One Gets Overexcited
A conversation with a promising new writer has got me thinking about the perils of getting overexcited. Not that I got hot and steamy over their well constructed first sitcom script, that would be...
View ArticleInfotunity Knocks
I’ve been looking at a lot of websites lately. No, stop where your mind’s going and wash your brain out with soap, it’s not that kind of blog. I’ve been looking in a highly efficient, compartmentalised...
View ArticleHow does a show get made?
Someone dared ask me this question. Do people really expect me to give away the secrets of television alchemy? Luckily I’m a kind and gentle soul so here is the answer. You chuck a load of hard...
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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Things I am doing…
Hello. It feels like the right time to tell you some news. That sounds portentous. It’s not, I’m just struggling for an opening sentence. I’m up to a few things at the moment on top of the usual...
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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...
View ArticleHigh as a Kite – new music video
This is a re-recorded and mastered version of my most popular song on Spotify (largely due to confused fans of Norwegian indie band highasakite listening to it, but if it works for Adele…) I wrote it...
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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 ArticleWe’re In This Together Trailer
In a bid to build excitement in the multi-pronged release of We’re In This Together as a song and a short story I have made a trailer. The story is available for pre-order (scroll down a bit and...
View ArticleTotally Acoustic Podcast
Last week I played MJ Hibbett’s lovely Totally Acoustic gig. I’ve done a few of them and they’ve all been fun, but this was probably the most fun. Here’s the podcast… 8:04 Jenny Lockyer / Matt Tiller /...
View ArticleWe’re In This Together – Out Now!
We’re In This Together, my song about kidnapping George Osborne is out now. Here’s the video… You can buy the song on iTunes. Or you can listen to it here… Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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...
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Snookerstar DJ
Several years ago I pitched the idea of a documentary about Steve Davis and his love of alternative music. If you don’t know, he likes extremely alternative music, not the stuff on Radio X...
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Job’s a Good ‘Un.
Hello. As you may have read on such illustrious platforms as Chortle or televisual industry websites I have a new job working for Comedy Central. The articles were accompanied by either an old picture...
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 ArticleNoel Edmonds Crazy Cancer Box Song
Noel Edmonds spouted some usual nonsensical rubbish about a magic box that tackles cancer, so I wrote a little ditty about it…
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