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Become co-owners of The Comedy Crowd!

From today you can own a share in The Comedy Crowd and help us change the way comedy is made and discovered. Plus owning shares is a great way to get a bit of company during isolation šŸ˜‰. 5 years ago we started with a dream – to enable talented creators from all backgrounds to make the […]

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Comedy Crowd TV April Offer – 30 Day Free Trial and Support Your Favourite Comedy Club!

By Peter Wright In April we’re donating half our Comedy Crowd TV channel subscription revenues to comedy clubs to support them during this difficult time. After that if you choose to pay for a year’s access (Ā£12) we’ll use that to support grassroots comedy creators and local comedy clubs Much of the World is in […]

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5 Shows You ‘Need’ To Watch On Comedy Crowd TV

By Peter Wright So you don’t need to watch anything really. I know that. I just thought with this being the internet the custom seems to be that a healthy dollop of hyperbole doesn’t go amiss. And this next bit will change your life. During April we’ve launched a 30 day free trial for the […]

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How I became a BBC accredited supplier

By Dan Page Okay, clickbait alert! I havenā€™t personally become a BBC accredited supplier because, well, people canā€™t. But companies that people set up can. And – spoiler alert – I just stubbed my toe. Wait, thatā€™s not how that works…the point is, Iā€™ve set up my own company and as of January 2020 Iā€™ve […]

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Create Your Comedy With The Crowd

With only our spare time and a tiny budget, we could never have launched our own web series without having the crowd behind us. Matt Harris – Creator of ‘Comedy Of Gamers’ The Comedy Crowd is all about supporting creators to go beyond an idea – to stop dreaming about the comedy you want to […]

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Thinking of Entering a Film Festival? Read This First

By Peter Wright There are now more film festivals inviting your submissions than ever before. They give filmmakers the prospect of reaching new audiences, awards and recognition, access to the industry and cash prizes. But there are also costs, not only financial but also in terms of time and sometimes exclusivity rights. To help you […]

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Why You Should Watch… Fit To Drop

By Becky Holderness. Watch out, everybody. Fionaā€™s here and sheā€™s got a fitness plan to conquer the world. Meet Fiona. Sheā€™s confident, sheā€™s spiritual, and sheā€™s a positive thinker. Sheā€™s also got a strategy to bring her amazing talents to the public. Fit to Drop is a mockumentary following one woman and her mission to […]

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Chorts! Results 2019

The winner of the 3rd Annual Comedy Crowd Chorts! competition is Madam Horace, a dark comic sketch by Winston Gregory in which a young boy discovers his special powers. Gregory and the team receive Ā£500 and expert support towards developing the show into a series. The competition was judged by Saskia Schuster (Head of Comedy […]

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Why You Should Watch… The Aussie Girls

Comedy duo Joanna Carolan and Pascale Wilson (aka Shirley & Shirley) have been tearing up the live circuit for years performing their range of comedy characters to sold out audiences. “Flirty, filthy and funny as fuck” says Matt Cain, Editor-in-chief at Attitude “The Punk Rock of Comedy” – Phil Jupitus “Characters that make you think […]

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Why You Should Watch… Spokke

By Becky Holderness Winner of ā€œBest Scriptā€ at Short Com Film Festival and awarded second place in the ā€œFunniest Filmā€ category, alongside a raft of other awards, Spokke is a scandi-noir like no other. A visually stunning and cleverly-scripted series by Tim Grewcock and Shaun Lowthian, it is a fantastic addition to Comedy Crowd TV. […]

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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MAKING YOUR OWN SITCOM: PART 3

By Joanna Tilley Hello and welcome to the third and final instalment of my beginnerā€™s guide to making your own sitcom.   It started off here with how to prepare for the shoot and the second part is here, which provides tips for helping to ensure the shoot itself goes smoothly.  So, gals and boys, this final portion focuses on the complex, […]

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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MAKING YOUR OWN SITCOM: PART 2

By Joanna Tilley Hello and welcome to part two of my beginnerā€™s guide to filming your own sitcom. Like all good guides ā€“ maybeĀ Ā ā€“ this guide comes in three parts. The first one can beĀ found hereĀ and focuses on what to do before the shoot. This part, aka the one you are reading this very second, […]

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