How Do You Write Radio Comedy?
Post categories: Audio, Behind the Scenes, Comedy, Genres, Programmes
|12:30 UK time, Friday, 23 April 2010
On Radio Scotland one of the best-loved genres of programme is comedy. Good radio comedy sounds effortless; this allows the rest of us to enjoy the drama, plot and punch lines without being aware of all the effort, long hours and the number of re-writes which go into it before we hear it on Radio Scotland.
Margaret-Anne Docherty has produced some of the best-known and loved comedy on Radio Scotland including Desperate Fishwives, SWOTS, Ellis and Clarke and No Hard Feelings. I asked her if she could explain the process behind radio comedy - from where do you get ideas to how to develop it when you have one. Have a listen to the interview below for some real insights from a radio comedy pro.
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At 03:05 24th Apr 2010, linlin wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 14:50 14th May 2010, woodsidewullie wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 15:01 14th May 2010, woodsidewullie wrote:And you to can be tediously dull and repetitive just like Tam Cowan.
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At 15:54 14th May 2010, woodsidewullie wrote:How come 2 broke house rules? Unlike Tam Cowan I did not use any sexual innuendo or any references to sexual slang when describing what one team would do to another.
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At 13:51 15th May 2010, woodsidewullie wrote:I think I might be slowly getting it. When CowanTam is gaun on, and on, and on, and on about roger and ream is he maybe referring to some favourite pop combo of his that I have never heard of?
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