ZOOM TV Comedy Scripts Essential Tools

ZOOM TV Comedy Scripts Essential Tools - Learn all the tools and techniques that you need to write wonderful scripts.

7pm-9pm UK time 

8pm-10pm European time 

11am-1pm Pacific time (PST) 

2pm-4pm Eastern time (EST) 

Upcoming Sessions

Dates: 13 Jan 2026 - 10 Feb 2026

Total of 5 sessions:
Tuesday 13 Jan 2hrs, Tuesday 20 Jan 2hrs, Tuesday 27 Jan 2hrs, Tuesday 3 Feb 2hrs, Tuesday 10 Feb 2hrs

This Essential Tools Zoom course will equip you with the essential tools for writing sitcom and comedy drama. 

You might have: 

- an idea in mind already that you want to develop and write, 

- a draft of a script that you want to rewrite and enhance 

- or even no specific idea at this point. (If this is the case, the course will definitely give you ideas!). 

As well as providing you with a complete set of essential tools, on the course you will write a lot of funny scenes with your characters without worrying initially about where they’ll slot into a story. You'll simply be working with that week's tools. This freedom will allow you to make discoveries of scenes and situation that will be highly useful to your script and will take your characters places you’d never considered. If however you have a much clearer idea of where your script is going from the outset, you can use the tools in the places that are most relevant for your developing story. 

And it's not only for beginners. More experienced writers (and two TV comedy producers!) have done the course and have appreciated the fresh perspectives and also the greater clarity on tools they had been using but without such a clear understanding of what they are and why they work. And, whether new or not, it will get you writing a whole load of new scenes and creating situations and comic scenarios that you wouldn't have thought of without the stimulus of the course.

Be inspired by watching, analysing and discussing short excerpts showing the tools in action from Fleabag, IT Crowd, Seinfeld, Succession, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Atlanta, Royle Family, White Lotus, Modern Family, Detectorists, Amandaland, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and more.

"Really liked the combination of very well chosen comedy clips, practical exercises and discussion. The sessions flew by, and having weekly homework kept me focused, gave me structure and kept me writing." JH 

"This course was so useful for guiding me through the process of developing a comedy script for television. Each week we were set different homeworks that got me into the rhythm of writing much more regularly. Chris has a great manner and clearly many years of invaluable experience in the industry. The fact that it was online made it much more accessible, as we were able to all be in different cities, countries even and share our ideas. I highly recommend this for anyone serious about developing a treatment and script for TV. " JM

ABOUT CHRIS HEAD

Chris says: "I am a comedy coach, live comedy director and author of three books, “The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit”, "Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen" and "A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up".

I teach stand-up and comedy scriptwriting at the British Library, BBC Writers, Channel 4 and Bath Spa University, as well as online courses with writers and performers from all over the world. I also coach and mentor writers with BBC Comedy Commissioner and producer Lucy Lumsden.

Students I have taught have had a BBC sitcom (Daddy Issues) a Channel 5 sitcom (Borderline) and a BAFTA winning comedy short (Quiet Life), sell out stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes), at Soho Theatre (Stand Up with Janine Harouni) and comedy plays at Soho Theatre (You Only Live Twice – which I also directed).

In the corporate world, I have taught stand-up skills at Allen & Overy, ITV, Channel 4, Google, Warner Brothers, Bank Paribas, UBS, MUFG, Digitas, The Mill, George P. Johnson, McCann, 180 Kingsday (Amsterdam), 101, Lida, MRM Meteorite and BBH. And I have taught comedy writing to creatives at The & Partnership, House 337 and BBC Creative.

I have also helped speakers punch up, structure and deliver full-length talks, including popular mathematics author Matt Parker’s ‘Humble Pi’ and ‘Get Triggy With it” shows, that tied in with the best-selling book of the same name, and Caroline Goyder’s TEDx talk (12 million views and counting).