The BBC's open door sketch show DMs Are Open is returning for a third series. The format now moves to a 15 minute slot on Radio 4, with a new host. The first submission deadline is 10th January.
Nikola McMurtrie and Serena Terry have won Chorts 2023, the Comedy Crowd's competition for videos in two minutes or less. McMurtrie won the Industry Judges Award, with Christian Jegard and Serena Terry runners-up. Terry also claimed the Audience Award.
The winners of The Big Finish Comedy Playhouse Script Writing Competition have been announced, with Cy Henty and Alan Ronald - known as The Electric Head - winning the inaugural Galton & Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award for their script The Cracks Are Showing.
Female Pilot Club are seeking 30 minute TV and radio scripts, with two finalists set to have their scripts performed by comedy actors in front of a live audience.
