British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Features Page 77

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett), Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC Writing

A sitcom set is a character too

  • Friday 18th October 2019

Dave Cohen explains how a sitcom set can be a character in its own right.

Daniel Radcliffe. Copyright: Warner Writing

Harry Potter and the funny secondary characters

  • Thursday 17th October 2019

Through the works of JK Rowling, Dave Cohen explores the roles and importance of secondary characters.

Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon. Will Becher Production

Directing a feature animation

  • Thursday 17th October 2019

Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon co-director Will Becher discusses his career in animation and the making of the new blockbuster feature film.

The Reluctant Landlord. Romesh (Romesh Ranganathan). Copyright: What Larks Productions Writing

Rules to create great sitcom characters

  • Wednesday 16th October 2019

Are comedy writers putting in enough work when creating new characters? Dave Cohen looks at the art of character creation.

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb), Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell). Copyright: Objective Productions Writing

Two sides to every character

  • Tuesday 15th October 2019

Dave Cohen explains how coming up with key words to describe your characters can be very helpful.

Adam Bromley. Copyright: Steve Best Writing

Killing your darlings: What I learned turning from producer to writer-performer

  • Tuesday 15th October 2019

Former Radio 4 producer Adam Bromley discusses the lessons he's learnt in the process of changing roles to become a writer-performer.

Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions Writing

What Is Character?

  • Monday 14th October 2019

Dave Cohen takes a look at two comedy character types: The Monster and The Odd Couple.

Caimh McDonnell Writing

Caimh McDonnell on finding success via self-publishing

  • Wednesday 9th October 2019

We talk to Caimh McDonnell, one of the nominees of the Kindle Storyteller Award. In this interesting interview, he talks about how to be successful in the world of self-publishing novels.

Foiled Writing

How we developed Foiled

  • Friday 4th October 2019

We chat to Beth Granville and David Charles, the writers behind BBC Radio Wales sitcom Foiled, which is now in its third series. They give some absolutely brilliant in-depth insight here into the work involved in creating and sustaining a sitcom.

The Undercover Recruiter. Michelle Fahrenheim Production

How we made Instagram's first sitcom

  • Friday 4th October 2019

Comedians Tom Goble and Ant Craven explain how they created The Undercover Recruiter, which is billed as Instagram's first ever sitcom.