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David Nobbs Memorial Trust competition The David Nobbs Memorial Trust is to launch its first annual comedy writing competition. Opening on the 1st January, it has a £500 first prize. More details |
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Sexy Murder writers interview Céin McGillicuddy and Andy Kinnear, the creators of BBC Three's Sexy Murder (now on iPlayer), talk about how they created the show. Read |
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Greg Jenner interview We talk in-depth to Greg Jenner, the historical consultant on Horrible Histories. Discover how he managed to get the job, and the challenges involved in writing a historically accurate sketch show. Read |
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The UK's first improv theatre to open in Bristol The Bristol Improv Theatre - which is billed as the UK's first full-time permanent theatre space dedicated to improvised theatre - is to launch in March 2017. Read |
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Sitcom Geeks James Cary and Dave Cohen continue their podcast series focused on comedy writing. In yesterday's new episode they talked about topics including series arcs and breaking the fourth wall. Listen |
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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast Stuart Goldsmith continues to interview stand-up comedians about how they write and perform jokes. His latest guest, Fern Brady, talks about managing her anger: Listen |
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James Cary blog In his latest blog, James Cary talks about "the overwhelming sense of speed" that occurs in the week leading up to your sitcom being recorded, and the high pressured environment of the studio. Read |
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British Comedy Guide forums We have six forums on our message board for those who create comedy. There's more discussions, opportunities and ideas to be found here: Opportunities Writers' Discussion Performance Discussion Looking for Collaborators Showcase Critique |
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Newsjack Newsjack, the sketch show anyone can submit to (and we know lots of you do), is back next year... but with a new host. Angela Barnes will be taking over as lead performer. News story |
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How To Talk Comedy Writer Andy Riley (Tracey Ullman's Show etc) has been compiling a list of phrases writers use on his blog. e.g. Detonator Word = the key word that reveals the joke. Read |
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BBC TV writers pay Wonder how much you'll get paid for writing on TV? BBC writers have just got a 2 percent pay rise thanks to the Writers' Guild... but it's still not going to make you a millionaire. Details |
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Decasp We thought we'd highlight the barmy and surreal US comedy website Decasp here again. It's inspired by British humour and is looking for material. See the 'Submissions' page. Visit |
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Die Trying If you're interested in performing stand-up, check out the slick web series from Simon Feilder. It's on Series 2 now. He documents his life as a stand-up... there's quite a lot of traveling, and most of it is not glamorous. Watch |
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Carl and Chris Fancy yourself as a podcast presenter? Carl Donnelly is looking for guest hosts to join him on his podcast whilst his normal co-presenter Chris Martin is away in America. Details |
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Air Play Script The Maverick Theatre Company has teamed up with Resonance FM to launch a competition to find a new radio comedy (or drama) to be recorded and broadcast on the station. Details |
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Video: Dane Baptiste on Sunny D Sunny D creator and star Dane Baptiste talks about how the project came to television in this video interview for the BBC Writersroom website. Read |
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The Comedy Room: What happened next In this blog, Christine Robertson, who was part of BBC Writersroom's first Comedy Room development scheme in 2015/16, talks about what happened next, and she offers some tips too. Read |
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Radio 4 Extra to interview comedy producers Top producers Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville are to be interviewed for a new Radio 4 Extra series. Tickets are available to be in the audience. Read |
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The story of Peg Lynch British writers and fans might not have heard of Peg Lynch as she mainly worked in America, but her story is an interesting one, now being told in full through a new website project. A pioneering female writer with a string of hits behind her (including over 1000 radio episodes), her hit sitcom was adapted in the UK as Chintz but flopped. Support this project to learn about her story and legacy: a woman who created, wrote, starred in, and owned her own sitcoms. Read |
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It Happens Dan Gallagher posted in the forum: "I've written a sitcom called It Happens. After a lot of graft to obtain funding through means of creating an ad campaign for Barclaycard and winning a competition, myself and director Paul Griffin were able to audition a small cast and get a great crew to make a teaser of the sitcom." Check it out. It looks slick. Vimeo |
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