Sitcom Geek

There is a long running debate in comedy about whether comic characters need to be likeable. On the surface, this may seem surprising since ...

We’ve got Geoff and Lynette – who are marrying for the third time. The second time to each other. The sitcom, called Third Time Lucky , ri...

If you have a key central relationship, it’s quite easy to merely define one character as the opposite of the other. In Geoff, we have an te...

If you’ve just tuned in, I’m developing a sitcom on this blog, walking through the process, and showing how I go about things (have a look h...

On the last blog post , I kicked off an idea for a new sitcom called Third Time Lucky , a sitcom about a Geoff and Lynette who are getting m...

On this blog – and my book – I’ve written a lot about set-up, characters, story and plot. Whilst I try to provide examples from both my own...

A few weeks ago, I posted details of my favourite British sitcoms of all time. These are not shows that I necessarily think are technically...