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Independent production company Pozzitive has announced the winners of its comedy script competition.
The programme-makers, whose credits include Victoria Wood s Dinnerladies and Radio 4’s Cabin Pressure were looking for new shows to develop for radio.
Company boss David Tyler said he was ’both mildly amazed and utterly pleased with the response we got, and the high proportion of scripts that were painstakingly written and very often very funny.
He added: ‘There was so much good stuff to read, with subjects ranging from autobiography to zombies. And also other zombies.
‘I’m genuinely grateful that I had the opportunity to read them all, and I’m sorry that we can only choose a limited number of winners. But well done, thank you and always remember that the ability to write and the determination to actually complete a script are wonderful things, and frankly, if I could do either, I bloody would.’
£750 for promising comedy talent
The comedy writing prize set up in memory of Reggie Perrin creator David Nobbs has increased its prize.
This year’s winner will receive £750, up from £500, while any runners-up will continue to receive £250. Also, for the first time, winners will get a one-on-one consultation with an established comedy producer.
Entries have opened today for the award. Hopefuls must already have a broadcast credit for writing, and submit a 500-word statement describing their career goals.
Judges are Lucy Lumsden, owner of Yellow Door Productions and formerly head of comedy commissioning at both Sky and the BBC; the comedian Roisin Conaty, who created the Channel 4 sitcom, Gameface; and actor and writer Daniel Lawrence Taylor, whose comedy Timewasters is currently being adapted for a possible US TV series.