A fortnightly podcast by James Cary (Bluestone 42, Miranda) and Dave Cohen (Not Going Out, Horrible Histories) about the art of sitcom writing for TV and Radio. Top tips and technical stuff for budding writers, old pros and armchair enthusiasts alike.

Theme by Jane Watkins.

Email questions to sitcomgeeks@gmail.com

Website is here:
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Bravo BCG Pro! Dave and James debrief on the hugely successful Big Comedy Conference, concentrating on the commissioners and producers who offered a rare mix of realism and hope. Plus a nod to the simple pleasures of meeting actual Geekers in real life for the first time.

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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 218 - Conference Calling

Dave and James discuss how to plan your next year of writing with purpose and intention -  plus some surprising news about their own plans.

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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 219 - Fashioning Your Future, And Planning For Ours

Dave talks to writers Dana Fainaru and Hamish Wright about their brilliant new comedy Significant Other, out now on ITVX. Plus writing for long running shows, building scenes and a refusal to get bogged down in the misery of supporting Leeds United.

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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 220 - Not Just An Other Show

Looking back to when we began, back when people used to say "what's a podcast?". What has changed since 2015, and what's stayed the same? Dave and James look at the lessons learned (and mistakes repeated), featuring special guests our fabulous patrons.

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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 221 - Everything Everywhere All Over Eight Years

In this episode Dave and James weave together all the strands of the previous 221 to bring the podcast narrative to a pulsating climax... no they don't, this is sitcom where stories never end and people never grow. They talk instead about the best and worst sitcom endings of all time - and offer their final thoughts about how to approach this noble urge to create and complete your fabulous sitcom.

All the previous episodes:
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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 222 - The One That Bids You Good Day

RHLSTP #58: Milton Jones - Kids Writing Set. Richard is excited about having been shopping for his as-yet-unborn child and having seen a daring theft from Pret a Manger and is freaked out to think that although recorded in November 2014 this podcast will go out on the cusp of 2015 - the future! His guest is high-haired, loud-shirted gagsmith Milton Jones. They discuss killer heckles and when gigs go wrong, more obscure 1970s TV shows, the Men's Health Abs Challenge and how many people remember the show Planet Mirth. There's some more serious talk about charity work in Uganda which makes it hard to segue back into cock-based questions. But that doesn't stop Richard trying.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Episode 58 - Milton Jones

The beginning of your 13 day Halloween countdown!

Video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW5Ywn74nEM

Read along! The story can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3hemsl/this_is_what_happens_when_you_stare_out_of_the/

This is what happens when you stare out of the window, into the dark. by kingslayer111

RHLSTP #92: Jack Whitehall - Moving the Trees. Richard successfully guesses the job of a bearded man in the audience before introducing the luckiest man on planet earth, who knows what it is like to have sex with a robot, Jack Whitehall. Seething with unconcealed jealousy at Whitehall's career and more pertinently his partner, Richard contrives several different ways to kill his guest and his own wife and child. Don't worry it's just a joke. It's almost certainly a joke. Find out the real reason Kate Middleton married Prince William, how Whitehall screwed up a gold-plated publicity opportunity, what it's like working with Shearsmith and Pemberton and rugby's homoerotic origins. A man exhausted from childcare interviews a man exhausted from jet lag about robot sex and the result is predictably indiscreet and hilarious. Richard also forgets Jack's name right at the end, but no one will notice that.

More episodes:
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Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Episode 92 - Jack Whitehall

Adam talks to American actor, comedian and writer Bill Hader about life as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, what he learned from his time working at Pixar studios, panic attacks and more!

Plus, news of an upcoming live podcast!

Thanks to Matt Lamont for edit assistance and Seamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.

EP.27 - BILL HADER

This week, I'm chatting with two of my besties and we're reminiscing all about the Christmas holidays. It's time for a break from biz - it's time for laughter and fun! For show notes, visit: https://hollymccaig.com/the-girl-boss-lounge-show/

Why the explicit setting? Well, once in a while we might push out a swear word. It's not in every episode but we want to keep in compliance with iTunes' policies. Thanks for understanding!

Christmas Besties - Episode 10

James Cary talks to comedy producer Steve Doherty (Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks) about sketches, The News Huddlines, getting out of London, trains and the Craft of Comedy festival in Llandudno.

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Sitcom Geeks - Episode 41 - Finding the Right Producer

RHLSTP #149: Ed Byrne - Lost Leather Jacket. Rich is getting used to living in the countryside and the action movie that is attempting to get the train home. His guest has painful memories of the show he is best known for, it's Sudoku king, Ed Byrne. Richard is happy because there's lots of chances to discuss celebrity quiz shows, but luckily he's not going to dwell on his own successes or failures (whichever they might have been). They also discuss prestigious acting awards; the decline in the standards of Metro columnists; not feeding gondolas; how you might end up 3% Neanderthal; lost New Zealand dreams; rubbing pork; Alanis Morissette; why lawyers are great best men; the effect of gravity on a scrotum; and how to get on the right side of an audience from Iceland.

More episodes:
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Go and see Ed on tour: http://edbyrne.com/live-dates/ Spoiler Alert, it's called Spoiler Alert. Get the Emergency Questions book here: https://www.gofasterstripe.com/eq

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Episode 149 - Ed Byrne

Adam talks to British writers/actors/comedians Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearmsith about The League Of Gentlemen, Inside No.9, Psychoville, writing, reuniting and more in this conversation recorded in front of an audience at the London Podcast Festival in September 2017.

Thanks to Seamus Murphy Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.

Music & jingles by Adam Buxton

EP.52 - REECE SHEARSMITH & STEVE PEMBERTON

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