British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Children's comedy

Kids comedy is a huge market, with a number of opportunities for newer writers to gain credits.

CBeebies Bedtime Story. Guz Khan

CBeebie-jeebies

  • Thursday 3rd October 2024

Comedy writers shouldn't be afraid of writing for children.

Nova Jones. Credit: JAM Media

Writing children's comedy

  • Saturday 26th November 2022

Children's comedy can be a very rewarding subsection of the comedy industry to work in - and many writers who also write for "adult" productions operate very successfully there.

Andrew Ellard

Andrew Ellard on writing CBBC's Nova Jones

  • Tuesday 21st September 2021

Andrew Ellard talks us through how they wrote CBBC sci-fi comedy series Nova Jones.

Image shows from L to R: Mellie Buse, Paul McKenzie, Howard Read

Writing for kids

  • Tuesday 23rd April 2019

An hour-long video about writing for children's TV. There are opportunities, but challenges like strict compliance guidelines, educating as well as entertaining, the cognitive development of kids' brains, and more, all have to be considered when writing scripts in this sector.