I’ve wanted to write a sitcom for a long time, primarily because of the pure dross that is on UK screens these days. Yes, it’s a case of ‘I Can Do Better’, but when the best comedy on TV is repeats of shows that were on years ago it’s a damning inditement of the current state of the genre.
The idea for the sitcom has been playing on my mind for around three years, and will be directly based on a job I did for about a year. Because of the nature of the job the turnover of employees was high, and not one of them was normal – indeed, I came to the conclusion that you have to be slightly strange to do the job – so there are a wealth of characters to draw upon.
I’ve already started writing my outline for the show – the characters, locations and episode synopsys. I’ll continue with this for the next week or two (I want to make sure everythign is in place before writing a single line of dialog) then it’s on to the fun stuff.
Wish me luck :)
