I love this time of year - the sun's a-rising earlier, the first gorgeous blossoms of the season are springing forth and the most promising comedy script competitions are in full bloom. This month ...

VIDEO: A writer on a previous course had a breakup scene and so we explored several ways of making these scenes funny. Here's a clip from the class. If you’re writing a comedy script (TV, radio, stage ...

Big Finish Productions and the writing association, Write on Comedy, have united to revive this winning formula on audio with The Big Finish Comedy Playhouse Script Writing Competition. They are in ...

Channel 4’s 4Skills, Channel 4 Comedy and Northern Ireland Screen are joining forces to fund half-hour comedy scripts, offering a major opportunity for both emerging and established talent to develop ...

Jon Mountague has produced a number of sitcoms including I'm With Stupid, and 10:96. He's currently head of the BBC Comedy North unit in Manchester where he scours the region to find and develop new ...

A brand-new showcase has been announced by DLT Entertainment and Monkey Barrel giving emerging and established comedy writers the chance to hear their scripts read back to them by leading comics at ...

What is the Open Call opportunity for script submissions? Rather than accepting scripts year-round, we have distinct submission windows for scripts which are announced on the BBC Writers Opportunities ...

DLT Entertainment, co-sponsors of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and Monkey Barrel Comedy, host of ‘Best Comedy Show’ in 2022 and 2023, have announced the launch of ‘Table Reads: New Comedy Script ...

Alice Etches has won this year’s £1,000 David Nobbs Memorial Trust prize for comedy writing, set up in honour of the Reggie Perrin creator. They won for their script The Waywards with runners-up Ralph ...