects of evil people, because it’s easier for us to ‘other’ them. Treating bigots as if they were fully formed from the start allows us to pretend that WE could never do that, we could never be like that.
But all of us could.
But all of us could.
December 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We don’t want to humanise or acknowledge the multifaceted aspects of evil people, because it’s easier for us to ‘other’ them. Treating bigots as if they were fully formed from the start allows us to pretend that WE could never do that, we could never be like that.
But all of us could.
But all of us could.
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But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
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seeing my peers who i met on writing/screenwriting twitter 12/13 years ago finally start breaking in and being successful is the best feeling
there is no shortcut, there is no secret code, it's just creative friends supporting each other
there is no shortcut, there is no secret code, it's just creative friends supporting each other
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
seeing my peers who i met on writing/screenwriting twitter 12/13 years ago finally start breaking in and being successful is the best feeling
there is no shortcut, there is no secret code, it's just creative friends supporting each other
there is no shortcut, there is no secret code, it's just creative friends supporting each other
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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COMMISSION SOME SITCOMS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
December 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
COMMISSION SOME SITCOMS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
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Here is a little piece about the day of my final Monkey Cage recording - a couple of weeks ago in beautiful #manchester www.bigissue.com/opinion/robi...
December 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here is a little piece about the day of my final Monkey Cage recording - a couple of weeks ago in beautiful #manchester www.bigissue.com/opinion/robi...
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Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
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On December 24, 1968, NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this photo as he orbited the Moon with his Apollo 8 crewmates. This is Humanity as we truly are—8.1 billion crewmates on Spaceship Earth, floating in a vast Cosmos, for now our only home. Let’s make it good. Happy Holidays, fellow crewmates!
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
On December 24, 1968, NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this photo as he orbited the Moon with his Apollo 8 crewmates. This is Humanity as we truly are—8.1 billion crewmates on Spaceship Earth, floating in a vast Cosmos, for now our only home. Let’s make it good. Happy Holidays, fellow crewmates!
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The thing about structure is that it’s not a straitjacket, it’s a service.
If you’re going to ignore it in your story, you’d better replace the expected beats with better, more engaging ones, or people will just wait for the expected beats and be annoyed you’re taking too long to deliver them.
If you’re going to ignore it in your story, you’d better replace the expected beats with better, more engaging ones, or people will just wait for the expected beats and be annoyed you’re taking too long to deliver them.
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The thing about structure is that it’s not a straitjacket, it’s a service.
If you’re going to ignore it in your story, you’d better replace the expected beats with better, more engaging ones, or people will just wait for the expected beats and be annoyed you’re taking too long to deliver them.
If you’re going to ignore it in your story, you’d better replace the expected beats with better, more engaging ones, or people will just wait for the expected beats and be annoyed you’re taking too long to deliver them.
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Story structure is a straitjacket only in the same way as the rule for which side you drive on a motorway.
You’re definitely heading for trouble if you decide you’ve had a better idea.
You’re definitely heading for trouble if you decide you’ve had a better idea.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Story structure is a straitjacket only in the same way as the rule for which side you drive on a motorway.
You’re definitely heading for trouble if you decide you’ve had a better idea.
You’re definitely heading for trouble if you decide you’ve had a better idea.