TV Sitcom Script Competition
Winners and Longlist
Short Com is very pleased to announce the winner of their first ever TV Sitcom Script Competition sponsored by Final Draft and BCG Pro.
Judged by comedy industry experts Lucy Lumsden, Jon Aird, Mia Ylönen and Tobias Smith. The panel of judges presided over the short list of five scripts by Joe Barnes, Richard Lazarus, Emma Ramsey, Ian Smith and Ian Sweeney. In a real tight knit contest the results led to...
1st Joe Barnes - Joy
2nd Ian Smith - Mayor
3rd Emma Ramsey - Sorry and Ian Sweeney - Saviour
5th Richard Lazarus - Plan B
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Congratulations to Joe Barnes who wins a copy of Final Draft software and an annual membership to BCG Pro. Also once again congratulations to the fellow shortlisted writers as the scores were really tight who demonstrated some real writing talent.
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Short Com would like to thank again to those who entered, our sponsors Final Draft and BCG Pro, our reading team of Lee Hamilton and Declan Hill and judges.
We'll be back again next year with the Sitcom Writing Competition.
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The 2020 Sitcom Competition Longlist
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Kelvin Wong – Problematic Viewing
Richard Lazarus – Plan B
Sian Goff and Georgia Maguire – Off Grid
James Murphy – Chatter Box
Oliver Prescott – Puzzle
Jody Wiltshire – Another Mother
Stephen Roughsedge – Stay At Home Dad
Ian Smith – Mayor
Isaac Fisher – The Other Side of The Coin
Alistair Inglis – Homesick
Indigo Hinton – Rainbow’s End
Carol Younghusband – Echo Village
Emma Ramsay – Sorry
Will Miles – Civil Behaviour/Widowing
Barry Wood – Almost A Superhero
Ian Sweeney – Saviour/Troubadours
Matthew Smith – Vultures
Colin Dowland – Healing
Joe Barnes – Joy
Joel Frosh and Joel Brooks – Gains
Natalie Malla and Sara Butler – 0800 Babe
Lydia Clarke and Liam Conroy – Hooligans
Alexander MJ Smith – Caffeine
Lucie Brownlee – Bend and Flick
Damien St. John – Adventures of a Single Dad
Tony Brinton – Bet or Die Trying
James Everett – The Wolf of Wall Street
Brogan Thomas – Town of Eden
Mike Arber and David Kidder – Mars Hotel
Carwyn Blayney – Carmathen’s Strongest Man
Charlotte Ash – Very Much Single
Graham Barrett – Shot To Nothing
Ed Sayeed – Staying Alive
Steven Bowbrick and Mink Kapferer – Walking Back To Happiness
Jack Stanley – All Your Songs Are About Me
Barbara Vonau – Clap
Donna Gray – Foiled
Joanna Tilley – Old
Alberto Lopez – Working From Home
Christopher Anastasi and Charlie Dinkin – Annie Waits