14 episodes
Female Pilot Club Female Pilot Club
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4.9 • 15 Ratings
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The Female Pilot Club is a club to celebrate comedy written by women! Pilot-clubbers Kay Stonham and Emily Chase get women TV writers to spill their secrets, from the new and annoyingly talented, to seasoned and annoyingly successful Emmy award winners. We chat about gags and gaffs, what makes a good script great and how to survive and thrive as a female writer in the comedy industry. Featuring clips from pilots performed live at the club with the cream of British comedy talent like Greg McHugh, Sarah Hadland, Jordan Stephens, Vivienne Acheampong and Robert Webb, and resident actor Emily Chase. Join the club, have a laugh and we hope - help get great comedy on the telly!
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Abigail Burdess (Tracy Ullman's Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look)
In this special episode Kay and Emily welcome back writer-performer extraordinaire and co-founder of the Female Pilot Club Abigail Burdess! Abbie gives tips on gag writing, spare husbands and explains how she embraced her inner thriller writer to pen her exciting debut novel Mother's Day!
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Sioned Wiliam (Former commissioning editor of comedy for ITV and Radio 4)
In a Female Pilot Club first Kay and Emily talk to former controller of comedy for ITV, and ex - commissioning editor of comedy for Radio 4. Sioned, who is also a producer and writer, gives us the hot sauce on how the commissioning process actually works. So writers looking to get their first script commissioned, this episode is for you!!
Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
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Ruby Carr (Funny Women Comedy Writing Award Winner, 2022)
Ruby was also named a Funny Women “One to Watch’ in 2021, and her pilot made the top ten for the 2021 "Voices of the Future" Scheme. In this episode Kay and Emily find out why Ruby doesn’t like magicians and get her hot take on how to handle hecklers.
Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
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Zara Janjua (BBC Comedy Writers Room 2020 and Woman of the future Finalist 2020)
Zara Janjua is a successful multi-hyphen TV professional. As well as her work as a comedy writer, presenter, film-maker, actor, course facilitator, journalist and event host she was named one of the Top 40 Digital Women in the UK and shortlisted for 'Digital Women For Good' and 'Freelancer of The Year' Award. Her ultimate goal is to become a successful novelist. In this episode Kay and Emily find out about Zara's mission to improve Equity and Diversity in the TV industry, also her attempt to climb Kilimanjaro and they try to guess which one was harder!
Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
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Samantha Lyden and Teresa Burns (Funny Women Award Winners 2019)
Samantah Lyden and Teresa Burns (Funny Women Award Winners 2019)
In this episode Kay and Emily try to decide who's more working class, find out about Carmelite nuns and reveal their worst side hustles, all while being firmly outclassed by the funny and talented writing partnership, Lyden and Burns who talk about why we should see more working class comedy on our screens and why two is better than one when it comes to writing comedy.
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Athena Kugblenu (Athena's Cancel Culture)
In this episode Athena Kugblenu, stand-up comedian, comedy writer, and journalist shares invaluable tips about sit-com structure, bike-riding and how she survives and thrives in that ultimate ordeal - the writers room.
Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com
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Customer Reviews
Kerry Howard 😍
Brilliant episode
Excellent!
Loved this - and it sparked off a lively debate on US versus UK comedy. It was fascinating to listen to Georgia Pritchard talk about Succession - my current fav TV show.
Entertaining - informative. Can’t wait for the next podcast. More please
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Smart, funny women talking informative, entertaining chat.
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