Looks a very promising and official sitcomp... Page 4

Shortlist just posted an update - over 2,000 entries.

http://www.shortlist.com/home/sitcom-competition-update

Blimey. That's more than the beeb when they run a sitcom competition.

Quote: Seamus @ October 9 2012, 2:29 PM BST

Shortlist just posted an update - over 2,000 entries.

http://www.shortlist.com/home/sitcom-competition-update

You can't be disappointed if you don't get through to the long list when there are that many entries. The more entries, the more chance that a good script will be overlooked - no matter how strong the filtering process. It becomes more of a lottery.

Saying that, with there being no entry fee, chances are that a large portion of the entries are made up of 'send my random poem/play/novel to every competition going' types.

There's luck involved in everything, most you make yourself. Keep writing, keep failing, fail better...

Quote: Stevie D @ October 10 2012, 10:19 AM BST

You can't be disappointed if you don't get through to the long list when there are that many entries.

We can be disappointed with their selection process...

Quote: Tim Azure @ October 11 2012, 3:28 PM BST

We can be disappointed with their selection process...

Yes you can. Contrary to my statement above, you can be disappointed with pretty much anything you like.

For example: I'm disappointed that I can no longer do an impression of Jimmy Saville without there being sinister connotations. My Jim'll Fix It material is no longer suitable for a family audience. This is very disappointing.

The top 40 is scheduled to be posted tomorrow in their magazine. Good luck everyone.

Been announced today.

http://www.shortlist.com/comedy/sitcom-search-meet-the-final-40

Unfortunately didn't make it to the list, but well done to those who did.

Congrats to Matthew Stott, member of this forum! I think All The Fun Of The Fair and Keep Off The Grass were previous entrants in The Sitcom Trials. I don't recognise any other names.

Here's the full 40 that made it:

2:2 by Lewis Elliot, Josh Mellor, Sid Sagar and Toby Shevlane

The 7.52 by Christopher Glasson

A Month Of Sundays by Daniel Hobden

All The Fun Of The Fair by Alan O'Brien and Dominic Murphy

Beneficiary by Rupert Apsden

Bobby by Juliet Valdez

Craig by Steve Nelson

Date Me by Ziella Bryars

Digs by Alasdair Morrison

Diminishing Returns by Mohammed Mahbood Khan

Dirty Barry by Paul Hinnrichs

Drone by Ian Gordon

Dumped by Laura Fountain

Four's Company by Mark Pinshon

Funny Girls by Julie Currie and Paula Currie

Hated by Nathan Thomas

Intelligence by Louisa Fielden

Keep Off The Grass by Sarah Christou

Last Days Of Home by Rachel Aroesti

Laundry Service by James Chapman

Mascots by Neil Bennett

Memo by Peter Brownlow

The Motherhood by Abby Woolf

Multiplex by Simon Craig

The Neighbours From Hell by John Rooney, Stephen McCole and Paul McCole

Off The Road by Matt Plass and Kai Merriott

Roadies by David Nicholds

Rosencrantz by Francis Blagburn and Angus Harrison

Siblings by Martin Holmes

Specials by Mark Clompus and Stephen Keyworth

Status by Hannah George and James Whitehouse

Summertime by John Hart;

The Support by Lyndsey Honou

Three's A Tribe by Pete Barnes

Tight Five by Matthew Stott

Twenties-Thirties by Tim Sewell

Under Exposed by Matt Oakley

Uncle Richard by Ben Cottram

Vargon Lives! by Christopher Stanners

The Wonderkid by Ed Palmer

Congrats, Stott! Of course you couldn't have done it without my tweak to your title.

This is nice, though I only found out because Bussell let me know! Seems that there were 2136 entrants, so nice to get to the longlist of 40.

I recognise Martin Holmes on that list, an occasional visitor here.

Congrats, Matt! Well done.

Dan

Congrats, Stott. I knew I shouldn't have got my hopes up.

Congrats Mr Stott sir!

I didn't expect I'd be on there anyway. I'm definitely sending the full 30ish pages in next Script Room or BBC Sitcom competition.

Well done, Matt!

Let's hope you're a ten percenter (as long as it's funny, of course!).

Might be time for some of us to begin to realise that we just ain't got it.