The BBC Comedy Collective is a supercharged bursary scheme offering 10 places to emerging writers, producers, directors and editors from across the UK who’d like to develop their careers in scripted comedy. Previous winners have gone on to win script commissions, get agents, produce radio shows and make BAFTA award-winning TV series.

Each bursary winner receives up to £10k worth of paid shadowing on a BBC Comedy production along with an allocated production mentor, plus a £5k development grant to put towards new material or to further support their development.

Deadline is 31st January 2025. 

Learn more here.