BCG Pro Newsletter: 13th December 2024

Friday 13th December 2024

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BCG Pro Performance Awards winners

BCG Pro Performance Awards winners

We held our Performance Awards 2024 final last night, and everyone was brilliant. Congratulations to our winners: Alex Bertulis-Fernandes and Gaj San.

Latest features

A word on parody
A word on parody
We consider parody as a comic sub-genre.
In development
In development
Some useful insights into the development process.
The green light
The green light
What you can expect to happen if your sitcom gets the green light.
Making a scene
Making a scene
Every scene in your comedy script should move the story forward.

Give the gift of Pro

Know someone who wants to start or further their comedy career? Why not buy them a BCG Pro subscription for Christmas?

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Opportunities

BCG Pro Gag-a-Week
BCG Pro Gag-a-Week
You have until Sunday night to construct a joke about smoking.
Lounges.tv: Best Stand-Up Comedian - Make Me Laugh in 3 Minutes
Lounges.tv: Best Stand-Up
You can win a management contract. Enter by 2nd January.
Sketch Off!
Sketch Off!
A competition for sketch groups and duos, character comedians and alternative acts.
Chortle Hotshots
Chortle Hotshots
A bursary scheme to help five acts making their debut at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe.

The Secret Reviewer

Our clandestine critic ponders how stand-ups age well - but other comics need to move on.

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From the archive

Features from our library of insightful content.

Why you should write a play
Why you should write a play
Have you thought about staging a play? It can be hugely beneficial to you.
Aaaand... Cut!
Aaaand... Cut!
We focus on how to make cuts to your sitcom script.

"When an audience laughs it's not the end of a joke, it's the beginning. The audience have bought into the idea so don't move on to the next one, keep mining that one" - Michael McIntyre

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