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Image shows from L to R: Alan Simpson, Ray Galton. Copyright: Getty Images / Tony Evans

Co-writing

  • Thursday 5th May 2022

Embarking on a new writing partnership? Wondering about how group dynamics work? Have a read...

Image shows from L to R: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

BCG Pro Sessions video: Marks & Gran

  • Thursday 21st April 2022

Sitcom writing legends Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran joined us for our April 2022 BCG Pro Sessions Q&A. You can watch the 65 minute recording of the chat here.

Feedback

Dealing with script notes

  • Thursday 10th March 2022

All writers, be they a fresh-faced young school-leaver with nothing but a pirate copy of Final Draft and a dream, or an established show-runner leading a 10-strong writing team, will have to respond to notes...

Ladhood. Image shows from L to R: Liam (Liam Williams), Penelope (Celeste Dring)

Adapting to the world of the writer-performer

  • Saturday 28th March 2020

Sitcoms are being dominated by the phenomenon known as the 'writer-performer'. BCG Pro takes a look at the options you have to try and adapt to this trend.

Say My Name. Image shows from L to R: Alan McIntyre Smith, Jay Stern

Making movies with friends

  • Monday 10th February 2020

Director Jay Stern talks about making low-budget independent feature Say My Name with friends including screenwriter Deborah Frances-White.

Content. Image shows from L to R: Rhiannon Shaw, Yiannis Vassilakis, Lorna Woolfson, Sadia Azmat, Kenagh Babcock. Copyright: Turtle Canyon Comedy

What's it like to work in a writing team?

  • Tuesday 17th December 2019

The writers behind the sitcom web series Content talk about what it was like to take part in the show's writers' room.

Tourist Trap. Elaine (Sally Phillips). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

How we write Tourist Trap

  • Monday 28th October 2019

Gareth Gwynn, Sian Harries and Tudur Owen explain how they plan and write Tourist Trap, the semi-improvised sitcom on BBC Wales. They offer up some great insight and tips.

Image shows from L to R: Ed Amsden, Tom Coles

Making a writing partnership work

  • Friday 14th June 2019

Writers Ed Amsden and Tom Coles take us through the pros and cons of writing as a duo, and explain how to make a writing partnership work.