BCG Pro Newsletter

Friday 1st November 2019

We're working on some exciting new features and opportunities for BCG Pro, which we'll be able to share with you soon. In the meantime, here are the latest features.

Sitcom Geeks

Sitcom Geeks

With the 17th November deadline approaching for their Sitcom Script Challenge, Dave Cohen and James Cary talk in this podcast about extracting maximum mileage from your characters.

Opportunities Hub

Opportunities Hub Paywall

To find your next creative deadline, head to Opportunities Hub for a list of competitions, events, jobs and more. You can post your own, too!

How we write Tourist Trap

How we write Tourist Trap

Gareth Gwynn, Sian Harries and Tudur Owen explain how they plan and write Tourist Trap, the semi-improvised sitcom on BBC Wales. They offer up some great insight and tips in this exclusive BCG Pro article.

Andy Riley

How To Talk Comedy Writer

Comedy writer Andy Riley has updated his list of comedy writers' terminology. For example, "BBC One-and-a-Half" to describe projects which aren't quite right for BBC One or BBC Two.

Comedy Women In Print competition 2020

Comedy Women In Print competition 2020

The Comedy Women In Print (CWIP) prize is now open for 2020 entries.

Nine sitcom writing plotting points

Nine sitcom writing plotting points

Dave Cohen shares advice on the nine Ps of plotting sitcom episodes: plan, personal, proactive, point of no return, pendulum, peril, pathos, punchline and persist.

Komedia Bath opens its Comedy Launchpad 2020 competition

Komedia Bath opens its Comedy Launchpad 2020 competition

Komedia Bath will be running its Comedy Launchpad competition in January and February 2020. Entry is now open.

Comedian's Comedian

Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Clowning comedy duo The Kagools are amongst the latest comedians to be interviewed about the craft of comedy, on Stuart Goldsmith's podcast.

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