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Comedy isn’t just funny. It’s connection, comfort and clarity. A personal reflection on why it matters
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In 2024, I wrote a blog for the Bang2Write website called Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters. Fair criticism: my original list leaned heavily American. But there’s a reason for that - British sitcoms haven’t historically given women the spotlight, especially not in leading comic roles.
How The Office (US) went from flop to phenomenon — and what its messy, miraculous journey can teach us about creativity, failure, and finding your voice.
How do UK and US comedies treat women differently? From Fleabag to Abbott Elementary, we explore female representation on both sides of the Atlantic.
All Posts in Category Order
Comedy Icons & Comedy Pieces
Culture, Representation & Commentary
Apathy Machines: How AI Might Not Take Over the World — Just Turn It Grey
Fat Characters and Fat Jokes. Why We Need to Get Over Ourselves
Free Speech in Comedy: What’s at Stake
Hope as Rebellion: The Quiet Art of Staying Human
Laughing at the Past: The Problematic Legacy of British Sitcoms (1960s–2010s)
Laughing Towards Progress: How Comedy Has Shifted LGBTQ+ Perceptions on Screen
Leave Mrs Brown’s Boys Alone: The Case Against Comedy Snobbery
Stop Smiling: On Women, Comedy, and Being Done With Making Myself Smaller
Where Are the Women? Comparing Female Representation in UK and US Comedy
Lists & Rankings
Eight Sitcom Heroes Who Haven’t Aged Well. Why rewatching feels different now.
Ten Comedy Moments That Stepped Out of Line (and Changed Everything)
Top Ten Comedies That Spoke to Us - Literally
Top Ten Female Sitcom Characters of All Time (the Brit Edition)
Top Ten Smartest Comedies That Still Managed to Be Funny
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms: The American Invasion
Top Ten Studio Sitcoms:The Brit Edition
Top Ten TV Comedy Mockumentaries of the 21st Century
When You Just Wanted to Laugh Ten 'Comedies' That Left Us Emotionally Wrecked Instead
Quizzes
The 1980s Comedy Quiz: How Well Do You Remember the Golden Decade of Laughs?
The 1990s Comedy Quiz: The Decade That Gave Us Sarcasm, Sitcoms, and So Many Sofa Scenes
The 2000s Comedy Quiz: Awkward Silences, Office Politics, and the Golden Age of Cringe
The 2010s Comedy Quiz: Streaming, Screaming, and the Rise of the Relatable Breakdown
The 2020s Comedy Quiz: Streaming, Sincerity, and the Sitcoms That Saved Our Sanity
The 2025 Comedy Quiz: The Year We Laughed, Cried, and Said Goodbye to Some Old Favourites
The Great Sitcom Christmas Quiz: Turkey, Tinsel, & Telly Traditions
Sitcom & TV Comedy
Battle of the Comedies: British Precision vs American Heart
Is it a Sitcom? Or Five Rules to Tell If You're Watching (or Writing) Counts as One
Not Going Out: Putting the Sit in Sitcom Since 2006
The Failure and Success of The Office (US) And What I (We) Can Learn From It
The Paper: Same Office, New Ink
The Sitcom About Nothing:Why ‘Nothing’ Is Doing All the Work
Theme Tunes That Stuck in Our Heads: The Secret Power of Sitcom Theme Songs
What I Learned from Watching a Fifty Year Old Sitcom
Why Sitcoms Love a Halloween Special (and My Top Five Picks)
Writing & Craft
Back to the Future: The Funniest Lesson in Structure (and Why Even the Musical Knows It)
Ten Sitcoms Every Comedy Writer Should Watch (Plus Three I Couldn’t Leave Out)
The Perfect Comedy Goodbye: The Endings That Actually Earned It
When Drama Gets the Biggest Laughs: Ten Episodes That Are Funnier Than Most Sitcoms
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