In the first of this two-parter, Alex chats to writer, actor and script editor Gemma Arrowsmith (BBC’s ‘Tracey Ullman Show’, BBC Radio 4’s ‘Gemma Arrowsmith: Emergency Broadcast’) about online writers rooms, love of Sci-fi, and discovering comedy via Birmingham video shops.In second of this two-parter, Alex chats to Gemma about satire and sketch, panels and planets, rejections and radio silence.Gemma also creates a character on the spot based solely on the made-up name given to her by the show’s previous guest in ‘Chain(ge) of Character’. This episode was recorded 20th June 2020.You can find out more about Gemma at… http://gemmaarrowsmith.com/ Tw: @mmaarrowListen to Gemma’s Radio 4 special ‘Emergency Broadcast’ here… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000s171Watch Sketches In My Flat here… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7257EF7349D7EE5FPresented, recorded, edited and produced by Alex Lynch (@AlexJRLynch)Music by NaiveArtwork by Tom CrowleyA Great Big Owl Podcast (@greatbigowl)Follow the podcast at @oocharacterpod on Twitter. Email oocharacterpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.