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A podcast series for those interested in the mechanics of situation comedy. James Cary and Dave Cohen discuss the art of sitcom writing for TV and Radio.
Previous episodes
Episode 116 - Improv and Dialogue
27th June 2019. 43 minutes.
This week James and Dave discuss improvisation, how to make dialogue sound like what real people talk like, like, and women in comedy writing rooms.
Episode 115 - Soup To Nuts
13th June 2019. 44 minutes.
Ever thought: "I've had a great idea for a sitcom"? Then wondered what to do next? Dave and James are creating an entire sitcom before your ears - and in...
Episode 114 - Stand Up For Your Writes
30th May 2019. 68 minutes.
Live from the Leicester Comedy Festival, Dave and James discuss writing and performing and the trials, tribulations bitching and loneliness of the long distance stand-up with Dan Evans, Joe Bor,...
Episode 113 - Characters In Search Of A Plot
16th May 2019. 49 minutes.
Dave and James catch up, slightly breathless, on the feast of narrative comedy from across the entire range of TV channels since March. There's more twists to the ongoing comedy...
Episode 112 - Gareth Edwards
25th April 2019. 73 minutes.
Dave and James sit down for a nice long chat with BBC Executive Producer Gareth Edwards who's managed to steer the ship on Upstart Crow, Still Open All Hours and...
Episode 111 - Polishing Your Script
11th April 2019. 38 minutes.
Dave and James talk about how you can buff up your script so it's ready to send off to someone important. They also talk a bit about residuals and royalties...
Episode 110 - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
4th April 2019. 61 minutes.
A fabulous hour spent in the company of the undisputed kings of narrative TV comedy, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais - Likely Lads, German building sites, American TV and...
Episode 109 - Book Writing
21st March 2019. 40 minutes.
James and Dave talk about what we learn from all the new comedy that's tumbling out of our tellies, the BBC Writersroom window, writing books, self-publishing and London Book Fair....
Episode 108 - Soft Border Patrol
7th March 2019. 45 minutes.
You may have missed this item in the news, but apparently something called Brexit is about to happen. James is detained entertainingly with the team behind the unlikely Northern Ireland...
Episode 107 - Sitcom News and Questions
21st February 2019. 32 minutes.
Bonus episode, in which Dave and James catch up with the latest comedy news. Will we have to wait for Coronation Street to finish before ITV commission any more comedy?...
Episode 106 - Jonathan Coe
14th February 2019. 56 minutes.
Top British novelist and audience sitcom connoisseur Jonathan Coe talks to James and Dave at Chortle Book Festival about 1970s sitcom books, Yes Minister, working with Clement & Le Frenais,...
Episode 105 - Paul Mayhew-Archer
31st January 2019. 52 minutes.
Dave and James talk to writer and producer Paul Mayhew-Archer, about his massive four-decade career making audience sitcoms: shows he co-wrote that went well, like The Vicar Of Dibley, shows...
Episode 104 - The Sacred Art of Joking
17th January 2019. 43 minutes.
Today's special guest is none other than James Cary. Well he has a great new book out called The Sacred Art of Joking and it offers a fresh perspective on...
Episode 103 - Moose Allain
10th January 2019. 19 minutes.
Dave and James talk to Moose Allain, otherwise known as the most consistently funny man on Twitter @MooseAllain about jokes, cartoons and Twitter (of course).
Episode 102 - Insert Name Here
3rd January 2019. 34 minutes.
Part Two of James's interview with Will Ing, Dan Gaster and Paul Powell, the comedy writing team behind Insert Name Here, with great insights on how to make and write...
Episode 101 - What Did We Learn In 2018?
27th December 2018. 48 minutes.
Dave and James look back on 2018 and talk to kids' TV writer Joe Williams, Mark Evans (Bleak Expectations, Mitchell and Webb) and Writers' Guild online comedy nominee Hannah George...
Episode 100!
20th December 2018. 78 minutes.
Dave and James bring up the ton with a live and lively chat from the Museum of Comedy with the brilliant Marcus Brigstocke and top writer Sarah Morgan, about their...
Episode 99 - Tiernan Douieb
13th December 2018. 42 minutes.
Dave talks to stand-up, podcaster, kids' comedy pioneer Tiernan Douieb about juggling stand-up, podcasting and kids' comedy (but not juggling), and the dangers of spreading yourself too thin.
Episode 98 - Neil Forsyth
6th December 2018. 36 minutes.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Eric and Ernie. In this episode James talks to Neil Forsyth, writer of the brilliant Eric, Ernie And Me (as well as the great Bob...
Episode 97 - The Complete Comedy Writer
29th November 2018. 43 minutes.
Dave has got a book out! About comedy writing! Who better to interview him about it than James? Plus questions answered about theme tunes, building your world, audience v non...