British Comedy Guide

Back to basics 2: Situation

The Inbetweeners. Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird). Copyright: Bwark Productions

It's generally accepted that there are two basic approaches to creating a sitcom.

One is to dream up a main character and then find a situation for them. The other is to come up with a situation and then seek to populate it.

Whilst the first approach - coming up...

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Published: Thursday 5th December 2024

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