A writer walks into a room

Micheál Jacob's long career as an executive producer and script editor encompasses a plethora of television and radio comedies, including Birds Of A Feather, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, Goodnight Sweetheart, My Family, Eyes Down, Thieves Like Us, The Smoking Room, Not For Turning and Dead Canny.
On a visit to a writers' room in Los Angeles, one of the writers took me aside and asked: "Is it true that in England just one person can write a whole series?" I said that it was. Then I told her what the script fees would be, and...
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