How to write a self-isolation sitcom – according to an Inbetweener

Quirky flatmates, terrible catchphrases: the inspiration you need to pen an award-winning TV show is all around you

Not Going Out? Stuck indoors with the same old people every day, life under corona lockdown probably already feels like a perpetual – albeit rather dark – sitcom. So what better time to try to actually turn it into one? But how do you ensure you’re a Royle Family and not a Mrs Brown’s Boys? We grabbed Iain Morris, co-creator of The Inbetweeners and brand new football-based sitcom The First Team, for some handy dos and don’ts of penning the perfect laughfest during lockdown.

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