DMs Are Open – Series 1 – Episode 3 Analysis

3 weeks in now so I can do some further analysis of DMs Are Open.

DMs Are Open is a weekly topical comedy show which accepts user submissions for oneliner jokes and sketches. The BBC do pay for all broadcast user submissions.

You may have seen my analysis of NewsJack episodes so I’ve tried to keep to broadly that structure. Things are a little different as DMs Are Open isn’t a ‘Topical News Satire’ show, but is a topical news show. Its also ‘new’ so I think the producers are also looking to find their own way on how this goes forward.

I’ve listened to the broadcast and I’ve tried to analysis what content makes the show.

First of all, I do not include the opening dialogue in the stats as this isn’t something that members of the public can submit to.

Secondly, there is no released details on who has written what, but occasionally they do tweet out who wrote what. Anyone who wants to can submit 3 sketches, 2 one-liners and a Voice Note

Thirdly, this is my analysis. The assumptions I make are mine, as are the conclusions I come to.

This week we saw this breakdown

More one-liners again. We also had 12 seperate sketches but like episode 1, 3 of them were the same thing (Tiktok Finfluencer this time)<\/p>\nThe structure of the show was 6 sketches, then all 12 One-liners, then another 6 sketches, then we had the 5 Voice Notes.<\/p>\nOver-all the sketch time is down (by about 30 seconds), the one-liners remain consistent at 2.25 and voice notes are up by about 10 seconds.