DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!

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Title: DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!
Reference number: 7292
Date: 2004
Director: d. Marc de Launay
Sponsor: Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen
Producer: Marc de Launay
Production company: Mandragora Productions
Sound: sound
Original format: Digital Betacam
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 24.00 mins
Description:
Jack Dickson, successful Scottish screenwriter and novelist of gay fiction, has decided to take part in a stand-up comedy class for beginners. Will he overcome his fears of speaking in public and find out if he can really make people laugh...? [synopsis from Mandragora website at http://www.mandragora.net/, last accessed 7/12/2009]
Part of 'This Scotland' documentary strand, broadcast on STV.
Credits:
This programme contains strong language from the outset.
Thanks to The Write Brothers, Gary Woodburn, Helen Lawrie, Jo McKenzie, Gary Little, David Guthrie, Katie Moore, Des McLean, David Gantley
Special thanks to Nigel Buckland, John Ross, Graham Dodds, Christine Hart, Johnny McBrier, Mark Robb, Alan Anderson, Raymond Mearns, Staff at The Buff, Staff at The Vault, Staff at The Universal, Scott at Bar 91, Jim Nisbet, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Brian McCormick, Staff at Hammerhead TV Scotland, Colin Seeley at Edit 123, Gill McFarlane at Edit 123.
d. ph. Keith Ingram
additional DV camera Neil McFarlane
sd. rec. Richard Paterson
add. sd. Stephen McBride
p. co-ordinator Stephanie Wright
m. John Brown, Swing Guitars
sd. dub John Cobban
ed. Simon Hamilton
devised and w. Jack Dickson
exec. p. Agnes Wilkie (SMG), Becky Lloyd (Scottish Screen), Henry Eagles (Grampian)
d. and p. Marc de Launay
A Mandragora Productions production for Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen. © MMIV