Tagged with: Newsjack
Posts (13)
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How I Got to Write for Topical Comedy Shows
Jeffrey Aidoo
Writer
Jeffrey Aidoo was part of our Comedy Room writer development group for 2018/19. He explains how gaining a place in the group via our open script submission system has led on to him being a member of the writers' room for Radio topical comedy shows including Newsjack and The Now Show.
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The Newsjack Writers' Room
Claire Wetton
Writer
Claire Wetton started off by submitting sketches to Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack and then was asked to join the show's Writers' Room. She explains what this means with the help of some killer goats...
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Newsjack: The radio comedy show that anyone can write for
Newsjack Team
Radio 4 Extra
Calling all comedy writers! Newsjack, the topical sketch show that anyone can write for is back for its thirteenth series and needs you to send your comedy gold!
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Producing Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack - From the Writers Room to the Edit Suite
Newsjack Team
Radio 4 Extra
Radio Comedy Producers,Β Charlie Perkins and Arnab Chanda, blog about the process of producing Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack and shares tips on what makes a good topical sketch.
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Newsjack By Numbers
Ed Morrish
Producer, Newsjack
Newsjack producer, Ed Morrish does aΒ by numbersΒ review ofΒ Series 7 of the Radio 4 Extra topical comedy show.
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Newsjack: A Hero's Journey
Tom Neenan
Writer
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Comedy Writer, Tom Neenan, blogs about writing for Newsjack - Radio 4 Extra's flagship topical comedy sketch show.
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Newsjack - Spread The Love
Dan Tetsell
Each week, during the run-up to the Newsjack recording, I'm struck by the fact that Miles Jupp is a cursed man. A curse so rare that you can go a month of Fringe Sundays before you find someone bearing the same cross. It's the curse of being a good straight man. This isn't to say Miles isn't...
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Newsjack 3
Dan Tetsell
Hello, How's everyone been? Just a quick heads up that Newsjack (Radio 7's open door topical sketch show) is returning for a third series, starting in June. A refreshed Writers' Brief should be up any day now but essentially the idea's the same - a deadline for sketches of midday on the...
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Newsjack: Comedy Jazz
Dan Tetsell
Ok, in memory of Johnny Dankworth, here's how a sketch is like a jazz tune. Say you're listening to Coltrane play 'My Favourite Things'. He'll start out with the basic tune, and then he'll take it and muck about. He'll take that tune all over the shop, he'll noodle, he'll swoop, he'll throw i...
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Newsjack: Special Guests
Dan Tetsell
Hello. Apologies for missing a week - I was off in Bristol doing some acting and then I lost the email with my login details. Also, I'm only half way through series one of Mad Men so something had to give. Anyway, to make up for my absence, I promise my next blog will contain at least 75% more b...
