British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

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Start Writing

Giving your script a Perfect Page 1

  • Sunday 13th March 2022

Page 1 is arguably the most important of your entire script. Here's some advice on how to ensure your script starts with a perfect first page.

Brian Logan Performance

Brian Logan on what it's like to be a comedy critic

  • Friday 11th March 2022

Brian Logan is one of the UK's most experienced comedy commentators and critics. We talk to him below about how he started his career, the process of reviewing comedy, and But Is It Funny?, the great comedy-focused discussion podcast he co-hosts.

Feedback Writing

Dealing with script notes

  • Thursday 10th March 2022

All writers, be they a fresh-faced young school-leaver with nothing but a pirate copy of Final Draft and a dream, or an established show-runner leading a 10-strong writing team, will have to respond to notes...

Script Writing

Writing effective stage directions in your script

  • Tuesday 8th March 2022

Effective stage directions are an art which, like every aspect of your writing, will improve with practice. Here's some advice on the topic.

Holly Hall Performance

My Comedy Career: Holly Hall

  • Monday 7th March 2022

Actor, comedian and improviser Holly Hall has been making a name for herself with her online video sketches, including winning the Digital Comedian of The Year title at the BBC New Comedy Awards. She talks about working toward her goal of doing comedy full-time.

Calendar Writing

Dealing with deadlines

  • Thursday 3rd March 2022

Deadlines. For every writer, they can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. Whatever the case, they're an essential part of the comedy writing job, so here's some advice from us on how to deal with deadlines.

The Secret Reviewer Performance

The Secret Reviewer #36: Stand-Up and be Counted

  • Wednesday 2nd March 2022

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Comedians step up in a crisis.

Beasts. Image shows from L to R: James McNicholas, Owen Roberts, Ciarán Dowd Performance

Tune-Up, No. 7: James McNicholas on making a sketch group work

  • Tuesday 1st March 2022

James McNicholas spent many years with the much-loved sketch group Beasts. Here he talks about how the three of them worked together.

Lightbulb

Where do you get your comedy ideas from?

  • Wednesday 16th February 2022

If you've decided that you want to be a comedy writer, or if you're already some way down the road to becoming one, you're going to need loads of ideas. But where can you get them from, and what do you need to do once you've thought one up?

Lucy Forbes Production

Lucy Forbes talks about directing This Is Going To Hurt

  • Monday 7th February 2022

Director Lucy Forbes talks about bringing Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt scripts to the screen.