British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Dialogue-free

Comedy without words - often called silent comedy (although many have musical accompaniment) - is an interesting sub-genre.

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford). Copyright: BBC

A LOT of laughs

  • Friday 5th July 2024

This simple acronym will help you devise visual jokes for your sitcom script.

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason)

Visual jokes

  • Saturday 10th September 2022

It's very important, as you write your television script, that you consider the visual aspects of it.

Shaun The Sheep Movie. Copyright: Aardman Animations

Jokes without words

  • Friday 26th April 2019

A podcast discussion about dialogue-free comedy. Julian Dutton, Mark Burton and Mellie Buse discuss how to script visual comedy gags.