British Comedy Guide
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Daniel Radcliffe. Copyright: Warner Writing

Harry Potter and the funny secondary characters

  • Thursday 17th October 2019

Through the works of JK Rowling, Dave Cohen explores the roles and importance of secondary characters.

Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon. Will Becher Production

Directing a feature animation

  • Thursday 17th October 2019

Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon co-director Will Becher discusses his career in animation and the making of the new blockbuster feature film.

Ask The Industry Podcast - Festival meet and greet Performance

Event to meet comedy festival organisers

  • Wednesday 16th October 2019

An event is being run on Sunday 10th November 2019 in London, giving comedians a chance to meet the organisers of numerous comedy festivals.

The Reluctant Landlord. Romesh (Romesh Ranganathan). Copyright: What Larks Productions Writing

Rules to create great sitcom characters

  • Wednesday 16th October 2019

Are comedy writers putting in enough work when creating new characters? Dave Cohen looks at the art of character creation.

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb), Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell). Copyright: Objective Productions Writing

Two sides to every character

  • Tuesday 15th October 2019

Dave Cohen explains how coming up with key words to describe your characters can be very helpful.

Adam Bromley. Copyright: Steve Best Writing

Killing your darlings: What I learned turning from producer to writer-performer

  • Tuesday 15th October 2019

Former Radio 4 producer Adam Bromley discusses the lessons he's learnt in the process of changing roles to become a writer-performer.

Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions Writing

What Is Character?

  • Monday 14th October 2019

Dave Cohen takes a look at two comedy character types: The Monster and The Odd Couple.

The Comedy Crowd presents 'Chorts!' Production

Chorts Fest 2019

  • Monday 14th October 2019

Chorts Fest 2019 - an event to showcase the best 2 minute comedies by independent creators - will take place on the 3rd November in London.

Caimh McDonnell Writing

Caimh McDonnell on finding success via self-publishing

  • Wednesday 9th October 2019

We talk to Caimh McDonnell, one of the nominees of the Kindle Storyteller Award. In this interesting interview, he talks about how to be successful in the world of self-publishing novels.

UKTV Gold - Christmas Crackers 2015 Writing

2019 Christmas Cracker joke writing competition

  • Wednesday 9th October 2019

TV channel Gold has opened its competition to find the best topical Christmas cracker jokes of 2019.