Northern Laughs

Please note that the application deadline for the Northern Laughs scheme has now passed. For more information on this and other new writers' opportunities offered by the BBC, visit the BBC Writersroom website: www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom  

The selected new comedy writers from the Yorkshire region are: Dave Baird, Lucy Beaumont and Andy Woolton. They will be mentored by Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen, Funland, Armstrong and Miller).

INFORMATION ON THE SCHEME
BBC Comedy, BBC writersroom, Northern Film & Media, Screen Yorkshire and North West Vision + Media are searching for exceptional writers from the North who want to write comedy for television. If you can make us laugh, have a passion for TV Comedy, a strong individual and funny voice and excellent characterisation skills, you could take part in our scheme Northern Laughs.

Northern Laughs will provide a fantastic training and development opportunity for up to three comedy writers from each Northern region. The selected writers will learn about writing for television comedy through mentoring from leading comedy writers including Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen, Funland, Armstrong and Miller), and workshops which will give a detailed and invaluable insight into writing comedy for the BBC.

Each writer will receive a development bursary from BBC writersroom and there will be an opportunity for a writer representing each region to have their work showcased at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2009. At the end of the development process each script will be considered by BBC Comedy and the best ideas will be put forward to the BBC Comedy Commissioner in the North. Writers will also have a calling card script with which they can then apply for the BBC's College of Comedy 2010.
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On the Ball:Screen Yorkshire's Crew and Freelance Development Manager

nicky ball Do you work in the film and television production industry? Or perhaps you're just starting out and want to get a foot in the door? In the first of a new series of vodcasts with Screen Yorkshire staff, we interview Crew & Freelance Development Manager NICKY BALL who works to support the 1300 crew and 200 facilities companies from the region registered on our database.

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