Red Planet Pictures

Tony Jordan's been a busy man recently.

Having left his post as Story Consultant on EastEnders, he's just created cop show Holby Blue for the BBC (now renewed for a second series) and Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach over at ITV.

There's a new interview with him in the Guardian, and he's set up a new independent production company, Red Planet Pictures, who are launching with a rather fine competition for new and newish writers.

And the prize is pretty fantastic: 5 grand, an agent, and a guaranteed script commission. Nice.

Further details at their website.

Well worth checking out, I'd say.