British Comedy Guide

Money Shot: television script fees

Archie Henderson

"Love of money is the root of all evil". We can get on board with that. Greed is never good. But we all need money to survive - and, hopefully, be comfortable - and writers, rightly, wish to be paid for their work.

We all know that a lot of work by comedy writers has to be done for free - particularly in the early stages of a career. Work is often only paid for when it is used. This is certainly frustrating, and arguably wrong - sadly, neither of those things stop it being reality.

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Published: Thursday 15th August 2024

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