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Show Me The Funny - BBC launches new UK-wide search for next generation of funny people
Can you make people laugh? Are you a budding comedy writer or performer just itching for a break? If so the BBC is looking for you!
BBC New Talent, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7 are launching Show Me The Funny, a brand new scheme that will replace the BBC New Comedy Award.
It incorporates Sketch Factor, where you could find yourself writing for a comedy series on Radio 4, and Witty and Twisted, a scheme that could see you performing in your own show on BBC 7.
Paul Schlesinger, BBC Head of Radio Light Entertainment, says:
"Reinvigorating the flow of new writers and performers into radio comedy is absolutely crucial and I'm delighted that we are able to build on the good work already done to create the biggest ever radio talent search with Show Me The Funny.
"So many star writers and writer/performers have come through the ranks of radio - this will be the start of finding the next generation."
Angela Wallis, Executive Producer of BBC New Talent, says: "This is a brilliant opportunity for writers and performers to work with the most experienced comedy team in radio.
"They will get guidance on how to make comedy work on radio and promising performers will get the chance to make their own showcase for BBC 7 with talented writers working on a top BBC Radio 4 sketch show.
"BBC New Talent is delighted to be part of this initiative to find exciting new comedy performers and writers to work across BBC Radio."
Sketch Factor
If you're a budding funny writer, we'd like to read some of your sketches. The deadline is Wednesday 11 October and workshops with short-listed funny people will take place in November. If you're one of the top ten funniest writers, you'll get to work on a whole eight-part Radio 4 comedy series in London performed by top names.
Witty and Twisted for BBC 7
If you're a comedy performer, send us three minutes of you being funny - it can
be a sketch, some stand-up or whatever you like. The only criteria is that
it has to be funny. The top ten funniest will make a pilot for BBC 7 with
the overall winner being commissioned for their own series. Deadline for
entries is Wednesday 11 October.
To enter either of these schemes, go to bbc.co.uk/showmethefunny
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