Chris Head
- Writer, director, script editor and tutor
Chris Head features
Bosses, strivers, fools and foils: Getting the character dynamic right in your script
Friday 12th January 2024
Comedy coach and director Chris Head offers a model to help you get a strong, funny dynamic between the central characters in your sitcom or comedy drama script.
Video: How to structure your 30 minute TV comedy script
Sunday 17th September 2023
If you're writing 30 minute sitcom or comedy drama scripts, you'll want to get the structure right. Here's an hour-long video in which Chris Head uses clips and script excerpts to look at the three act structure often seen in TV comedy.
Games, Subgames and Character Games in comedy writing - as seen in original Monty Python scripts
Tuesday 4th April 2023
Chris Head is running a comedy writing course at the British Library in London where you will see original Monty Python scripts! Here he writes about 'games' in comedy sketches.
Chris Head introduces his comedy writing podcast
Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Chris Head has launched Q&HA! The Question Tools of Comedy, a podcast in which he gives writing inspiration.
Turning Point / Midpoint / Crunch Point: Structuring your 30 minute TV sitcom / comedy drama script
Thursday 3rd November 2022
Chris Head talks through the structure of a thirty minute script and explains how focusing on the turning point, midpoint and crunch points can really help with the storytelling.
How to come up with funny ideas for sketches & scenes using "As if"
Thursday 1st September 2022
Looking for a funny angle for a sketch or sitcom scene? Try an 'as if'...
Seven great ways of ending comedy sketches
Tuesday 11th January 2022
Chris Head addresses that most challenging part of sketch writing - ending them!
How to Structure Sitcom Scenes
Friday 15th October 2021
Chris Head uses some excerpts from US comedy Friends to highlight the set-up / reveal / escalation / payoff structure of sitcom scenes.
Make online comedy (and go viral)
Wednesday 18th August 2021
Have you got into making and sharing online comedy yet? Ahead of his Zoom sketch comedy course, Chris Head writes about the kind of comedy you can make, how to find the funny, and offers up tips on how to go viral.
Introducing SREP: set-up, reveal, escalation, payoff
Friday 30th April 2021
In this exclusive extract from Chris Head's new book, he introduces SREP: a structure that can be used in writing sketches, sitcom scenes and stand-up.
Free excerpts from Creating Comedy Narratives For Stage & Screen by Chris Head
Friday 30th April 2021
Here - for FREE - are the first 17 pages of Chris Head's new book Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen.
Finalists announced for BCG Pro's Yellow Door Script Call
Friday 24th July 2020
The finalists selected for the second round of BCG Pro's Yellow Door Script Call have been revealed.
Stand-Up Meets Sitcom
Monday 1st April 2019
Chris Head discusses how stand-up and sitcom cross-pollinate, and explains how he applied his character model of 'boss, striver and fool' to bring Steve Whiteley's character Wisebowm into a Radio 4 sitcom format.
How to write and tell a Christmas Cracker joke
Friday 22nd December 2017
Lecturers from Bath Spa University have looked at the 'science' behind Christmas Cracker jokes. In this article they explain how to write a good festive gag, and how to deliver your seasonal one-liner.
Sketch Comedy Reawakens
Thursday 27th August 2015
As sketch group Daphne get nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award, Chris Head detects stirrings in the world of sketch comedy...