British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

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Bilal Zafar Performance

My Comedy Career: Bilal Zafar

  • Thursday 16th April 2020

Bilal Zafar talks about the importance of sticking at something, how late payments for gigs are a problem, and how's been proactive in creating a new web series.

Bex Colwell Performance

Can you run a comedy campaign during lockdown - from Italy?

  • Wednesday 15th April 2020

The whole comedy industry is currently working from home, but one publicist is more remote than most. Bex Colwell talks to BCG Pro about promoting major UK acts, from Sicily.

Harry Venning Writing

Harry Venning: Dog turned lamppost

  • Tuesday 14th April 2020

Harry Venning explains how he used to rip sitcoms apart in his job as a TV reviewer. However, when he brought Clare In The Community to Radio 4, he then realised what it was like to be on the other side of things.

Richard David-Caine Performance

My Comedy Career: Richard David-Caine

  • Friday 10th April 2020

Writer and performer Richard David-Caine talks about his career, and discusses how anxiety can impact on performers' confidence.

Simon Nicholls Writing

Simon Nicholls introduces the new Online Master's Degree in Comedy Writing

  • Thursday 9th April 2020

Top TV and radio comedy producer Simon Nicholls has devised a new Master's course in comedy writing for Falmouth University. It's an online degree, so you can be based anywhere whilst you study. He explains more.

Alma's Not Normal. Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan) Writing

Sophie Willan on what she learnt making her TV pilot

  • Tuesday 7th April 2020

Sophie Willan talks to BCG Pro about what she learnt whilst making her sitcom pilot, Alma's Not Normal.

Generic picture of a webcam Performance

Keep Smiling: In Support of Online Comedy

  • Monday 6th April 2020

Comedy people can be important at times like these, too.

Empty seats Performance

Comedy club owners on the impact of coronavirus

  • Friday 3rd April 2020

We hear from Komedia, Just The Tonic and The Frog And Bucket comedy clubs about how the coronavirus lockdown is affecting their businesses, and what their predictions are for the future.

Ashley Blaker. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne Performance

My Comedy Career: Ashley Blaker

  • Friday 3rd April 2020

Stand-up comedian and TV and radio producer Ashley Blaker talks about the importance of backing yourself in whatever way you can. Plus, the greatest excuse he heard from a TV commissioning editor.

Edinburgh Festival fireworks Performance

Has Coronavirus finally burst the Edinburgh Fringe bubble?

  • Thursday 2nd April 2020

The Edinburgh Fringe 2020 has been cancelled. Bruce Dessau ponders whether the festival will ever be the same again.