About 'The Sitcom Mission'
The aim of The Sitcom Mission to provide a platform for new comedy writing. If you want to write TV drama there are plenty of opportunities on the fringe to cut your teeth. Where do you go if you want to perfect your sitcom writing skills?
To find out more about the The Sitcom Mission see the Home Page, Guidelines and Rules. Entry for the 2010 competition has now closed. The top 16 scripts selected 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 Spring 2010, with industry judges deciding which sitcoms will go through to the Grand Final. Dates
Every 1's A Critic
Every 1's A Critic, the production company which runs The Sitcom Mission, was formed in 2008 by award-winning producers Declan Hill and Simon Wright. Every 1's A Critic held its first final of an international sitcom-writing competition in May 2009. It was judged by the heads of comedy from BBC TV, BBC Radio, Channel 4 and ITV. Over the months the show was on at The Leicester Square Theatre, the writers and actors had been seen by practically every important production company in the country too - Endemol, Avalon, Tiger Aspect, Talkback, Roughcut, Hat Trick, Baby Cow and more.
We think the showcase is an incredibly effective tool for getting your work (whether as actor, director or writer) seen by the people who matter. The winner, Dean Hardman, has had his script commissioned by BBC Radio. Not bad for a first-time sitcom writer!
See our testimonials page to read comments from people we've worked with previously.
Declan Hill
Declan got involved with The Sitcom Trials in 2003 as an actor and writer, and his sitcom Singing The Blues was developed by TAPS and filmed at the London Studios on the set of Today With Des And Mel, starring Tom Chadbon (Peep Show) and Rebecca Sarker (Coronation Street). Having formed production company Every 1's A Critic with Simon Wright, he has a number of sitcoms in development. Declan is proud of putting The Sitcom Trials back on the map, and is looking forward to taking The Sitcom Mision to even greater heights.
Simon Wright
Simon has been involved in live sitcom as an actor, writer, producer and director. He acted and wrote for The Sitcom Trials for 7 years or so, and appeared in two of The Sitcom Trials shows on ITV. An ex of his, now living in California, was so impressed with the Trials when he described it to her, that she produced The Sitcom Trials, Hollywood. Simon co-produced The Sitcom Trials in 2007 and in 2008 (with Declan Hill), and is particularly proud that the 2007 show gained a Fringe Award for Best Encouragers of Talent. In 2009 he and Declan formed the company Every 1's a Critic to develop new comedy.
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