When a playwright starts working on their play, they might not think about the format first. But once inspiration strikes, the structure of their script is what brings their vision to life on stage.

Author, script editor and comedy director Chris Head looks at the nuts and bolts behind writing a comedy-drama script. So you’re writing a TV comedy drama script. Compared to a studio audience sitcom, ...

So you’re writing a TV comedy drama script. Compared to a studio audience sitcom, you’re probably aiming for it to be more naturalistic in tone, less joke driven and for the action to be richer and ...