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BCG Pro Sessions video: Julia McKenzie
- Sunday 28th March 2021
A video recording of our BCG Pro Sessions Q&A with Julia McKenzie, the Creative Director for BBC Studios Audio. She explains the commissioning process for new ideas, ways writers can develop, and more.
How the London Comedy Writers group made their sitcom podcast
- Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Alan Devey talks us through how the London Comedy Writers podcast, The Bureau Of Lost Things, was produced.
Philip L Moore on overcoming adversity to make a pilot
- Wednesday 2nd September 2020
As he explains in this interview, Philip L Moore has overcome several hurdles to film and release a pilot of his comedy show about a group of bungling but lovable criminals.
Video: Developing TV sitcom
- Wednesday 8th July 2020
In this hour-long video, script development executive Meghan Cruz and comedy commissioning editor Jon Petrie discuss pitching and developing television sitcoms.
How we made our first feature film
- Monday 13th January 2020
Actor/writer/producer/editor Poppy Roe tells us about the whirlwind journey she and her partner went through to make their first feature film, the critically acclaimed dark comedy A Serial Killer's Guide To Life.
Female Pilot Club interview
- Saturday 23rd November 2019
Female Pilot Club founders Abigail Burdess and Kay Stonham talk to us about why they set up the script reading initiative, and we get some writing tips from Veep's Georgia Pritchett, whose new script will be showcased at the next event.
How we developed Foiled
- Friday 4th October 2019
We chat to Beth Granville and David Charles, the writers behind BBC Radio Wales sitcom Foiled, which is now in its third series. They give some absolutely brilliant in-depth insight here into the work involved in creating and sustaining a sitcom.
Listen to BAFTA's Finding The Funny Masterclass
- Friday 27th September 2019
Listen to Lucy Lumsden, Nida Manzoor and Diane Morgan talking about comedy.
How we made Fully Blown
- Friday 20th September 2019
Donna Preston and Verona Rose explain how they made their BBC Three pilot series, Fully Blown.
Developing Sitcoms
- Tuesday 30th April 2019
A panel discussion in which Andrew Ellard, Vicki Pepperdine, Simon Nye and Tom Edge discuss creating situation comedies.