Sitcom Geek

Another year clicks round and it’s time to look back. Done that? Great. Let’s look ahead and consider how to be better writers in the comi...

What are the golden rules of sitcom? It's worth asking because comedy dramas are everywhere. If you want to know the difference betwee...

There is no doubt that TV is where it’s at. Every new TV sitcom that comes out is reviewed by all and sundry, generates a thousand tweets an...

Blogging is easy. You write. You post. And it’s there for all the world to see, should they choose to. Access to the audience is free. There...

A few times a year, there are panels and interviews with Heads of Comedy or Channel Controllers and Genre Commissioners who are routinely as...

I'm still thinking about possible stories for Geoff and Lynette, who are the key protagonists in a sitcom I'm developing on this blo...

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