JB speaking stripJudith Bunting is a screenwriter with a passion for real-world drama and
a background in front-line politics and documentary.

Bunting honed her storytelling on award-winning, prime-time documentaries about science and exploration for BBC TV, Discovery, and national geographic.     

Judith’s television career took a detour in 2019 when she was elected to the European Parliament as MEP for the South East of England.

As Rapporteur for the Culture and Education Committee, shaping the €30bn Strategic Innovation Agenda for the European Institute for Innovation and technology, Bunting recommended the creation of the new Department for Culture and Creativity. As Vice President of the European Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula, Bunting also opened negotiations with the North Koreans for a three-way cultural tour between the EU, South and North Korea.

Perhaps the highlight of her political career, came when she challenged Nigel Farage in Parliament and found herself on the front page of the Sun and the Daily Mirror branded as a ‘patronising stuck-up snob’ – a tad galling, given she grew up happily in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough.     

As a writer, Bunting has a talent for weaving complex factual material into powerful narratives that draw on people she has met, relationships she has been part of, and idea she has come across in documentaries and in politics.

  • Winner – Best Screenwriter, Liverpool Indie Film Festival 2025
  • Winner – Best First Time Screenwriter, Tokyo Script Awards, 2025
  • Runner Up – Scriptwriters and Co festival 2024
  • Finalist – London’s C21 / Studio 21 script competition 2023.

If you have any enquiries about past or future projects please get in touch.

 
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  1. I think I stumbled across you on Twitter a while back. Were you once, like me, a BBC Studio Manager? I recall someone with the same name working with me on a Billy Joel concert at Wembley Arena, probably around 1984. Anyway, after last week’s tweet from Elon Musk about The Guardian I shall probably exit X. Maybe see you on Threads.

    Best wishes

    mark25farrar

    Soundscape gardener. Guardian reader. Am currently writing #TheGasBoardGame a 25 part audio adventure. Tales of celery, snowballs and heavy cricketers

  2. Mark, My goodness, that’s incredible! Yes, that’s me. I remember the Billy Joel experience very well. Great to hear from you. Where are you based? Jb

  3. Hi Judith.

    I’m still listening to the radio, albeit from the relative calm of the South Downs. I have just heard Emma Barnet grill Jeremy Hunt on the Today programme. Good work.

    Best

    Mark.

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