Dan Sweryt
@swerytd.bsky.social
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Comedy writer. Gives reasonably priced notes on sitcoms.
I got a new tablet with a pen so I can now write notes all over your 30 min sitcom script for a very reasonable ÂŁ45. And my website is back up:
dansweryt.com
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https://dansweryt.com
about 8 hours ago
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7 days ago
You can enjoy this week's episode of
#TheSkewer
here and it even includes a little alien courtesy of us. (Us being
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 14 - Ep 3: Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious - BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirically shaped sounds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jtz7?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Where there's smoke, there's also a man threatening to sue you if you point out the fire...
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13 days ago
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Want some hints about
#comedywriting
for open door shows like
#BreakingTheNews
and
#TheSkewer
? Here's me banging on about it with
@britishcomedy.bsky.social
www.comedy.co.uk/pro/features...
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BCG Pro Sessions video: Dan Sweryt
Topical comedy writer Dan Sweryt talks in-depth about how to have success when submitting to open door radio shows Breaking The News and The Skewer.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/features/bcg-pro-sessions-video-dan-sweryt/
14 days ago
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Stuff on
#TheSkewer
again for us this week!
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15 days ago
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Had a dream last night where I was bitten by a bat. And then I BECAME..(!) ... convinced I had rabies and wanted to seek urgent medical attention. Which shows the high esteem in which I regard myself.
28 days ago
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I know it's ITV but still must be some sort of record for on screen spelling mistakes
about 1 month ago
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Stephen Mawhinnney
about 2 months ago
Very slow off the mark this week but you can enjoy the latest episode of
#BreakingTheNews
here. (And contains stuff by us -
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and me!)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Athena Kugblenu, Chris Thorburn, Alasdair Beckett-King and Kathleen Hughes - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002gg9f
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[WATCHING DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S 'PARENTHOOD'. A ROADRUNNER COMES ON SCREEN] ME: (EXCITED) Look! An *actual* Roadrunner! KIDS: WTF is a 'roadrunner'?!
#LifeWithA6YearOld
#LifeWithA13YearOld
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
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Nominative determinism
3 months ago
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Stu Cooper
3 months ago
First time for
@swerytd.bsky.social
@sjmawhinney.bsky.social
and I writing for Dead Ringers:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Dead Ringers - Series 26 - Dead Ringers Ep 4. Welfare woes and Wimbledon - BBC Sounds
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002f8wx?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Stephen Mawhinnney
3 months ago
Very pleased to say we've* finally broken our Dead Ringers duck with a couple of things in tonight's episode. You can listen to it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(* we being
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and me)
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Dead Ringers - Series 26 - Dead Ringers Ep 5. Man of Steel, Woman of Salt Path - BBC Sounds
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002flmd
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Tom Mason did me the honour of interviewing me for one of his myriad YouTube channels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V-s...
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Tom Mason Does An Interview With...Dan Sweryt
YouTube video by The Weird Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V-sU06oXRI&ab_channel=TheWeirdSide
3 months ago
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3 months ago
If you missed it yesterday here's this week's
#BreakingTheNews
Even includes some stuff by us. (
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Scotland - Breaking the News, Kemah Bob, Raymond Mearns, Susan Riddell and Sam Lake
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dw9w
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Stephen Mawhinnney
3 months ago
Pleased to kick off the new series of
#BreakingTheNews
with a credit. You can enjoy our stuff, and the whole show, here: (with
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and
@swerytd.bsky.social
)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Mark Nelson, Ria Lina, Elaine Malcolmson and Stuart McPherson - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dpfv
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B(TN) inspired!
www.comedy.co.uk/pro/features...
#BreakingTheNews
#SomethingIWrote
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B(TN) inspired! - BCG Pro
Prolific writer Dan Sweryt encourages fellow Pro members to contribute to the new series of Breaking The News.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/pro/features/btn-inspired/
4 months ago
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Dan Sweryt
The Reject Pile Podcast
4 months ago
The Reject Pile returns, joined by Ellie Hayward and
@swerytd.bsky.social
who discuss material submitted to BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking the News and their training course designed to help aspiring writers gain their first professional writing credit on the show. Listen at
linktr.ee/RejectPilePod
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We (@elliehay and I) were lucky enough to be invited on to the @RejectPilePod to discuss how you write for
#BreakingTheNews
. And hopefully it helps! Thanks
@thatlukeedwards.bsky.social
!
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4 months ago
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Stephen Mawhinnney
4 months ago
The final
#TheSkewer
of the series and as you might expect it ends on a heartbreaking high. You can also enjoy Francis Urquhart putting the boot into Gary Lineker from us. (
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 13 - Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest. - BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical current affairs comedy concept album.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cf0w
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This game is not what you'd expect from the two worsest, unrelegated teams in the Premier League. It's much worse than that.
#EuropaLeagueFinal
#TOTMUN
4 months ago
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Stephen Mawhinnney
5 months ago
If you missed this week's
#TheSkewer
here it is on BBC Sounds. And it even includes a couple of bits from us having a go at Keir, which he probably deserves. (us being
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 13 - Starmer Turns Right, and a Mission from God. - BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes remixes the news into an award-winning comedy concept album.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c375
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100th
#TheSkewer
thing for us on this week's show!
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5 months ago
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Want some help with your
#BreakingTheNews
submissions?
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5 months ago
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DragonFC
5 months ago
Woh! Bradford City with a late 96th minute winner, the difference between automatic promotion and the playoffs! Poor Walsall, who won their game, miss out. Match was stopped with a fan invasion, and players left the field but the game eventually finished. Congratulations Bradford City!
#aew
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Stephen Mawhinnney
5 months ago
Catch up on last night's
#TheSkewer
here and you can enjoy the Cardinals going All or Nothing for the new pope and escaping the Matrix at the local elections from us. (
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 13 - Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth - BBC Sounds
The news remixed. This week - Elections, 100 Days of Trump, and Trans Labyrinth.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002bjdl
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Stephen Mawhinnney
5 months ago
You can catch up with this week's
#TheSkewer
here and it even includes some stuff by us. (
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 13 - Gender, Easter, and The Dead Pope's Society. - BBC Sounds
The week's news - satirically remixed. This week: The wrong toilets and a dead Pope.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002b6xf
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
So here it is, the last
#BreakingTheNews
of the current series. Enjoy it one last time before the break and you can even hear a few gags by us in there. (
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
and me)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Felicity Ward, Raymond Mearns, Kathleen Hughes and Robin Morgan - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029zlv
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
Missed
#TheSkewer
last night? You can catch it again here and listen to our very clever setting of the US-China trade war as Godzilla vs Kong. Oh okay, you're right, we just liked the big silly noises. (We being
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me.)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Skewer - Series 13 - Man of Steel and Art of the Deal - BBC Sounds
The week's news - remixed. This week Charlie XCX's Trump Bump and Starmer: Man of Steel.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029yyk?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Stu Cooper
6 months ago
In Trivial Pursuit category news (S&L), there have been 2 big records this week. Ovechkin has broken Gretsky's goals record and we've hit 500 BTN gags broadcast. Basically the same.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Mark Nelson, Elaine Malcolmson, Don Biswas and Kate Hammer - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029qj4?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
Well we're barely in double figures for
#TheNakedWeek
but you can check out the last episode in the series here, featuring some stuff by us. (If Radio 4 would like to commission another 28 series of
#TheNakedWeek
to help us get to the 500 we won't complain)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Naked Week: Ep6. Tariffs, Theme Parks, and Twister. - BBC Sounds
Death of globalisation and a tour of Keir's new theme park.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0l2tf4z
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
We also got our 501st gag broadcast too but who's counting.
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
"But we would write 500 jokes and we would write 500 more." Thrilled to say we got our 500th gag broadcast on today's
#BreakingTheNews
so a little gif for
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and myself.
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Stu Cooper
6 months ago
If you've got the "headroom",
@swerytd.bsky.social
@sjmawhinney.bsky.social
and I have written some of The Naked Week, including what may be the worst insult of Paddington in history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Naked Week - Series 2 - Performing, Potholes and Paddington - BBC Sounds
This week, the team help Rachel Reeves with her Spring Statement, and fall in a hole.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00297f0?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Dan Sweryt
Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
Breaking the News:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Naked Week:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(We being
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and me)
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Breaking the News - Glasgow International Comedy Festival Special: Susie McCabe, Ignacio Lopez, Susan Riddell and Liam Withnail - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00298wb?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Stephen Mawhinnney
6 months ago
Looking for that perfect last minute Mother's Day gift? Well as you know all mothers love topical comedy so you could give them the chance to listen to this week's
#BreakingTheNews
and
#TheNakedWeek
in bed. And, even better, both feature stuff by us. The Naked Week:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Stephen Mawhinnney
7 months ago
It's Friday night decision time! Two shows and we have stuff in both so which are you going to listen to first? Wait what do you mean you'd rather watch the football?
#BreakingTheNews
:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#TheNakedWeek
:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Glasgow International Comedy Festival Special: Robin Ince, Marjolein Robertson, Gareth Waugh and Ria Lina - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00291ql
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7 months ago
(The correct answer is of course both as they're both excellent even if we do say so ourselves!) And us being
@stucooper1.bsky.social
@swerytd.bsky.social
and myself.
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7 months ago
Another Friday, another decision time. Which of these topical shows are you going to listen to as they both feature stuff by us:
#BreakingTheNews
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#TheNakedWeek
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Glasgow International Comedy Festival Special: Val McDermid, Daliso Chaponda, Rosco McClelland and Jessica Fostekew - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028tvf
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Ha!
7 months ago
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Doesn't fuck about. Just opens with 'Is President Trump a Russian asset?'
youtu.be/qcD6Rru_tPE?...
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Sen. Jeff Merkley asks Trump nominees if president is a 'Russian asset' | Worth Your Time
YouTube video by KGW News
https://youtu.be/qcD6Rru_tPE?si=TXU2IKJWDdRJSgiJ&t=160
7 months ago
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Stephen Mawhinnney
7 months ago
Okay decision time Which of the shows we've* written for today would you like to listen to first? For Radio 4's
#TheNakedWeek
click here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
For Radio Scotland's
#BreakingTheNews
click here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
*
@swerytd.bsky.social
@stucooper1.bsky.social
& me
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The Naked Week - Series 2 - Episode 1: Oval arguments, awful algorithms, and a game of Top (Donald) Trumps. - BBC Sounds
We give up our minerals, fail to wear a suit, and attempt to radicalise some children.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028l36
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Heard a swear word whilst kid watching YouTube on Amazon Kids Kindle. Took it away! Tried to setup YouTube Kids on Amazon Kids Kindle -> Kid heard MUCH worse swearing from Dad trying to set up fucking impossible-to-set-up fucking YouTube Kids on fucking Amazon Kids bloody, fucking twat Kindle.
7 months ago
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Schrodinger's Dog wouldn't have caused as much fuss as his cat, would he? Just would've been alive or dead. No pissing about.
7 months ago
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Immediate vote in, I think!
7 months ago
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I thought the chlorine was supposed to save the American chickens? Or have I misunderstood?
7 months ago
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Was this scheduled to be on? Or are BBC2 doing a supreme trolling job on America?
7 months ago
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BBC Newsnight
7 months ago
“I thought for many years that in my lifetime I would see America become a rogue state and that’s happened” Podcaster Gabriel Gatehouse expresses his shock after Presidents Trump and Zelensky's historic White House meeting, adding "this is a mafia shakedown".
#Newsnight
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George Takei
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