Several comedy writers “tag” their rejected submissions to BBC topical news comedy shows in social media posts using a hashtag like #BTNRejects, #BTNNB, #BreakingTheNews, #NoisingUp, etc. so other writers can see and provide feedback on or like their ideas.

Here’s a thread of some of my news gag failures on X.

https://twitter.com/GIChowDotcom/status/1852475885603209419

I’ve gathered together here well over 100 rejects so we can see what didn’t make the grade and maybe learn something about what doesn’t work in the process – comments welcomed!

You are free to use any of these in your online content with a credit linking to https://x.com/GIChowDotcom (lmk and I will share your content on my socials!)

And for what it’s worth here’s a completely AI generated video on how to write topical gags!