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My Comedy Career

An interview column, in which UK comedy professionals share insights and tips with BCG Pro readers.

Ola Labib

Tuesday 11th March 2025

As her sitcom pilot The Pharmacy is released by Channel 4, we talk to stand-up comedian, writer and actor Ola Labib.

Simon Mayhew-Archer

Friday 14th February 2025

As sitcom Funboys arrives on screen, executive producer Simon Mayhew-Archer offers up some insight and advice.

Andrew McGibbon

Wednesday 12th February 2025

We talk to producer and writer Andrew McGibbon. His latest project is When Alan Met Ray, a Radio 4 comedy drama focusing on Galton & Simpson.

Sarah Mills

Tuesday 26th November 2024

With her Bad Bod Squad series currently on Radio 4, we ask Sarah Mills how she organises her work.

Sarah Kempton

Tuesday 10th September 2024

Sarah Kempton, one of the co-creatives and actors in CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation, talks about how she got started in comedy, and what key skills you need to be an improv player.

Scott Agnew

Friday 2nd August 2024

HIV, Rolf Harris, evangelical Christianity, undiagnosed mental health issues and Janey Godley - Scott Agnew shares all about his 24-year career in comedy.

Actor and writer Nathan Foad (Our Flag Means Death, Newark, Newark), talks about the destabilising way writers are paid in fits and starts, and not waiting for permission to create things that excite you.