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‘Anyone can write…the hard part is being prepared to be judged on your writing’

Do you want to turn your passion for comedy into a career? Lee Dilley and Paul Farrell started writing together after meeting at university and have worked on a range of comedy projects alongside their day jobs. Now they have co-founded their own production company, Goat Tree Films, and have been privately commissioned to write, produce and direct […]

Confessions of a Newsjack Addict

By Simon Paul Miller My name is Simon Paul Miller and I’m an addict. The 12th September 2013 was the day I got addicted. Before that, I just dabbled. I started by submitting a couple of one-liners, it seemed harmless enough, but then I moved on to the harder stuff, sketches. I thought I could […]

BBC Writersroom – 6 tips from former winner Laurence Tratalos

Before I say anything about entering this years BBC Writersoom (comedy), let me just say that I’m no expert. I’m young, inexperienced and most of the advice I’m offering has been handed down to me by far more knowledgeable people. I entered my script for the BBC Writersroom scriptroom 9 (comedy) back in March. At the […]

The not so glamorous, yet career defining experience of creating a New Comedy Series

By Georgia Woodward Producer of A Shared House Reading about the life and work of comedy engineers Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and the gals from Broad City – I felt this overwhelming excitement as a young artist. I noticed the thing these broads had in common was that they were the creators of their work, […]

Straight from the horse’s mouth

Blog post by Seb Bance – Horseboy Productions I think I’m quite a normal person – a little weird and excitable in crowds of 2 or more people but generally pretty normal. Then I list some of the things I’ve done in pursuit of a career in comedy and think maybe I’m not so normal: […]

The comedy writer with a day job and no contacts

Behind every great venture there is a personal story. This may or may not be true, but it works well for an intro to this blog so please accept it. We want to tell you our story and why we founded The Comedy Crowd. Peter and I wrote a sitcom together. Like many old friends and comedy […]