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Gold opens entries for 2017 Christmas Cracker joke competition TV channel Gold is once again asking individuals to come up with new witty modern Christmas cracker jokes. Give it a go - the best gag wins a holiday. Details |
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Comedy Central expands team for UK comedy push Some industry news: Comedy Central has added Executive Producer Louise Holmes to its commissioning team as it looks to "further diversify its British comedy offering", and hired producer Lucy Robinson (pictured). Read |
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Musical Comedy Awards 2018 open for entries
The organisers of the Musical Comedy Awards are now looking for acts to take part in their 2018 competition. Details |
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Behind-the-scenes on Newsjack Tonight (Thursday 12th) sees Episode 5 of Newsjack, the radio sketch show you can write for, on air. That means there's one more week left to submit jokes in this series. Whether or not you've submitted before, you should find this feature interesting: We recently went behind-the-scenes on the show. Read |
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Caroline Aherne Bursary for Funny Northern Women Are you funny? Are you Northern? Are you a woman? If you can answer 'yes' to those three questions then you have until 10am on Monday to apply for this BBC bursary. This is the deadline extension, suggesting they're still very much looking for good candidates to give the money to. Details |
Why did the Chicken? are bringing their successful comedy courses to London with a two day special at the Canal Cafe, home of the legendary NewsRevue. On Day 1 you'll learn all about the basics of writing topical comedy, try your hand at some jokes and hear directly from the producers of NewsRevue, before enjoying tickets to the Friday evening edition of the world's longest-running live comedy show. On Day 2 you'll reflect on last night's show, work on your own topical sketches and participate in a Q&A with the BBC's Max Davis, who writes on The News Quiz, Dead Ringers and The Mash Report!
Limited availability - book now! Visit whydidthechicken.com to book and get a 10% discount with the code 'BCG'!
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AardBoiled Aardman Animation have launched AardBoiled, a new YouTube hub for "creators of original, off-beat animated comedy". If you make animated comedy, you should get in touch with them. Details |
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Roisin Conaty interview The sitcom GameFace starts on TV tonight (E4, 9pm). In this interview, star and writer Roisin Conaty talks about the importance of getting audiences to 'invest' in characters. Read This is something Josh Widdicombe has found too. In an interview with BCG he admits he's learnt across three series that "it's not as much about the jokes". Read |
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Women In Comedy Festival writing competition The Women In Comedy Festival is running a writing competition. The deadline is today... sorry if this is late notice, but the info has been on our forum for a while, so hopefully this will encourage you to visit that regularly too. Details |
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BBC Writersroom list A reminder that BBC Writersroom collates a list of possible opportunities for writers. Many appear to be aimed at drama writers, but checking the small print, most don't actually exclude comedy drama so there's no harm in submitting something funny. Read |
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Sitcom Geeks James Cary and Dave Cohen's podcast about comedy writing continues fortnightly. In the episode released today they talk to Pete Sinclair. He's Jack Dee's co-writer (latest show: Bad Move) and has some interesting things to say on the topic of studio sitcoms. Listen |
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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast Stuart Goldsmith continues to interview stand-up comedians about their stage and writing craft. His latest episode is with circuit veteran Jo Caulfield: Listen |
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Ask The Industry podcast This is a podcast in which stand-up Simon Caine interviews behind-the-scenes people in the comedy industry. Nica Burns - the producer behind the Edinburgh Comedy Awards - is his latest guest. Listen |
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British Comedy Guide forums We have six forums on our message board for those who create comedy. There's lots more discussions, opportunities, ideas, material and feedback to be found here: Opportunities Writers' Discussion Performance Discussion Looking for Collaborators Showcase Critique |
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The Steven Seagal Story James McCann posted this sketch imitating the movie star, explaining it "seems timely, what with Steven Seagal now claiming to be the only person who can restore order to the universe". It's a fun performance with some great lines in it, but if we were to offer James some tips we'd say a lapel mic (as cheap as £10 on Amazon) would have helped with the sound, and rather than putting up 13 minutes of video which might stop time-busy people from committing to watching it, maybe 3 or 4 minutes of jump-cut edited highlights might have been best. Never the less, we look forward to seeing what he posts next! Watch |
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