Comedy writer and script editor Paul Kerensa (Not Going Out, Miranda etc) offers his thoughts on sitcom writing... Sitcom-writing. What's the secret? Easy. Character and conflict. And the set-up/fail ...

Length. It's something we all worry about. We all want to present something meaty, but is there such a thing as too meaty? The simple answer is, yes... And no. Newer writers often think that writing ...

BBC North and BBC Comedy Commissioning are pleased to announce that from over 80 scripts submitted to the Salford Sitcom Showcase, six scripts have been chosen and will be staged at the showcase at ...

They should have been destroyed but were recovered and the scripts have now been sold for thousands of pounds. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Milton Keynes Citizen, you get 70% fewer ads ...

Danny Cohen today announced a new BBC One initiative at his Controller session at The Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. In a bid to up the supply rate of comedy scripts to ...

After starring in one of the most beloved British sitcoms of all time, Dawn French was hesitant about ever accepting another. Bursting onto our screens in the late 1980s alongside her long-time best ...

An unseen script for a classic BBC sitcom's Christmas episode has been found in York. The Steptoe and Son script was discovered in the archives of the University of York, shedding new light on the ...