Sitcom Geeks

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Episodes: 222

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A podcast series for those interested in the mechanics of situation comedy. James Cary and Dave Cohen discuss the art of sitcom writing for TV and Radio.

Episode Date
Episode 222 - The One That Bids You Good Day
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 221 - Everything Everywhere All Over Eight Years
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 220 - Not Just An Other Show
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 219 - Fashioning Your Future, And Planning For Ours
May 24, 2023
Episode 218 - Conference Calling
May 10, 2023
Episode 217 - The Forsyth Saga
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 216 - From Wireless To West End
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 215 - Playing The Long Game
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 214 - Liking The Sound of Your Own Voice
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 213 - Abigail's Book Party
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 212 - What A Plot Is Not
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 211 - Steve Bugeja is Buffering
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 210 - Attention! Your BBC Needs You
Jan 19, 2023
Episode 209 - Chasing The Dream: 5 Ways to Build Your Writing Career in 2023
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 208 - What's So Special about the Christmas Special?
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 207 - Writer's Block and How to Fix It
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 206 - We Love Lisa
Nov 24, 2022
Episode 205 - Lisa Gets An A
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 204 - The Complete Comedy Writer Writes Again
Oct 27, 2022
Episode 203 - He Knows His Onions
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 202 - Speak Up!
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 201 - Sketchwriting Gems From Gemma
Sep 15, 2022
Episode 200 - How Many!?
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 199 - Sketch Shows, Scotsmen And Sadowitz
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 198 - What Is Comedy Drama?
Aug 04, 2022
Episode 197 - Yes We Cannes with Danny and Tim
Jul 21, 2022
Episode 196 - Should You Write An Audience Sitcom?
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 195 - Is There Life After Mars?
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 194 - Is There Life After EastEnders?
Jun 09, 2022
Episode 193 - Tips For Topical Comedy Writers
May 26, 2022
Episode 192 - How To Add Zing Your Dialogue
May 12, 2022
Episode 191 - Fergus Craig
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 190 - The Secret Trick of Success
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 189 - Makes Peak Perfect
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 188 - And The Winner Is...
Mar 17, 2022
Episode 187 - Peak Practice...
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 186 - Mockumentaries and Meanies
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 185 - Georgia Pritchett On Success, Succession and The Shrink Next Door
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 184 - Things We Wish We'd Known At The Start Of Our Careers
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 183 - The Secrets Of Comedy Writing Success
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 182 - Want To Do Better In 2022?
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 181 - Any Questions?
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 180 - The Last Ten Pages
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 179 - What Do We Want? When Do We Want It?
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 178 - Where In The World Is My Sitcom?
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 177 - Hat Trick Sitcom Script Competition
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 176 - The Comedians' Comedian Comedian Speaks
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 175 - Rules Of Life - And Comedy Writing
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 174 - Can You Teach Comedy Writing - Yes You Can!
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 173 - Knowing Me, Knowing You
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 172 - Listen To The Man Who Knows Everything About Sitcom
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 171 - Writing Is Rewriting Is Rewriting Is Rewriting Is
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 170 - Tell Don't Show
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 169 - Plenty of Pozzitives
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 168 - James Has Written A Book, And Why Comedy Writing Is Child's Play
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 167 - Dave Has Made A Novel, James Is Telling A Story
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 166 - Revenge of the Two Minute Movie
May 20, 2021
Episode 165 - He Did It Himself
May 06, 2021
Episode 164 - Where Do You Start?
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 163 - The State of Things
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 162 - Fun With Father Ted - Lissa Evans
Mar 24, 2021
Episode 161 - Funny Business
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 160 - We've Scene The Results
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 159 - The Lost Voice Guy Tells All
Feb 11, 2021
Episode 158 - Why Tuesdays Are Funny, And Jessica Too
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 157 - Rejection And Waste And Other Jolly News
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 156 - 2021 Vision
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 155 - So That Was 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 154 - Writersroom Changes and Let's Do It Some More
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 153 - The Real Victoria Wood
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 152 - Making A Scene Of It Part 2
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 151 - Making A Scene Of It
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 150 - Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton
Oct 08, 2020
Episode 149 - The Future Is Now
Sep 24, 2020
Episode 148 - Cancel Your Hero
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 147 - Jenny Eclair
Aug 26, 2020
Episode 146 - Rufus Jones has something to write Home about (Part 2)
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 145 - Rufus Jones on the road to Home (Part 1)
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 144 - The Office: How It All Began, with Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Part 2)
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 143 - Gracious Me! It's Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Part 1)
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 142 - How Do You Write About Race?
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 141 - Producing Your Own Media
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 140 - Galton, Simpson and Pixar Returns
May 21, 2020
Episode 139 - Housebound Guest
May 06, 2020
Episode 138 - Pull Apart, Simplify, Do Better Next Time
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 137 - A Winning Writer Speaks
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 136 - Chortle Book Festival
Mar 26, 2020
Episode 135 - Make Your Script Stand Out
Mar 12, 2020
Episode 134 - Sitcom Scripts Q&A
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 133 - Where Did We Go Right?
Feb 13, 2020
Episode 132 - Story Is Character
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 131 - Writing Comedy Is Hard!
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 130 - Milton Jones
Jan 09, 2020
Episode 129 - Old And New
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 128 - What's The Difference?
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 127 - How To Plot Your Sitcom
Nov 28, 2019
Episode 126 - Honing Your First Ten Pages
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 125 - Creating Comedy Characters
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 124 - What's Your Sit?
Oct 16, 2019
Episode 123 - Building A Writing Career
Oct 03, 2019
Episode 122 - Cole Moreton: My Life with The Krays & Jeffrey Archer
Sep 19, 2019
Episode 121 - Rules of Sitcom
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 120 - What We Did On Our Holidays
Aug 22, 2019
Episode 119 - Vomit Drafts, Joke Rates and Gavin and Stacey
Aug 08, 2019
Episode 118 - Anna Nicholson: Woman Of The Year?
Jul 25, 2019
Episode 117 - Time Management
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 116 - Improv and Dialogue
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 115 - Soup To Nuts
Jun 13, 2019
Episode 114 - Stand Up For Your Writes
May 30, 2019
Episode 113 - Characters In Search Of A Plot
May 16, 2019
Episode 112 - Gareth Edwards
Apr 25, 2019
Episode 111 - Polishing Your Script
Apr 11, 2019
Episode 110 - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Apr 03, 2019
Episode 109 - Book Writing
Mar 21, 2019
Episode 108 - Soft Border Patrol
Mar 07, 2019
Episode 107 - Sitcom News and Questions
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 106 - Jonathan Coe
Feb 14, 2019
Episode 105 - Paul Mayhew-Archer
Jan 31, 2019
Episode 104 - The Sacred Art of Joking
Jan 17, 2019
Episode 103 - Moose Allain
Jan 10, 2019
Episode 102 - Insert Name Here
Jan 03, 2019
Episode 101 - What Did We Learn In 2018?
Dec 27, 2018
Episode 100!
Dec 20, 2018
Episode 99 - Tiernan Douieb
Dec 13, 2018
Episode 98 - Neil Forsyth
Dec 06, 2018
Episode 97 - The Complete Comedy Writer
Nov 29, 2018
Episode 96 - Al Murray (Part 2)
Nov 22, 2018
Episode 95 - Al Murray (Part 1)
Nov 15, 2018
Episode 94 - Zapped
Nov 08, 2018
Episode 93 - Julie Bower
Nov 01, 2018
Episode 92 - Tim Telling
Oct 25, 2018
Episode 91 - Steven Moffat (Part 2)
Oct 18, 2018
Episode 90 - Steven Moffat (Part 1)
Oct 11, 2018
Episode 89 - DIY Comedy
Sep 27, 2018
Episode 88 - Geoffrey McGivern
Sep 13, 2018
Episode 87 - Is Bake Off A Sitcom?
Aug 30, 2018
Episode 86 - Saskia Schuster
Aug 16, 2018
Episode 85 - Jonathan Ames
Aug 01, 2018
Episode 84 - Hayley McKenzie
Jul 19, 2018
Episode 83 - Lucien Young
Jul 04, 2018
Episode 82 - Laurence Howarth
Jun 21, 2018
Episode 81 - Dave Cohen Craft of Comedy Keynote Address
Jun 18, 2018
Episode 80 - Jack Docherty
Jun 14, 2018
Episode 79 - Paul Merton (Part 2)
May 30, 2018
Episode 78 - Paul Merton (Part 1)
May 16, 2018
Episode 77 - John Finnemore (Part 2)
May 03, 2018
Episode 76 - John Finnemore (Part 1)
Apr 19, 2018
Episode 75 - Words For Window
Apr 05, 2018
Episode 74 - Craft Of Comedy Cometh
Mar 29, 2018
Episode 73 - Writing Windows and Open Doors
Mar 15, 2018
Episode 72 - Toby Davies (Part 2)
Mar 08, 2018
Episode 71 - Toby Davies (Part 1)
Feb 22, 2018
Episode 70 - Inside Newsjack (Part 2)
Feb 08, 2018
Episode 69 - Inside Newsjack (Part 1)
Feb 01, 2018
Episode 68 - How Many Is Too Many?
Jan 25, 2018
Episode 67 - Writers' Guild Comedy Awards
Jan 18, 2018
Episode 66 - Graham Linehan (Part 2)
Jan 04, 2018
Episode 65 - Graham Linehan (Part 1)
Dec 21, 2017
Episode 64 - The Nine Types Of Funny
Dec 07, 2017
Episode 63 - What Sort Of Writer Are You?
Nov 23, 2017
Episode 62 - Back To Basics
Nov 09, 2017
Episode 61 - Breaking In
Oct 26, 2017
Episode 60 - Pete Sinclair
Oct 12, 2017
Episode 59 - Notes on Notes
Sep 28, 2017
Episode 58 - Ben Elton, Newsjack, Patreon and more
Sep 18, 2017
Episode 57 - In Praise Of Ever Decreasing Circles
Sep 07, 2017
Episode 56 - Jason Hazeley
Aug 24, 2017
Episode 55 - Fringe Special
Aug 12, 2017
Episode 54 - Ask Us Anything
Aug 03, 2017
Episode 53 - Barry Cryer (Part 2)
Jul 20, 2017
Episode 52 - Barry Cryer (Part 1)
Jul 06, 2017
Episode 51 - Working With Producers
Jun 22, 2017
Episode 50 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain: Situation Critical?
Jun 08, 2017
Episode 49 - Tom Edge
May 25, 2017
Episode 48 - Paul Kerensa
May 11, 2017
Episode 47 - Eric Chappell (Part 2)
Apr 27, 2017
Episode 46 - Eric Chappell (Part 1)
Apr 13, 2017
Episode 45 - Sketches
Mar 16, 2017
Episode 44 - Challenges and Questions
Mar 16, 2017
Episode 43 - John Lloyd (Part 2)
Mar 02, 2017
Episode 42 - John Lloyd
Feb 16, 2017
Episode 41 - Finding the Right Producer
Feb 02, 2017
Episode 40 - Radio Highlights of 2016
Jan 19, 2017
Episode 39 - Best TV Sitcoms of 2016
Jan 05, 2017
Episode 38 - Series Arcs & Fourth Walls
Dec 15, 2016
Episode 37 - It's All A Plot
Dec 01, 2016
Episode 36 - Money
Nov 17, 2016
Episode 35 - Off the Bus, You Loser
Nov 03, 2016
Episode 34 - Hell No! That's My Show
Oct 20, 2016
Episode 33 - Idiots
Oct 06, 2016
Episode 32 - Sketches
Sep 22, 2016
Episode 31 - The Podcast That Wasn't
Sep 08, 2016
Episode 30 - Interview with Andrew Ellard (Part 2)
Aug 18, 2016
Episode 29 - Interview with Andrew Ellard (Part 1)
Aug 04, 2016
Episode 28 - Interview with Ben Ward
Jul 14, 2016
Episode 27 - First Ten Pages
Jun 30, 2016
Episode 26 - Notes
Jun 16, 2016
Episode 25 - Edinburgh
Jun 02, 2016
Episode 24 - Interview with Gill Isles
May 19, 2016
Episode 23 - Interview with Sioned Wiliam
May 05, 2016
Episode 22 - Interview with Ian Martin
Apr 21, 2016
Episode 21 - Star Vehicles and Invisible Characters
Apr 07, 2016
Episode 20 - Interview with Mark Evans
Mar 24, 2016
Episode 19 - Welcome To Our World
Mar 10, 2016
Episode 18 - Bill Knows Best
Feb 25, 2016
Episode 17 - Writing Topical Comedy
Feb 11, 2016
Episode 16 - Doing It Yourself!
Jan 28, 2016
Episode 15 - The Shape of Sits to Com
Jan 14, 2016
Episode 14 - Sitcom Highlights of 2015
Dec 31, 2015
Episode 13 - Jokes
Dec 17, 2015
Episode 12 - Writing for Radio
Dec 03, 2015
Episode 11 - The Rise of the Writer-Performer
Nov 19, 2015
Episode 10 - Secondary Characters
Nov 05, 2015
Episode 9 - Ensemble Sitcoms
Oct 21, 2015
Episode 8 - The First Ten Pages
Oct 07, 2015
Episode 7 - Finding the Right Stories
Sep 23, 2015
Episode 6 - Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley (Part 2)
Sep 09, 2015
Episode 5 - Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley (Part 1)
Aug 26, 2015
Episode 4 - Writing Pilots
Aug 13, 2015
Episode 3 - Odd Couples
Jul 29, 2015
Episode 2 - Larger Than Life
Jul 15, 2015
Episode 1 - What's Your Sitcom Really About?
Jul 01, 2015