There a lot of books with scripts from famous T.V shows, but which is the best to read as a writer?
Famous Scripts
Depends on what style of sitcom you want to write. My favourites are Frazier, Porridge, Alan Partridge and Father Ted.
I have a much loved and dogged eared HHGG, as well as anything that I can get from writers room.
HHGG?
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, possibly?
Quote: blahblah @ January 3 2012, 9:05 PM GMTThere a lot of books with scripts from famous T.V shows, but which is the best to read as a writer?
Any show thst you really like. Make sure it's scripts rather than transcripts though.
Quote: zooo @ January 4 2012, 10:37 PM GMTHitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, possibly?
This.
Cheers and MASH are two that I like going back to.
The Simpsons, too.
Thanks. the only books I have are Dads Army and Faulty towers - along with a couple of printed out single scripts from BBC but think I'll invest in more of my fav shows
I used to look on Drew's Scriptorama, I think that has a mix of transcripts and actual scripts. The Father Ted script book was alright I seem to remember...
I was going to post a link but people are asking stupid amounts for them atm on play and Amazon.
wow that is expensive
You can read loads of scripts for free at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/script_archive.shtml
Yeah it kinda depends on what stuff you want to write. But what I love to read is when you see the scripts with producers notes written on it and what they cut etc I have seen these on friends (some guide book), The Simpsons (on the DVD discs, sometimes on the extras you can see scripts with proudcer squiggles) and I have seen monty python books with their notes and comments. Just something I love to read.
The Office script books are great. Probably a bit cheap online now.
If you like Doctor Who, Russell T Davies' scripts are good to read, very descriptive(shooting scripts though, so there's Sound FX/Visual FX prompts etc): http://www.thewriterstale.com/scr.html