The Nadir of the Zenith of my career
My incredible award laden career1 in television has not always ridden on the zenith like crest of a wave that it does now. Before I got into the TV industry, for example, it was in a trough. A great...
View ArticleDecisions, Decisions
Here’s a little mini blog – not about past errors, well not directly…. Waiting for feedback on a script or an idea is similar to that feeling of innard-clenching when you’re waiting to hear from a girl...
View ArticleThe Ice Cream Always Rises to the Top
One day it will come. That epic day that you have envisaged for years. The day you have to go into a proper workplace. When that day comes you’ll be nervous, you won’t know what to wear, you’ll...
View ArticleCheats Sometimes Prosper
Unlike the clandestine crime fighting unit in the BBC One drama or Charley Boorman moving around the world, but without Ewan McGregor, I don’t like to achieve my goals ‘by any means.’ What I’m saying...
View ArticleI’ve Got An Idea…
Most of my ideas have, thankfully, never seen the light of day, although forthcoming appointment to view television series Britain’s Tastiest Village1 has definitely been ripped off from a proposal I...
View ArticleIn the pipeline
Hello It may seem that I have been rather quiet of late. On here, that is. In my non-virtual life I’ve been incredibly noisy. I’m learning to play the pan pipes and the sound is far from soothing in...
View ArticleNew Year, New Me, You or Something…
Hello Happy New Year. Can I stop saying that yet? I’d like to stop saying it. Not in a negative sense, it’s not as if I don’t want to send out positive vibes, but I’d just like to avoid January...
View ArticleHelp, I Need Somebody
Quite a few people have been in touch recently asking for advice, a shin up over the Great Wall of Media. They’re all shouting for help and the honest truth is, to use the highly effective language of...
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Currying Favour
I know it’s hard to believe but many years ago I was moderately successful and pretty much destined to be the next D.G. Or at least the next big Yentob. And when you’re climbing up that greasy pole...
View ArticleShould I film my script?
In a recent round of replies to people who have contacted me through the site one communicant said they were planning to film an episode of their sitcom script to put on youtube. I replied to say they...
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My Toe Job Hell
I had an email a short while ago asking this…. ‘Hi, I have a question. I am wondering if sitcom development/production companies ever search for story ideas or character development. I worked in many...
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250 to 1 – The Terrible Script Pitching Gameshow
They say the chances of anything getting on TV are as low as anything coming from Mars. But, just like those pesky Martians in War of the Worlds, still they come. Now play dramatic futuristic chords...
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When you are asked for the impossible (or: They asked for the moon, so I...
Sometimes a boss asks you to do something you know will be impossible and you feel like turning round, dropping your trousers and showing them your arse while shouting, ‘You asked for the moon, but...
View Article2016: The Media Force Awakens
Happy New Media Year. It’s a new year and a new you. And a new me. This year we’re all really gonna make it. I absolutely guarantee it. Money back. Although, I am still largely working in old media....
View ArticleMeh-dea Mogulling – Commonly Pitched Comedy Ideas
Most great ideas start with a great idea (I’m amazing at this, I should do a workshop and charge one million dollars). But they also start with an absolute bucketload of terrible ideas. Or average...
View ArticleCatch 22
You don’t have to be mad to write comedy, but it helps. I should get some mugs and t-towels made for my merch page and become a millionaire. I recently had an email with the subject line ‘Catch 22?’...
View ArticleWhere’s The Party At?
Ever get the feeling you’re missing out on the party? You know, the party where ‘all the important people who decide everything’ are at? Roger Mellie The Man On The Telly is there with Frank Bough...
View ArticleFormatting Issues
A short while ago a reader got in touch… okay it was several months, but a response is a response, right? Oh, no. Now I’ve got a proper job I’ve changed. I’ve turned into that guy. Oh well, it was...
View ArticleAbsolutely Fine S2
A second series of Tom Rosenthal’s brilliant Absolutely Fine has just been released on Comedy Central UK’s youtube page. I had the pleasure of exec producing this. Tom and the cast did a great job....
View ArticleNew Year, New Stuff…
Hello and a very happy new year. I hope you are excited by the possibilities and opportunities that lie ahead. Even if you are currently sat in your dressing gown typing nonsense for your website...
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