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www.channel4.com/entertainment/fatherted/
Channel 4's official homepage of the ‘Father Ted’ television series.

www.father-ted.co.uk/pages/eguide.html
‘Father Ted’ plot summaries for each episode.

www.phill.co.uk/comedy/ted/guide.html
Guides to episodes of ‘Father Ted’. Each description, in just a sentence or two, may serve as exemplars for writing own resumes.

www.lsw.org.uk/sc8.htm
This ‘virtual screenwriter’ site offers ten practical steps for composing screenplays.

www.screenscape.fsnet.co.uk/
Scripting templates: these are small files that can be easily downloaded (and unzipped). The site also holds a small collection of original screenplays from a variety of genre.

www.screentalk.org/gallery.htm
A useful and comprehensive collection of screenplays of various genres. These are provided as unedited, PDF-files (requiring Acrobat Reader, downloadable free from www.adobe.com). Reproduction of scripts (including multiple copies) for classroom use is not an infringement of any copyright.

http://simplyscripts.com/index.html
Opportunities to examine hundreds of scripts, screenplays and transcripts of television and film productions.

http://screenwriting.miningco.com/arts/screenwriting/library/tutorial/bl_tutorial_index.htm
Detailed, book-length step-by-step tutorial advice about writing a screenplay. (The site contains some commercial advertising.)

www.sitcom-net.com/sitcom1a/sitcom1a1.htm
Sitcom format: discover the correct structure and layout of sitcom scripts.