Sitcom Geek

BBC Sitcom writer James Cary is all about helping you write better sitcom scripts.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Central Character Needs Work

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I've been working one particular sitcom idea for a few of years. It's a silly, jokey, studio-based show, rather than a searingly sat...
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

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This show was also going to divide the viewers - into the group of those who like jokes and those who find jokes rather insulting to the int...
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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Send in Reinforcements

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I finally got round to watching Sky 1’s Spy the other night. I had all six episodes on my Sky+ box and was assuming I would begin with epis...
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011

The Big Readthrough

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Yesterday was weird day. But readthroughs are weird. Just to clarify our terms, a readthrough is when a cast sit and read a script aloud to ...
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Monday, 14 November 2011

Should I do a free show at the Edinburgh Fringe?

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A while ago, I posted about the benefits of putting on a show at the Edinburgh Fringe ( here ). I was thinking about this over the weekend a...
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The Business of Getting an Agent

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I was listening to the UK Scriptwriters' Podcast the other day and was interested in their discussion about agents. It was very interes...
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Scripts are Like a Flowing River

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The other day, without thinking, I described the script of a show to a producer as being like a flowing river. I’m not ensure what – or who ...
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