Sarah Asante is a Creative Consultant specialising in Scripted TV, with two decades of experience inside broadcaster commissioning teams. For the past 10 years she held senior roles at the BBC and UKTV (Dave & Gold), shaping bold, distinctive scripted content for UK audiences. She launched her consultancy, Asante Space, in May 2025 after four years as Scripted Commissioning Editor at UKTV (BBC Studios), where she commissioned comedies and dramas including Meet the Richardsons, Sneakerhead with Big Zuu and Hugo Chegwin, Murder They Hope starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson, and Newark, Newark featuring Mat Horne and Morgana Robinson. She also championed diverse new voices, piloting four original comedies from emerging talent that helped cement the channel’s reputation for fresh, risk-taking work. Previously, Sarah was part of the BBC’s award-winning comedy commissioning team, where she commissioned BAFTA-winning sketch series Famalam and the pilot of Dreaming Whilst Black, later picked up internationally by A24 and Showtime. Her career has also spanned Channel 4, ITV, Fox International Channels and Scripps Networks, giving her a wide-ranging perspective across factual, entertainment and scripted. Alongside her commissioning work, Sarah has been a BAFTA TV and Learning Committee member, a consultant for BAFTA Elevate, and producer of landmark sessions at the Edinburgh TV Festival including the first Fellowship awarded to Shonda Rhimes. She mentors through initiatives like Wonder Women and is regularly invited by institutions such as the BFI, RTS and NFTS to deliver masterclasses. At The Screenwriting Weekender, Sarah will draw on her commissioner’s eye to share what writers most need to know: how to package and pitch your ideas, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to navigate industry dynamics without losing hope or your creative spark.