Is your one actually about trainspotters? 
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My entry last year was called trainspotting as it was set in a railway station.
No-one in the play was actually spotting trains. Or doing copious amounts of heroin. We had to write 2 episodes although the second was never used.
Quote: Ponderer @ September 22 2009, 9:56 AM BST
Thanks Steve. If I'm around I'll buy you a pint - and you can finally give me your thoughts on episode 2 of trainspotting.
My bad!
Grammar
My entry last year was called trainspotting as it was set in a railway station.
No-one in the play was actually spotting trains. Or doing copious amounts of heroin. We had to write 2 episodes although the second was never used.
Oh right. Has it evolved into a script series now then?
Trainspotting is actually a good title.
Those ST finalists' scripts might be funny and well written, but I fear they suffer from "cringingly awful titles syndrome."
I think title is important. It's the first thing anyone sees, whether it be a producer or, if you're lucky, a viewer casting an eye over the listings in Radio Times.
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 22 2009, 9:23 PM BSTI think title is important. It's the first thing anyone sees, whether it be a producer or, if you're lucky, a viewer casting an eye over the listings in Radio Times.
What was the title of your entry Mikey?
Quote: Marc P @ September 22 2009, 9:47 PM BSTWhat was the title of your entry Mikey?
Wasn't it Bumboy?
Quote: Marc P @ September 22 2009, 9:47 PM BSTWhat was the title of your entry Mikey?
Ironically, Cringingly Awful-Titled Sitcom!
Dan
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 22 2009, 9:23 PM BSTOh right. Has it evolved into a script series now then?
Trainspotting is actually a good title.
Those ST finalists' scripts might be funny and well written, but I fear they suffer from "cringingly awful titles syndrome."
I think title is important. It's the first thing anyone sees, whether it be a producer or, if you're lucky, a viewer casting an eye over the listings in Radio Times.
It is presently evolving. I'm a slow worker.
I've never been happy with the title of anything I've written, no matter what I think of the content. No idea why.
I thought several of the titles sounded good but that's probably just writers paranoia. 
What was the title of your entry Mikey?
Wasn't it Bumboy?
Ironically, Cringingly Awful-Titled Sitcom!
Aghhh, you beat me to those replies. 
I didn't enter anything as, like you Mr P, I was awaiting that dreaded option clause answer.
By the time it was sorted, I didn't get time to knock anything up as I was working on other projects.
I don't see much wrong with the titles of those chosen. Fawlty Towers is a pretty corny title if you haven't seen it. The Simpsons seems really bland on title alone - must be crap, right? I hope and expect that the finalists will live or die on their content rather than their title. And if they are good their title will work and make sense anyway.
* Imagines 1970s BCG thread: "Porridge? What the f**k is that? Is it about some Scottish geezers having breakfast? What are they thinking of?" *
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 23 2009, 12:07 AM BSTI didn't enter anything as, like you Mr P, I was awaiting that dreaded option clause answer.
By the time it was sorted, I didn't get time to knock anything up as I was working on other projects.
That's a rather poor show Mikey. We had a day or so. so I put aside my novel [Flashpoint by Linda Barnes] and knuckled down to it.
That's a rather poor show Mikey. We had a day or so. so I put aside my novel (Flashpoint by Linda Barnes) and knuckled down to it.
Yes, I suppose, but that day or so included Friday and Saturday nights where I was out boozing.
Also, I'd planned to adapt on of my current sitcom scripts, but they were all currently "out there" with producers or "being considered for option" and all that bollocks, and, as such, I didn't want to compromise them.
And...
Porridge. Comes from the term "doing porridge" as in a prison sentence.
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 23 2009, 2:19 PM BSTYes, I suppose, but that day or so included Friday and Saturday nights where I was out boozing.
Also, I'd planned to adapt on of my current sitcom scripts, but they were all currently "out there" with producers or "being considered for option" and all that bollocks, and, as such, I didn't want to compromise them.
And...
Porridge. Comes from the term "doing porridge" as in a prison sentence.
It wouldn't have compromised them, gives producers a chance to see how your stuff works in front of a live audience for free. It would have helped if anything. Assuming the audience laughed mind.
On the whole titles thing surely Bumboy has to be one of the best titles of any sitcom ever because I am pretty certain it will be one those of you who are going will most want to see (apart from Ponderer for obvious reasons).
I know I personally am interesting in seeing bumboy. I never thought I'd say that.