Thanks for the welcome Mikey.

The Ross Kemp runner has proved very popular, it came from your original idea and I expanded it somewhat. Although Ross Kemp On...The Buses has proved too esoteric for some.

I would like to point out to all the writers who follow this thread that NewsRevue are ALWAYS looking for new material. Forget which day, week, month it is. If it's up to date and funny, IT GOES IN!

The director of the next run, James Kermack is a great guy and really wants some new, fresh, political satirical material. He said he's not interested in the whole celebrity Jordan X Factor bollocks. Another pointer you might find useful is to keep them short. Anything thing over two pages is too long, at least in my brief experience. If any of you have any questions about how to improve your chances of getting something in the show, I'll do my very best to help. After all, we're all in this together.

I wish you all the best and thank you.

I was wondering if you have any clips up anywhere. Or even some pdf's of show scripts perhaps. I was just getting stuff in regular to Treason before they had venue troubles but I can't quite nail News Revue's style and I can never make it to a show.

Don't worry if this a no can do for any reason - thanks for taking the time to register to offer advice.

Hi B, I'm a big Hicks fan too. The style for NR is basically quick and snappy. It could be a voice over that consists of one line or it could be a reworking of a song. As long as it's satirical in content, that is THE most important thing. As you've seen from the show lists that Mikey has very kindly posted, we work at a million miles an hour. We beat them in to submission, because if you didn't like that sketch, maybe you'll like the next one. You can't please everyone, as we have found. Some bits get a round one night and a tumbleweed the next.

I suppose that's comedy!
Cheers

Cheers for this advice Nick. It's much appreciated that someone point the way!

Dan

I was just getting stuff in regular to Treason before they had venue troubles but I can't quite nail News Revue's style

Funnily enough, I'm the other way round.
I haven't had many sketches/songs in Treason, yet I get stuff in NR every week.

I was wondering if you have any clips up anywhere. Or even some pdf's of show scripts perhaps.

There's no real set in stone way to crack NR.
I suppose you've just got to think "parodies", "plenty of laughs in a sketch then one big laugh at the end" and the fact that it's core audience is made up of middle class people, who seem to prefer clever witty jokes.

If you want examples of sketches I've got into the show, I have a small selection of comedy skethes to read at: http://www.mikeyj.info/read.php

All of that list have been in NewsRevue at some point, apart from OCD Miami and Fish Out Of Water.

I've never got anything into NewsRevue and I've never seen the London show. But I did see the Edinburgh "best of" in August and I was impressed with the pace and number of laughs. So, at the risk of repeating what others have said it seems that short stuff works best, and songs are the biggest audience pleasers. Songs seem to work best when they are very familiar to the audience but they must have a lot of choice comedy moments in them.

Highlights from Edinburgh (which some people on here might have written) were the songs Shitty Shitty Raliways (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Quantitave Easing (Sexual Healing) and Israeli Men (It's Raining Men).

There you go. Week 6

1I'M SO EXCITEDTIM FROST/DAN WRIGHT/MIKE TURNBULL/NICK BARCLAY
2ROMAN ON THE RUNNICK BARCLAY
3LINEKER'S POETRYADAM RHYS-DAVIES
4QINICK BARCLAY
5YACKETY YAKMARK BLAKEWILL
6QUEEN MUM'S BIOGMARTIN MALCOLM
7ROSS KEMP 1MIKEY JACKSON
8V/O PROTECTIONNICK BARCLAY
9BERLUSCONIROBIN BAILIES
10POLITICIAN CHATLINECAST
11FLYIN' RYANMARTIN MALCOLM
12LATE NIGHT REVIEWNICK BARCLAY
13X-FACTORCAST
14REC V/O TEBBITJOHN LANGFORD
15HAWKING HUNNYMICHAEL MONKHOUSE & WILL KENNING
16ROSS KEMP 2MIKEY JACKSON/NICK BARCLAY
17GO COMPARECAST
18MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTSDAN WRIGHT
19DEAD PARTYTERRY NEWMAN
20DARLING'S REAL DEALSALISON WARD/DAN WRIGHT
21HEY MISTER POSTMANTERRY NEWMAN
22JORDAN'S NEW BOOKCLAIRE STROUD/AMANDA ROBERTS
23BLAIR FOR E.U.DEREK THOMPSON
24V/O STEPHEN GATELEYMIKE TURNBULL
25GO WEST/LIB DEMSTERRY NEWMAN
26OLD MACDONALDNICK BARCLAY
27CLINTON IN N IRELANDDAN WRIGHT
28DAVINA BIG BROTHERJOEL SOETENDORP
29REVIEWING OCCUPATIONSARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE
30SUGABABESGARY BAINBRIDGE
31DAD'S ARMYTERRY NEWMAN
32CAR JACKERSSARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE
33V/O MADONNADAN WRIGHT
34TOP GEARDAN WRIGHT
35WE'LL MEET AGAINDEREK THOMPSON
36CAMERON IS BONKERSDAN WRIGHT
37ROSS KEMP 3MIKEY JACKSON/NICK BARCLAY
38CALVIN DE-KLEINTOM JOHNSTONE
39KIDS WITH CHLAMYDIACLAIRE STROUD & GRIFF PHILLIPS/MIKE TURNBULL
40V/O JOAN COLLINSAMANDA ROBERTS
41HEADMISTRESSALISON WARD
42INJURY LAWYERS 4 UDAN WRIGHT/CAST
43OBAMA SNUBROBIN BAILIES
44I'M ON TELLYJULIE SPITLER/NICK BARCLAY
45BBC IDEASCAST
46PRISON OFFICERSTERRY NEWMAN
47BNP JACKANORYTERRY NEWMAN
48HORNE & CORDENGRIFF PHILLIPS
49JEREMY KYLEALISON WARD/NICK BARCLAY
50GOLD FOR CASHJOHN LANGFORD
51AHMADINIJAD COMICNICK BARCLAY
52SGT GORDON'S...BANDMIKE TURNBULL & DAN WRIGHT/NICK BARCLAY

So what happens when you get a sketch on to the show? Do they tell you or do you just have to check the running order.

I'm finding it impossible to get stuff on to NR even though I'm having success elsewhere. It is doing my nut in.

Check the running orders chief - I didn't find out I had my first sketch in for months - this forum is a cracking place for it, cheers Mikey J

They don't tell if you get a sketch in.

The first time I knew that I'd got something in was when fellow BCG member Sootyj went to see the show and mentioned he'd seen my sketch in it. That seems like many moons ago now.

That's why myself (or other writers, if they beat me to it) post the weekly running orders here in this thread.

And we know what you mean, Ralphation. A lot of writers on these forums get material on certain shows, but cannot crack others. It is frustrating.

Here's the 1st week on the new run...

Shock, horror! I didn't get anything in this time!

AFGHANISTAN (SKID ROW)MICHAEL THOMAS
TALKING POLITICSMATT BARTLETT & DOMINIC STEPHENS
BAD NEWSROBIN BAILES
ADDICTED TO LOVEJOHN RAMSEY
PO-POMIKE SHEPERD 1
LIB DEM CUTSJAMES KERMACK
LOUIS WALSH SARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE 1
REHABNOEL CHRISTOPHER
MAKE DO PETERMATT BARTLETT 1
BRUCE ON PAXMANMARTIN MURPHY 1
STOKEMIKE SHEPERD 1
NOTHING LIKE A TRAINDEREK THOMPSON
GENERAL JOINS TORIESTERRY NEWMAN
SEXY CRIMEMIKE SHEPERD 1
ED BALLSHUGH SMITH1
POSTMAN PATDAVID SALISBURY
WHO WILL BUY?PAUL SWEENEY
QUESTION TIMEHUGH SMITH
FAME JAMES KERMACK
BNP AMBIENCEJAMES KERMACK
POST OFFICEROBIN BAILES1
DRIVING IN MY CARTERRY NEWMAN
CAMERONS DRAGON MATT BARTLETT 1
DISNEY LABOUR!COMPANY
CHAVS ANDREW HOBBS 1
OBAMAS NOBELSARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE 1
GANDHICOMPANY
HITLER UNEARTHEDJAMES KERMACK
ROCKY HORROR POLITICSMICHAEL THOMAS 1

and here's week 2:

Afghanistan (Skid Row)Michael Thomas
Paxman and BruceMartin Murphy
WierdophilesJohn Kirk
Addicted To LoveJohn Ramsay & sy and Louise Gallagher
Po-Po 1Mike Sheperd
Railway robberyMartin Malcolm
louis walsh one LinerSarah hutchings & Hil Cooke
Papal pressurerobin Bailies
Make do peterMatt Bartlett
Talking PoliticsMatt Bartlett & Dominic stephens
stokeMike Sheperd
Nothing Like A trainDerek Thompson
Lib Dem CutsJames Kermack
question Time 1Hugh Smith
General joins ToriesTerry Newman
Po-Po 2Mike Sheperd
postman PatDavid Salisbury
Who Will Buy ?Paul Sweeney
Question Time 2Mike Sheperd
BNP testTerry Newman
Postman V/ODavid Salisbury
Driving In mY CarTerry Newman
Mortgage V/OHugh Smith
Pirate PartyJeremy Davies
BNP AmbienceJames Kermack
FameJames Kermack
Sexy CrimeMike Sheperd
Camerons DragonMatt Bartlett
DisneyRichard David caine and Company
ChavsAndrew Hobbs
Time warp (Bullshit)Michael Thomas
Obama V/OSarah hutchings and Hil Cooke
Gandhi (Mandy)Company
Hitler unearthedJames Kermack
Annie MedleyMichael thomas

For those who have not given up on this...

week 3

NO BUSINESS LIKE BANK BUSINESSMICHAEL THOMAS
WIERDOPHILESJOHN KIRK
CHAVSANDREW HOBBS
ADDICTED TO LOVEJOHN RAMSAY & LOUISE GALLAGHER
STOKEMIKE SHEPERD
TALKING POLITICSMATT BARTLETT & DOMINIC STEPHENS
AFGHANISTANMICHAEL THOMAS
WAYNE AND COLLEENS NEW ARRIVALJAMES KERMACK
RAILWAY ROBBERYMARTIN MALCOLM
NOTHING LIKE A TRAINDEREK THOMPSON
PO-POMIKE SHEPERD
CAMERONS DRAGONMATT BARTLETT
X FACTOR TWINSMARTIN MALCOLM
TIME WARP (BULLSHIT)MICHAEL THOMAS
LIB DEM CUTSJAMES KERMACK
PAXMAN AND BRUCEMARTIN MURPHY
POSTMAN PATDAVID SALISBURY
WHO WILL BUY?PAUL SWEENEY
BNP TESTTERRY NEWMAN
LOUIS WALSH V/OSARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE
MIDDLE CLASS KIDSJEREMY DAVIES
SPIDERMAN (GORDON BROWN)JAMES KERMACK
SEXY CRIMEMIKE SHEPERD
FAMEJAMES KERMACK
DRUGS V/OHUGH SMITH
GORDON AND THE KIDSHUGH SMITH
DISNEY LABOURRICHARD DAVID CAINE AND COMPANY
GENERAL JOINS TORIESTERRY NEWMAN
POSTMAN V/ODAVID SALISBURY
DRIVING IN MY CARTERRY NEWMAN
HITLER UNEARTHEDJAMES KERMACK
PIRATE PARTYJEREMY DAVIES
OBAMA V/OSARAH HUTCHINGS & HIL COOKE
GANDHI (MANDY)COMPANY
ANNIE MEDLEYMICHAEL THOMAS

Gandhi? Very topical.

Quote: Griff @ November 10 2009, 10:59 PM GMT

Mitchell and Webb did a Gandhi sketch this year. It must be zeitgeisty.

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Yeap it must....where is my dictionary?