Hello, I didn’t see you there, come on in.

Welcome to my modest and slightly spartan website. My name is Tom Worsley and I’m a comedy and children’s writer originally from Gloucestershire but now living in Glasgow.

Somehow I’ve written sitcom, sketch, children's, topical and story work across television and radio, and, ideally, I would like to keep doing that because I can then mix my three favourite things in life – comedy writing, the constant fear of being found out and not having a steady income.

I got my first credits back in 2008-2009 for a sketch pilot and subsequent series called SCHOOL OF COMEDY which was part of the much-missed ‘Comedy Lab’ strand on Channel 4. The series producer was the first person in the industry to buy me lunch, so that was nice. In 2017 I made it to the final two of the Nickelodeon Writing Program (International). The chosen candidate would get a paid 6 month placement in LA shadowing in writersrooms with accommodation all covered... I didn’t get picked. But fortunately I don’t think about this 3 to 4 times a week so it’s fine. (Note: I'm now down to thinking about this merely once a week, and that's progress.)

So, when did it start to seem possible that I might be able to actually be a writer? Well, in 2018, having written a spec sitcom script, I was invited to be part of BBC Writersroom Scotland’s first ‘Scottish Voices’ development group for new writers which was an incredible experience and basically changed my life. From there I worked on the brilliant BBC Scotland cop-mock-doc SCOT SQUAD and CBeebies' pirate adventure show SWASHBUCKLE among other projects.

I wrote my first narrative comedy, SUE AND JOHN, a sitcom based on my parents for BBC Radio Scotland. Rather bizarrely it got nominated for a Celtic Media Award, which is actually a real thing and not an elaborate prank. The award ceremony was due to be held in northern France, but due to the pandemic it went out live over Facebook instead. Which wasn’t quite the same, if I’m honest. Also, we didn’t win. But fortunately I don’t think about this 3 to 4 times a week either, so it’s also fine.

I’ve also written for BBC Radio 4 Extra’s DMs ARE OPEN and BBC Radio Scotland’s topical sketch show NOISING UP, and jokes for BREAKING THE NEWS.

I was a finalist in the Sitcommission 2023, twice longlisted in the prestigious David Nobbs Memorial Trust comedy script competition and I wrote one of the 6 projects chosen for the Big Finish Comedy Playhouse, going into production in 2024, which I’m ridiculously excited about.

You can have a look at my writing CV or even drop me an email if you want to do that for some reason that I can’t really imagine. I’m represented by Dominic Lord at the lovely JFL Agency if you want to offer me some incredible, ideally life-changing, opportunities.

I'd love to come on board your latest project, whether it be comedy, children's, animation; jokes, sketches - the whole gamut.

Thanks for popping by and look after yourself.

Tom.