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The Happiness Chain Making-Of: Part 3 - October 2026 October 29th, 2026

We made a sitcom pilot that nobody asked us to make. In 2024, I wrote and made The Happiness Chain, an independent sitcom pilot created without a broadcaster, a commissioning editor or any guarantee that anyone would ever see it. It tells the story of Hannah (Kathy Maniura), whose life is falling apart, and Alex […]

The Wee Review On The Happiness Chain - October 2026 October 29th, 2026

I had a really nice chat with The Wee Review about the upcoming release of our indie comedy pilot, The Happiness Chain, and the ins and outs of how we made it and why. You can read the interview here – huge thanks to them for chatting to me, and thanks to everyone who’s got in touch […]

Happiness Chain Making-Of: Part 2 - October 2026 October 22nd, 2026

We made a sitcom pilot that nobody asked us to make. In 2024, I wrote and made The Happiness Chain, an independent sitcom pilot created without a broadcaster, a commissioning editor or any guarantee that anyone would ever see it. It tells the story of Hannah (Kathy Maniura), whose life is falling apart, and Alex […]

Happiness Chain Making-Of: Part 1 - October 2026 October 15th, 2026

In 2024, me and a bunch of comedians decided to make a comedy pilot ourselves. No broadcaster, no commissioning editor, no industry backing, and absolutely no guarantee that anyone would ever watch it. This is the story of how and why we did it. The Happiness Chain is an independent comedy pilot about Hannah (Kathy […]

We Made A Sitcom Nobody Asked For - October 2026 October 13th, 2026

A couple of years ago, after a long time working on a script I was really proud of and shopping it around, I got tired of waiting for permission to make stuff. So I teamed up with director Ben Kent and a load of amazing comedians and artists, raised the money entirely from my own […]

Eggbox & The Happiness Chain – Thank You! - July 2025 July 2nd, 2025

I’ll probably expand on this further in the newsletter, but for now, I just want to say a huge thank you to the amazing audience who came down to our fourth Eggbox show at the Pleasance last night. When we launched Eggbox at the end of 2023, we imagined it might be something that was […]

Eggbox 4.0 – Full Lineup - June 2025 June 5th, 2025

Announcing the full lineup for Eggbox No. 4 on the 1st of July at the Pleasance! Short films, including premieres and never-before-seen work, from: Hayley Morris, Jazz Emu, Florence Poppy Deary, Alun Rhys Morgan, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Mark Drake, Luke McQueen, Laura Venditti, me and Ben Kent; and brand new writing from Lizzie Mansfield, Miranda Holms […]

The Happiness Chain Screening at Eggbox - May 2025 May 27th, 2025

THE HAPPINESS CHAIN is receiving its first ever public screening at Eggbox at the Pleasance on the 1st of July! We made this as a result of a crowdfunder at the end of last year, and I was bowled over by everyone’s generosity in supporting it – thank you all so much. It’s a slightly abridged […]

We Hit Our Target! - November 2024 November 26th, 2024

WE DID IT! A huge huge thank you to everyone who donated to our crowdfunder and helped us to secure what we need in order to make this sitcom pilot. We now have a stretch goal for anyone who wanted to donate in the last 2 days, and you can donate here if you’d like […]

The Happiness Chain – Cast Announcement! - October 2024 October 31st, 2024

I’m very excited to announce the cast for The Happiness Chain! Roisin O’Mahony! Huge Davies! Rosalie Minnitt! Phil Ellis! Donna Preston! We’re still raising the money we need to make sure we can bring this idea to life, and I can’t wait to work with these legends to make it happen. All donations very gratefully […]