British Comedy Guide

Micheál Jacob on characters

The Smoking Room. Copyright: BBC

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.

From time to time I get involved in helping new writers develop their scripts and, assuming that the basic idea is sound, problems lie in one of two areas - story and character. I wrote about story last time, so this column is about character.

Just as stories need...

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