http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-111279 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:14:22 +0000 Perks 111279@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You did a John Terry gag too! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-111271 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:29:51 +0000 charlies_hat 111271@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I sent something last week, but it seems that BBC Radio 4 don't like jokes that are violently racist, homophobic,anti-islamic, sexist and full of profanity.</p> <p>Shame - it took me ages to get it all into one line. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-111270 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:22:21 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 111270@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Was any of last week's show the work of somebody from here then?</p> <p>I'm looking forward to the deafening silence of rejection for the one I knocked up in about 5 minutes this morning just before the deadline. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110386 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:46:51 +0000 seymour totti 110386@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'd advise everyone to have a go. I made a point of submitting something for each of the 6 shows in the series a year back. Two of my efforts got used.</p> <p>Getting a few quid was nice but the big thing for me was having someone who knows what is needed for radio comedy saying a couple of my sketches just about scraped above the line. They did a lot of editing on one of them, but I still got the credit for the ideas.</p> <p>They key thing I learned was to avoid the obvious angle on a story. Everyone will hit on that, so try something a little different. For example, I got a story though on the AV referendum using the idea of a pop chart rundown with song titles befitting how people viewed the political parties at the time (e.g Labour - Hate to Say I Told You So; Lib-Dems - Bend Me, Shape Me, Any Way You Want Me).</p> <p>Also make sure the sketches are short and snappy. They normally max out at 1 minute, so don't write War and Peace.</p> <p>It really makes your week getting the email through saying your idea is going to be used. It's also a useful writing credit for the future should you need it. What have you got to lose? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110366 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:26:27 +0000 Golgo13 110366@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have an original idea for a sketch based on airline food, and what it might indeed be with that stuff. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110357 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:52:11 +0000 rikkor 110357@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When I read the words "radio sketch", I reach for my button hook. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110314 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:09:23 +0000 Quaz 110314@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have to say that one of the coolest things about Newsbiscuit is that writers get to keep ownership. Hats off to the Ed, that was a decision worthy of the late great Tony Wilson of Factory records. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110281 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:49:26 +0000 Zadok the second 110281@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ianslat - <a href="http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=22099" rel="nofollow">http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=22099</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110274 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:31:37 +0000 Qoxiivi 110274@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Might well have a crack at this. So, who else has had a go/had some success? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38880#post-110222 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:52:30 +0000 editor 110222@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A number of NewsBiscuit writers have had some success with Newsjack - BBC Radio's answer to 'How can new writers get started?'<br /> Click here for more information...<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r</a></p> <p>Don't forget everything you write for NewsBiscuit belongs to you, so even if you have had a front page, you could still rewrite it as a radio sketch and try your luck again... </p>