Inside Track
The latest news and insight from the British comedy industry, with many exclusive features for BCG Pro members.
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A sitcom set is a character too
Dave Cohen explains how a sitcom set can be a character in its own right.
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Harry Potter and the funny secondary characters
Through the works of JK Rowling, Dave Cohen explores the roles and importance of secondary characters.
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Directing a feature animation
Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon co-director Will Becher discusses his career in animation and the making of the new blockbuster feature film.
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Event to meet comedy festival organisers
An event is being run on Sunday 10th November 2019 in London, giving comedians a chance to meet the organisers of numerous comedy festivals.
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Rules to create great sitcom characters
Are comedy writers putting in enough work when creating new characters? Dave Cohen looks at the art of character creation.
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Two sides to every character
Dave Cohen explains how coming up with key words to describe your characters can be very helpful.
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Killing your darlings: What I learned turning from producer to writer-performer
Former Radio 4 producer Adam Bromley discusses the lessons he's learnt in the process of changing roles to become a writer-performer.
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What Is Character?
Dave Cohen takes a look at two comedy character types: The Monster and The Odd Couple.
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Chorts Fest 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.
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Caimh McDonnell on finding success via self-publishing
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.
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We chat to Beth Granville and David Charles, the writers behind BBC Radio Wales sitcom Foiled, which is now in its third series. They give some absolutely brilliant in-depth insight here into the work involved in creating and sustaining a sitcom.
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Comedians Tom Goble and Ant Craven explain how they created The Undercover Recruiter, which is billed as Instagram's first ever sitcom.
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