Female Pilot Club

The Female Pilot Club is a club to celebrate comedy written by women! Pilot-clubbers Kay Stonham and Emily Chase get women TV writers to spill their secrets, from the new and annoyingly talented, to seasoned and annoyingly successful Emmy award winners. We chat about gags and gaffs, what makes a good script great and how to survive and thrive as a female writer in the comedy industry. Featuring clips from pilots performed live at the club with the cream of British comedy talent like Greg McHugh, Sarah Hadland, Jordan Stephens, Vivienne Acheampong and Robert Webb, and resident actor Emily Chase. Join the club, have a laugh and we hope - help get great comedy on the telly!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Female Pilot Club episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Female Pilot Club for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Female Pilot Club episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Kerry Howard (Jack Absolute Flies Again)

Female Pilot Club

10/13/22 • 46 min

In the first episode of series 2, the clubbers meet actor, writer and all round comedy queen Kerry Howard!! We ask her about her new project with Sky, how she fits it all in whilst still looking so fit, and how putting it out to the universe got her a top gig at the National Theatre.

Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com

Thanks as well to our episode sponsor WriterDuet! Learn more at https://www.writerduet.com/pilot

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Pip Swallow (Great Expectations)

Female Pilot Club

03/23/22 • 38 min

The clubbers ask where all the new British political satire is at, how gross is too gross if you're the proud possessor of a lumpy jumper, and can women be surreal even without both eyes on the same side of their face.

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Rachel Clarke (Bad Things)

Female Pilot Club

02/23/22 • 45 min

In this episode Abbie and Kay find out how new writer Rachel Clarke, winner of All3 Media Best Drama New Voices Award, Screenwriting Network Award, and Channel 4 Mentorship Scheme, became so good so fast! They also chat about what makes a good double act, the perennial appeal of comedy crime capers and why sex in sit-com should always be truly terrible.

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Emily Lloyd-Saini (Juice, Motherland and Catastrophe)

Female Pilot Club

02/23/24 • 42 min

In this episode Kay and Emily talk to Emily Lloyd-Saini (Juice, Motherland and Catastrophe) about her dream experience in a writers’ room, how everyone needs a great comedy partner in their life, and how she doesn’t, repeat, doesn’t want her own TV sketch show!

#comedy #femalewriter #femalewriting #sitcom #scriptedcomedy #tvcommissioning #femalecomedian

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Ruby Carr (Funny Women Comedy Writing Award Winner, 2022)

Female Pilot Club

12/20/22 • 36 min

Ruby was also named a Funny Women “One to Watch’ in 2021, and her pilot made the top ten for the 2021 "Voices of the Future" Scheme. In this episode Kay and Emily find out why Ruby doesn’t like magicians and get her hot take on how to handle hecklers.

Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com

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Abigail Burdess (Tracy Ullman's Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look)

Female Pilot Club

03/02/23 • 40 min

In this special episode Kay and Emily welcome back writer-performer extraordinaire and co-founder of the Female Pilot Club Abigail Burdess! Abbie gives tips on gag writing, spare husbands and explains how she embraced her inner thriller writer to pen her exciting debut novel Mother's Day!

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Sioned Wiliam (Former commissioning editor of comedy for ITV and Radio 4)

Female Pilot Club

01/19/23 • 54 min

In a Female Pilot Club first Kay and Emily talk to former controller of comedy for ITV, and ex - commissioning editor of comedy for Radio 4. Sioned, who is also a producer and writer, gives us the hot sauce on how the commissioning process actually works. So writers looking to get their first script commissioned, this episode is for you!!

Thanks to our series 2 sponsor BlueCat Screenplay Competition! Learn more at https://www.bluecatscreenplay.com

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Female Pilot Club - Trailer

Female Pilot Club

12/02/21 • 0 min

The Female Pilot Club is a club to celebrate comedy written by women! Pilot-clubbers Kay Stonham and Abigail Burdess get women TV writers to spill their secrets, from the new and annoyingly talented, to seasoned and annoyingly successful Emmy award winners. We chat about gags and gaffs, what makes a good script great and how to survive and thrive as a female writer in the comedy industry. Featuring clips from pilots performed live at the club with the cream of British comedy talent like Greg McHugh, Sarah Hadland, Jordan Stephens, Vivienne Acheampong and Robert Webb, and resident actor Emily Chase. Join the club, have a laugh and we hope - help get great comedy on the telly!

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Leigh Douglas (You’re Alright Hun, Sacrament)

Female Pilot Club

12/01/23 • 43 min

In this episode actor, writer & stand up comedian Leigh Douglas (You’re Alright Hun, Sacrament) talks about her experiences on the UKTV/FPC Script Initiative, gives useful tips on writing queer characters and spills the tea on her very own I Tonya moment in the world of Irish dancing.

#writing #jokewriting #britishcomedy #tvcommissioning #comedypilot #comedian #comedywriting #femalewriter #femalecomedian #womenwriting #funnywomen #funnywomen #tvcomedy #comedyfilm #standup #humour

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Nikki Patel (Coronation Street, Call the Midwife)

Female Pilot Club

12/15/23 • 41 min

Kay and Emily talk to actor and writer Nikki Patel (Coronation Street, Call the Midwife). about how her first script, The Patels, was chosen out of 340 submitted for he UKTV Female Pilot Club female writers' initiative, how she wants to see greater and more complex representations of her South Asian community on British TV, and how she'd like everything to be peace love and rainbows...

#comedy #sitcom #femalewriter #writing #tv #tvcommissioning #tvpilot #comedywriting

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FAQ

How many episodes does Female Pilot Club have?

Female Pilot Club currently has 20 episodes available.

What topics does Female Pilot Club cover?

The podcast is about Comedy Writing, Comedy, Television, Podcasts, Tv, Comedy Interviews and Tv & Film.

What is the most popular episode on Female Pilot Club?

The episode title 'Abigail Burdess (Tracy Ullman's Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Female Pilot Club?

The average episode length on Female Pilot Club is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Female Pilot Club released?

Episodes of Female Pilot Club are typically released every 21 days.

When was the first episode of Female Pilot Club?

The first episode of Female Pilot Club was released on Dec 2, 2021.

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