 Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Howard Overman have all reminded us this year that great screenwriting doesn't have to be niche or worthy. So move over, Stephen Poliakoff, and welcome, Jack Thorne, a former Skins writer who last autumn shared credits with Shane Meadows on This Is England '86. The 32-year-old's first BBC series The Fades - an apocalyptic supernatural thriller about a geeky guy whose ability to see the dead holds the key to saving the world - is already creating industry buzz and will air later in the year; Thorne has also been commissioned to adapt Nick Hornby's a Long Way Down for the big screen. But first comes climate-change play Greenland, this month's groundbreaking National Theatre collaboration with Matt Charman, Moira Buffini and Penelope Skinner, and a national tour of his Edinburgh award-winning play Bunny.