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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Robin Ince
Boredom leads to daydreaming, and daydreaming can lead to creation. So throw away your smartphone and read a phonebook instead.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from John Kearns
There are no short cuts in comedy. Only hard work can make a performance look effortless.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Zoe Lyons
I think what makes a better comic is reaching a point when you care less whether the crowd like you or not and you do the stuff you want to do.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Josie Long
Stand-up is about finding your own voice and trying to follow what your heart wants to talk about.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Channel 4 comedy boss Charlie Perkins, on the topic of having ideas with scope.
To make more, commercially, of [TV] comedy we need stuff that can return and return.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Jessica Ransom
Make your own work. Write, do things, meet people who want to do similar things to you, don’t wait for the opportunity to come to you, just keep yourself active.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quote of the Day, from Katy Wix
Don’t reach. Use the best word for what you’re trying to say, not the longest or cleverest word.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Vicar Of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew-Archer
If you want to know how to set up a sitcom, watch the first episode of Cheers.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Nish Kumar, on the topic of how hard it is to establish yourself on the comedy circuit.
You need to put a family on hold – it's very much a widowmaker in terms of relationships.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Michael Palin, talking about the benefit of writing comedy material with a pen.
Handwriting gives you time to stop and think.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from James Acaster
Failure cannot be understood in theory, only in practice, sometimes over and over and over again.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Ruth Jones
As a writer, it's important to bond with your characters... you have to find that empathy even when they're making terrible choices.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Mo Gilligan
I've done stand-up for a long time so I'm used to criticism in all its forms... you've gotta have a thick skin with it in this industry.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Al Murray
If comics become respectable, they're no longer funny... We're supposed to be making mischief, flicking Vs at things.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Katherine Ryan
You'll never make a success of yourself when you're doing an impersonation of somebody else.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Simon Bird
When you go to the trouble of making a film, you should be thinking about what every frame looks like.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Catherine Tate
Be brave. No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Mackenzie Crook
If you force a joke into every scene just to keep the momentum up, you end up destroying the mood you're trying to build... Comedy comes from the characters being comfortable.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Frankie Boyle
You've got to treat the audience like they're smart... If you explain every leap in logic, you kill the tension that makes the punchline work.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Jo Brand
If you're doing comedy, you must be funny first and preach second.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from George Fouracres
Live performance is still the most electrifying experience you can get, and nothing will ever replace that, but I love that on screen you can pick up all the minute details of a person's mannerisms.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from John Finnemore
A sketch is a single joke told as thoroughly as possible. If you find yourself needing a second joke to keep it going, you're probably writing two half-baked sketches.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Michaela Coel
I don't believe in comedy as a TV genre – I think there's drama that is funny. Because beyond the laughs, there has to be cost, and there has to be heart.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Nick Mohammed
Comedy can be a really steep learning curve, but you have to have that tenacity... success is founded on a series of failures.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Quote of the Day, from Sue Perkins
Stop pretending you're like everybody else and just be yourself. I was late to that lesson, and I wasted a lot of time trying to fit in. Don't do the same.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Alan Carr
I write ideas on receipts and scraps of paper, put them in a drawer, and then when it's time to tour, I empty the drawer out on the carpet and try and piece a show together.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Writer? Performer? Check out the latest @bcgpro.bsky.social newsletter: cdn.comedy.co.uk/newsletters/...
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Ben Elton
Sometimes you have to discard good gags because they are no longer true to who the characters have become – which of course means they are no longer good jokes!
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Gary Delaney
Put the funny bit at the end of your jokes and minimise the gaps between funny bits.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Chloe Petts
Right at the beginning when you're first writing [a routine] and you're really excited about it, you need to make sure that if there are any bits where you think, 'ugh I have to say this again?!', you cut it immediately. As soon as that feeling happens, just cut that bit.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Ideal writer Graham Duff
Create scripts for shows which you yourself would love to watch or listen to, rather than something which you think commissioners might be looking for. If you’re not genuinely excited by the ideas and characters it will show in your writing.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Quote of the Day, by Lee Mack
80 to 90 per cent of comedians I know find writing a bit of a struggle. You're not being honest by pretending it's all dead easy.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran (The New Statesman, Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds Of A Feather)
Characters shouldn't know they are in a comedy. The moment a character starts telling jokes or acting like they know they're funny, the reality breaks.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Shaparak Khorsandi on the topic of performing on stage
You have to have fun, proper fun, like when you were a kid. If you are not having fun, the audience doesn’t have a prayer.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Rowan Atkinson
An object or a person can become funny in three different ways: by being in an unusual place, by behaving in an unusual way, or by being the wrong size.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Frank Skinner
No matter how long you've been doing comedy, you never know what people are going to laugh at – until they've laughed at it.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from impressionist Jess Robinson
It's great doing brilliantly accurate voices, but after that first laugh of recognition you get, you have to back it up with some decent jokes.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Ellie Taylor
The worst thing about being a comedian? Vulnerability. Jealousy. Relentlessness. Only ever being as good as your last gig. Always having more work you could be doing. Uncertainty. Fear. Stag dos.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Count Arthur Strong creator Steve Delaney
I've always honed in on the oddities in people's behaviour. It's what makes people interesting.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from One Foot In The Grave and Jonathan Creek creator David Renwick
It gets harder and harder to sell something new and to write something new; to think of something that hasn’t been done before and doesn’t conform to the prescriptive requirements that controllers and channels and networks tend to have upfront now.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Be Funny Or Die author Joel Morris
Three keys: 1. Construct (Interesting…) 2. Confirm (Of course… as I expected) 3. Confound (Hey!)
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Quote of the Day, from Daisy May Cooper
We wrote This Country because we were bored, broke, and desperate. Pain and desperation are the absolute fuel of good comedy.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Our sketch writing competition is open until midnight tonight.📝 We're delighted to announce our third and final judge, the multi-talented producer, writer and festival founder, Chris Aitken.🥳 Find out more and enter now at comedy.co.uk/pro
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sara Gibbs is the second judge announced for our annual writing awards. You have until the end of the month to submit two sketches. www.comedy.co.uk/pro/awards/w...
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Eddie Braben
If anybody said, 'I'm going to spend this day writing comedy. I'm looking forward to it,' I'd think, well, there's an idiot... it's like chipping granite with a spoon.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Suzi Ruffell on the topic of finding the line when it comes to material.
My general rule is I have to be able to say it in front of my mum and dad.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Birds Of A Feather and Goodnight Sweetheart co-writer Laurence Marks
The truth is, comedy has always been the most difficult genre in which to succeed, and nothing has changed... But someone's got to do it and why shouldn't it be you?
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Romesh Ranganathan on the topic of work ethic.
You have to work and make the most of opportunities when they are there.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Sarah Mills
To be a good MC you need to be able to listen and really pay attention to what audience members are telling you when you interact with them. And be respectful - you're trying to build a moment of connection.
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bcgpro.bsky.social @bcgpro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Quote of the Day, from Andy Riley (Black Books, Veep, Year Of The Rabbit)
The early stages of a comedy writing career are as much a test of bloody-minded persistence as they are of creative talent. So are the middle stages. And the later stages.
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