Julia McKenzie is the Commissioning Editor for Comedy and Entertainment at Radio 4, and prior to that was Creative Director of BBC Studios Audio for 7 years, specialising in comedy and entertainment production.

In this conversation, Julia provides helpful insights for comedy writers who want to understand the audio landscape and find ways to get their work produced.

00:00 Introduction and Background
02:06 Starting in Audio and Comedy
08:11 Working with Producers
13:44 Commissioning Process
19:55 Audio Comedy Landscape
27:56 Pilots and Evaluation
33:36 Audio Formats
38:16 Favourite Comedy Shows
39:44 Recommendations and Resources
40:47 TV Recommendations
41:39 Fresh Take on Narration
43:15 Where to Find More

SHOW NOTES:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning
Jokes feed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001...
BBC Sounds app: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/que...
  / juliaamckenzie  
Comedy of the Week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p...
Friday Night Comedy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p...
  / dmsareopenbbc  

You can find the transcript at:
https://comedymasterclass.com

And Danielle’s socials here:
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https://bsky.app/profile/daniellekrag...