The Sitcom Mission starts in April 2010!

In January 2007, Declan Hill and Simon Wright of production company Every 1's A Critic took over the running of writing contest The Sitcom Trials, breathing new life into the format and rejuvenating it into a competition that was both audience and industry friendly.

So industry friendly, in fact, that Avalon, Baby Cow, Hat Trick, Big Bird Films, Rough Cut, So! TV, Talkback Thames, Tiger Aspect and BBC Radio Comedy all came to see it. And the Grand Final was judged by Lucy Lumsden (then Head of Comedy Commissioning, BBC TV), Andrew Newman (Head of Entertainment, C4), Michaela Hennessy-Vass (Commissioning Editor, Scripted Comedy, ITV) and Jane Berthoud (Head of Comedy Production, BBC Radio).

Dean Hardman, winner of The Sitcom Trials 2008/09, has had a half-hour version of his winning entry commissioned by BBC Radio Production, and says: "I can't recommend enough working with Simon and Declan."

Now, Every 1's A Critic are launching their own sitcom showcase - The Sitcom Mission. With an emphasis on script development, The Sitcom Mission will be staging 15-minute sitcom scripts. The best scripts entered are currently being workshopped with actors and directors, and the top 16 will go through to the knock-out contest in front of a public audience and showcased for the industry at a central London venue in April 2010, with industry judges deciding which sitcoms will go through to the Grand Final in May.

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