The bastard script

Written by: Micheál Jacob
Published: Thursday 17th October 2024

Micheál Jacob's long career as an executive producer and script editor encompasses a plethora of television and radio comedies, including Birds Of A Feather, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, Goodnight Sweetheart, My Family, Eyes Down, Thieves Like Us, The Smoking Room, Not For Turning and Dead Canny.

Almost every show I worked on involved a script that didn't work - or the Bastard Script as I came to think of them. Given how series are made - the planning, the meetings, the people involved who know about scripts, the storylining, the drafting, there should be no...

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