Commissioning / pitching

If you want to see your comedy creation on TV or radio, you'll need to know about pitching and the commissioning process.

A video recording of the session from Big Comedy Conference 2024 in which a group of top executives discuss the current comedy landscape.

You have roughly 2 pages of script to hook your reader! Don't worry - it can be done.

Watch back the Zoom session we conducted with BBC Scotland's Gavin Smith. It has lots of insight into the commissioning process.

How long should you wait before chasing a producer?

The importance of writing 'calling card' scripts.

In the second part of this feature, Micheál Jacob presents a practical example of a pitch and a treatment.

In the first instalment of a new two part feature, Micheál Jacob explains how to write effective pitches and treatments.

We talk about the advantages of single camera comedy.

We discuss commissioners. What do they want?

The video recording of the Big Comedy Conference session in which the top executives in broadcast comedy sat down to talk about today's industry.

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