- Competition
- Writing (Sitcom)
- Writing
- Free
- UK-based, 18+ only
- Opened 10th November 2020 / Closed 10th January 2021
- Website
Pozzitive is introducing a new script competition for radio comedy writers, with a view to development.
Production company Pozzitive Television is one of the leading independent comedy producers. Their TV shows include Victoria Wood's dinnerladies and Steve Coogan's The Paul Calf Video Diary and Coogan's Run, whilst their radio output includes Cabin Pressure, Shush!, Agendum, Kevin Eldon Will See You Now, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, Jack & Millie, Tom Neenan's The Hauntening, Marcus Brigstocke's The Brig Society and Giles Wemmbley-Hogg, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, The 99p Challenge, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive - the list goes on...
... and then stops. So they need new stars, new scripts, new shows. That's where you come in.
Normally they biff off to Edinburgh and see all your shows and then run around excitedly to talk about developing stuff for - naming no names - but e.g. Radio 4. But this year they literally couldn't. So they've decided to do this instead.
Reward
FUNNYDOTCOMP is a competition looking for FOUR narrative radio scripts for more development. This will include:
- a detailed script-editing session by multi-award-winning producer/director David Tyler leading to:
- a fully-rehearsed table read or miked-up performance, by a cast of professional actors (or your own team if it's a writer/performer-led script) with...
- ...a possible view to further development by Pozzitive and a submission to audio broadcasters
You can be a single writer, a team, an existing act, a writer/performer combo or just a devilishly-clever piece of text-generating software. If you have representation, you can submit it through your agent. The only criterion is that is must be a 30-minute audio comedy script that might reasonably be broadcast and form the nucleus of a series.
How to enter
Submit PDFs of 1 x 30 min radio comedy pilot script, 200-word outline / treatment, and 500-word biography of the writer or writing team, to katie@pozzitive.co.uk