British Comedy Guide

Doing it yourself

Mike Wooles

Pro member Mike Wooles's credits include Breaking The News and Noising Up.

As an open door radio writer since April 2023, I've noticed something really stacking up.

No, not the tension around getting my first credit - I'm thankfully through that barrier now. (Keep going if you're at that stage. And thank you BBC Radio Scotland and all those that supported me.)

No, it's not that. It's this:

What do you do with all those jokes that didn't make the cut?

Every week, you're writing ten to twenty completely amazing gags and those lovely editors and producers will perhaps select...

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