Tuesday, 18 October 2016

The Terrifying Process of Studio Sitcoms - Part 2

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Last time, I wrote about how the production week of a studio sitcom pans out, and how time to rehearse is alarmingly short. Read that first ...
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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

The Terrifying Process of Studio Sitcoms - Part 1

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Earlier this year, I tried my hand at directing. It was a play I’d written a few years ago called The God Particle , which had already tou...
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Writing That Sitcom

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About a year ago, I released a book based on this blog called Writing That Sitcom . Up until today it has only been available for the Kindle...
Thursday, 22 September 2016

Readers' Qs - Random Background Props

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@JoChallacombe asks: Often random background props make me laugh. Do I try to write these into the scene descriptions, or do I chat to the...
Wednesday, 14 September 2016

You Can't Have Your Sitcom Cake and Eat It

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sitcom will never get 10m+ viewers. Not outside Christmas. And certainly not on at 9pm on a We...
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016

The Best of British Sitcom Idiots

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Following on from the last post about idiots in sitcoms , and some ensuing twittering, perhaps it's only fair we pay tribute to the best...
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Readers' Qs - Does every sitcom need an idiot?

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This question comes from @andyrileyish , aka Andy Riley, an extremely experienced sitcom writer (Black Books, Hyperdrive, The Great Outdoors...
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