British Comedy Guide

Exclusive Opportunities

BCG Pro organises a number of opportunities each year which are exclusively available to our members.

The House

An original audio sitcom by BCG Pro members.

Talent Awards

We have awards for Production, Writing and Performance - these run each year, to help highlight future comedy talent.

Gag-A-Week

Our weekly joke competition. Come up with a one-liner to match the current topic. The winner gets cash and exposure.

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Expectation

Our most recent opportunity. Together, BCG Pro and Expectation have been seeking out the strongest, funniest new comedy scripts out there.

Anna Barbara Films

Anna Barbara Films teamed up with BCG Pro to find feature-length rom-com screenplays and completed comedy television pilots to develop.

Spring Sitcom Selection

We joined forced with top, widely experienced, BAFTA-winning producers to search for a brand new sitcom ideas worthy of development for television.

Hat Trick

Hat Trick Productions were looking for new sitcom scripts in this competition, run with Sitcom Geeks and BCG Pro.

Digital Puppets Virtual Comedian

Cutting-edge animation company Digital Puppets were looking for a writer or writer-performer to join them on an exciting project.

Baby Cow Programme Creator

This exciting opportunity offered the chance to pitch your programme treatment directly to acclaimed independent production company Baby Cow.

Yellow Door Script Call

A comedy writing competition sponsored by Yellow Door Productions, in which three winners were offered a script option deal.

Thortful

A competition to think up a caption for a new birthday card. The winning designs went into production, and those involved won prize money, plus royalties on top.

Pulped

This was a chance to join the writers' room of online channel Pulped, and be paid to come up with new comedy ideas for their channel.

Dave Cohen

A competition in which Dave Cohen judged individual scripted scenes from sitcom scripts.

Content

This competition saw two BCG Pro members selected to join the writing team of online sitcom Content.

Sitcom Geeks

Run in conjunction with the Sitcom Geeks podcast, this contest involved the hosts reading the first ten pages of sitcoms written by BCG Pro subscribers.