British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Long reads

In-depth articles going deep into topics related to comedy creation.

Kate Smurthwaite. Credit: Jason Matz

Evolution of an award win

  • Thursday 6th March 2025

Pro member and stand-up comedian Kate Smurthwaite explains how to devise and deliver an award-winning show.

Paul Chowdhry

Jung at heart: developing your stand-up comedy persona

  • Thursday 13th February 2025

Chris Head explains how you can use Jungian archetypes to develop your stand-up comedy persona.

Lemons. Jordan Stephens

Why oh why oh why?

  • Thursday 6th February 2025

As comedy creatives develop their projects, they will face many questions. In our latest long read, we explore just some of them.

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Creating compelling comedy characters

  • Thursday 30th January 2025

Chris Head explores character creation in television comedy scripts.

Count Abdulla. Abdulla Khan (Arian Nik)

The right way

  • Thursday 23rd January 2025

The first in a new series of long reads. In this piece we ask, is there a right way to construct your sitcom?