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  1. Next generation of comedy talent from across the UK named in BBC's inaugural Comedy Collective

    BBC Writersroom

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    Next generation of comedy talent from across the UK named in BBC's inaugural Comedy Collective

    The BBC Comedy Collective is a commitment to nurture the next generation of comedy talent.

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  2. Lady Shorts

    Simon Nelson

    Development Executive, BBC Writersroom

    Lady Shorts

    Four fresh, funny, female-led shorts from some of Northern Ireland’s newest writing talent. Simon Nelson, Development Exec for BBC Writersroom, explains how Lady Shorts were produced.

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  3. DMs are Open - Slide into a Comedy writing credit

    Athena Kugblenu

    Writer and Presenter

    DMs are Open - Slide into a Comedy writing credit

    DMs are Open is BBC Radio 4 Extra's new open-door sketch show. Presenter Athena Kugblenu shares some top tips and advice.

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  4. Creating Vandullz for BBC Wales' Festival of Funny

    BBC Writersroom Wales

    Creating Vandullz for BBC Wales' Festival of Funny

    We caught up with our former Welsh Voices Leila Navabi and Sion Edwards to hear about working together on a brand new comedy, which goes out this evening on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer.

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  5. What is Comedy Drama?

    Robin Taylor

    Writer and Script Reader

    What is Comedy Drama?

    The results of our most recent open submission Script Room window have just been sent out. For the first time, in this window we accepted both Drama and Comedy Drama scripts. But what is Comedy Drama? We turned to Robin Taylor from our readers team for some advice.

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  6. Beep - How my Comedy pilot was made for BBC Scotland and BBC Two

    Bryce Hart

    Writer

    Beep - How my Comedy pilot was made for BBC Scotland and BBC Two

    Bryce Hart explains how being part of the BBC Writersroom's development groups in Scotland and across the UK has led to his original pilot Beep being broadcast this weekend as part of the BBC's Festival of Funny.

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  7. The Latest from the Comedy Room in Lockdown

    Chris Anastasi

    Writer

    The Latest from the Comedy Room in Lockdown

    Chris Anastasi reports back about taking part in this year's Comedy Room writer development group, which has shaped up to be a rather different experience than he had expected...

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  8. InterConnected - Watch all Eight Lockdown Stories

    BBC Writersroom

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    InterConnected - Watch all Eight Lockdown Stories

    Our InterConnected opportunity for short scripts to be filmed using video-messaging received a record 6803 submissions. We have produced eight of the scripts and you can watch them all now.

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  9. Four practical tips to help your script reach its full potential

    BBC Writersroom

    Script readers

    Four practical tips to help your script reach its full potential

    As our script readers reach the end of the scripts sent into our latest Comedy Room script window we asked a member of the team to share some top tips.

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  10. Lockdown Learnings from two of our Northern Voices writers

    Sara Cocker & Léonie Higgins

    Writers

    Lockdown Learnings from two of our Northern Voices writers

    BBC Writersroom is as busy as ever during the lockdown due to the COVID 19 pandemic. We asked two of our Northern Voices writers (Sara Cocker and Léonie Higgins also known as Eggs Collective) to describe how their recent session played out in a socially distanced world.

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