BRING ME THE HEAD OF...

Just learned that rather than take up a post in Ireland, Scottish Screen's Head of Development, Carole Sheridan has moved into Claire Chapman's job as Head of Talent and Creativity. Funny, because when I looked up the who's who of the organisation last week, Ms Sheridan didn't merit a mention at all.

Is this good news? Probably. At least it won't take six months now to find a replacement for La Chapman - which would have been Mission Impossible anyway since nobody of any calibre or competence would have climbed on board an agency that's getting scrapped soon. Second, it's continuity for the favoured few already in development. Otherwise it will be business as usual - and they've still got to find a development person. For all of you filmmakers with a cracking script, come back in December.

If I were in Carole Sheridan's shoes, the first thing I'd do is change my job title back to Head of Production. Talent and Creativity's a meaningless term and vaguely insulting to all of us talented and creative people who can't get our phone calls returned. The other thing I'd do is once and for all lose the logo of the wee Cairn Terrier with it's arse pointing to us. Not only has it outlived its welcome, its 'I'm ignoring you' posture speaks volumes about what the agency thinks of us - plus, it's just naff, naff, naff.