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Quote: AJGO @ September 4 2011, 9:50 PM BST

Will they consider submissions as ongoing (ie. perhaps save for a later episode) or just for that week?

I think it's better to assume not, isn't it? Better to keep subbing week after week, than to assume they will still use earlier material. It's probably fairer to include work that has been sent the same week, and it's more likely to be topical, but they may make allowances if too many good scripts are sent in the same week.

Good luck, AJGO.

Thank you both for your responses!

And some advice from the lad Tetsell who is no longer script editor...

http://tetsell.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/in-other-news

:D Can't believe he used my joke as an example, how rude

I'm starting to come up with ideas for sketches.

Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 5 2011, 3:36 PM BST

I'm starting to come up with ideas for sketches.

Damn you and your special powers Wolfman :P

It will be at least Sunday before my brain kicks in.

I have a sketch written, just need a strong ending and to change Miles to Justin. I have one voxpop ready to go too.

Keeping my eye on the news for any good stories in the next few days.

Aah 404 the trick is to write the sketch then make the news.

Check out in the BBC; "unsuccesful comedy writer throws bag of own excrement at David Cameron, shot by police."

Then listen to my sketch.

Quote: sootyj @ September 6 2011, 9:59 AM BST

Check out in the BBC; "unsuccesful comedy writer throws bag of own excrement at David Cameron,

You threw your sketches at him?

*(in truth, I love your work)

Quote: Nogget @ September 6 2011, 10:55 AM BST

You threw your sketches at him?

*(in truth, you stink of shit that has been shat out by a shitey shit)

A tad harsh, but he has a point Soot.

Barrack Obama just announced you're a bigger wanker than Osama Bin Laden. And he'd have you chucked in the sea only you'd kill all the fish.

Quote: Will Cam @ September 6 2011, 1:22 PM BST

A tad harsh, but he has a point Soot.

Well you know your own faults I give you that much.

Quote: Nogget @ September 6 2011, 10:55 AM BST

You threw your sketches at him?

*(in truth, I love your work)

Sadly even worse I wrote him as a character in a sketch on the worlds biggest arsehole.

I am so ashamed.

I've took a bit of a gamble and gone in early. No news for the next few days please :)

I'll write all sorts between Thursday and Sunday, and submit whatever I think is strongest* on Sunday night.

*May not actually be strong at all.

I'm quite excited about this. Having to get some material together by a deadline always yields better results than some open-ended deal innit. Bit annoying when you get a good idea too early in the production cycle and then the news changes... Now, if Gadaffi will just stay uncaught, we'll be laughing, if not literally...

Quote: Burnt Out Hack @ September 7 2011, 4:15 PM BST

I'm quite excited about this. Having to get some material together by a deadline always yields better results than some open-ended deal innit.

That's all very well, but shouldn't you be focusing on the inquiry?

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