

Last week, having ploughed through 2,136 scripts for our Sitcom Search competition, we whittled it down to 40.
This week, our judging panel – which includes Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper – has cut it to five (we know we said it would be four, but the quality meant we added one extra).
They are:
A Month Of Sundays by Daniel Hobden
Dumped by Laura Fountain
Hated by Nathan Thomas and Daniel Berg
Siblings by Martin Holmes
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The Motherhood by Abby Wolf
Finalists will have mentoring and workshop guidance from comedy writers, which include Him & Her creator Stefan Golaszewski and Fresh Meat writer Jon Brown.
Later this month we’ll unveil the winner, who’ll receive a £5,000 development deal with Big Talk and Comedy Central UK.
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