BBC Comedy Commissioning and BBC Writersroom join forces for a second nationwide talent search to find new comedy gold. If you can tell original stories, invent characters and catchphrases that make us laugh out loud and tease the audience to come back for more, then we want to read your script. We want the next big Studio Sitcom – the hardest thing to get right, but brilliant when it works.

Write it, rewrite it, send it in - and you could be in line not just for a comedy masterclass on how to write studio sitcom, but also an intensive week away developing your idea hand in hand with BBC comedy producers and established comedy writing talent. This is an opportunity not to be missed - and you may get the chance of your work performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at our Sitcom Showcase at the Studio in MediaCity, Salford.

The challenge is to write an original comedy studio script with series potential. We’re looking for writers that reflect modern Britain, comedy voices that have not yet been heard, and talent that’s just bursting to get out. So no matter who you are, or where you’re from or what you’re sitcom is about – if you think you can make a live studio audience laugh, then we want to see your script.

You will need to send us a half hour sitcom script with a one page outline of how your series would develop and our application form. The work must not have been previously commissioned, optioned or produced and this opportunity is for writers who have not yet had a network commission.

For more information and to send your work