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BCG Pro Talent Awards: Performance Performance

BCG Pro Performance Award 2020 finalists revealed

  • Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Brandon Burke, Suchandrika Chakrabarti, Liz Guterbock, Benjamin Lovell, Stuart Mitchell and Luke Rollason have been declared as the finalists in the inaugural BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance.

The Secret Reviewer Performance

The Secret Reviewer #21: Offensive Tactics

  • Tuesday 1st December 2020

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Is upsetting everyone a decent career move?

Saddled Writing

Steven Dick & Chris Grady on comedy writing

  • Monday 30th November 2020

Comedy writers Steven Dick and Chris Grady, the creators of radio sitcom Saddled, offer up some great tips on creating characters.

Grace Mulvey Writing

Grace Mulvey awarded Galton & Simpson Bursary 2020

  • Friday 27th November 2020

Grace Mulvey has been announced as the 2020 recipient of the Galton & Simpson Bursary for Comedy Writing.

NextUp Production

NextUp offers venues free streaming technology

  • Tuesday 24th November 2020

Online comedy platform NextUp is offering to install streaming technology into at least 10 comedy clubs for free.

Iain Coyle Production

How to pitch TV comedy: Iain Coyle

  • Friday 20th November 2020

From starting out as Jonathan Ross's tea boy to writing for Shooting Stars to becoming Head of Comedy Entertainment at UKTV, Iain Coyle details the unconventional and serendipitous road he took and how you can successfully pitch your comedy projects.

Paul Kerensa Writing

My Comedy Career: Paul Kerensa

  • Thursday 19th November 2020

To make it full-time in comedy you need to work hard and be adaptable. Stand-up comedian and comedy writer Paul Kerensa's brilliant answers to our My Comedy Career questions really emphasise that point.

Bilal Zafar Production

How to Home-Stream: Bilal Zafar

  • Monday 16th November 2020

It's a special Lockdown 2 edition of our home-streaming guide. Bilal Zafar has really thrived online this year, and talks Twitch tips, promo clips, tech essentials and - most importantly - getting interactive.

Steve Hewlett Performance

My Comedy Career: Steve Hewlett

  • Friday 6th November 2020

Celebrated comic ventriloquist Steve Hewlett stopped by at the start of lockdown 2.0 to give BCG the full run-down of his busy career.

Pozzitive Television's Funny Dot Comp. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions Writing

Pozzitive launches radio script contest Funny Dot Comp

  • Friday 6th November 2020

Pozzitive Television is launching contest Funny Dot Comp, to find audio scripts to develop.