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A number of NewsBiscuit writers have had some success with Newsjack - BBC Radio's answer to 'How can new writers get started?'
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r
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...
seymour totti
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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.
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.
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).
Also make sure the sketches are short and snappy. They normally max out at 1 minute, so don't write War and Peace.
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?
Was any of last week's show the work of somebody from here then?
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.
charlies_hat
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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.
Shame - it took me ages to get it all into one line.
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