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The Tuckers. Glyn Tucker (Steve Speirs) Writing

BCG Pro Sessions video: Steve Speirs

  • Friday 25th March 2022

The 70 minute video of our conversation with top actor and writer Steve Speirs. Topics of discussion include sitcom plotting, the process of television commissioning/development and how to comedically 'set fireworks off'.

Robin Ince Performance

Tune-Up, No. 8: Robin Ince on how to get science into stand-up

  • Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Niche, scholarly topics can now work on comedy stages - Robin Ince explains how he started putting heavy concepts into club sets.

Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender) Writing

What's your show about?

  • Tuesday 22nd March 2022

The best sitcoms are always about more than a bunch of people exchanging jokes. The first thing to remember is that what your show is about is not where it's set...

Lloyd Glanville News

Lloyd Glanville wins Hat Trick Script Competition

  • Thursday 17th March 2022

Comedy writer Lloyd Glanville has won the Hat Trick sitcom script competition. His show Unsustainable is about a hopeless collection of civil servants tasked with turning Wales into a net zero carbon economy by 2030.

Image shows from L to R: Cameron Loxdale, Jade Gebbie News

Cameron Loxdale and Jade Gebbie are BBC Studios Contract Writers 2022

  • Thursday 17th March 2022

BBC Studios has announced its Contract Writers for 2022: Cameron Loxdale and Jade Gebbie.

Generic glitch art Writing

Combatting writer's block

  • Thursday 17th March 2022

All but the most heightened, rarest of creative geniuses will experience writer's block - or at least admit to it. But how to get past that empty page, glaring, mockingly back at you? That is the real mark of a writer in control.

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.

Fiona McDermott News

Channel 4 Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott leaves for Apple TV+

  • Thursday 10th March 2022

Channel 4 Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott is leaving the broadcaster for a new role at Apple TV+.

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...