Hot Drafts by Mark Lawson | BBC RADIO DRAMA

Hot Drafts by Mark Lawson | BBC RADIO DRAMA: As London burns, and the government pivots, Downing Street’s speechwriters struggle to manufacture even a first line of defence. New drama by Mark Lawson. Please Support This Channel. Thanks! 😘💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/ThinkingLoud BBC RADIO DRAMA: https://shorturl.at/abzRY I Have No Control Over The Adverts: https://rb.gy/ixs3w THINKING OUT LOUDER: /@ thinkingoutlouderbbc Highly excited to be starting a new job at the heart of government, 30-something Pip (Macy Nyman) is appalled to be late - trains, buses, roads are all cancelled or jammed. Nobody knows why, this isn’t a planned strike day. At the Cabinet Office, Pip is directed to the Speechwriters’ Room. There, the enthusiastic new recruit finds Snick (Tom Glenister) amid a litter of cold pizza and drink bottles. Snick blearily explains that this really was a work event, an “all nighter” by the speech-writing team. He couldn’t get home last night because, for some reason, transport seemed to be mucked up. Other members of the team arrive - Alex,(Alec Jennings), Head of the Unit, supervises the creation of a number of “hot drafts” - speeches for The Boss on imminent events, factory openings, the death of a public figure etc - and “cold drafts” - lines for potential eventualities such as a terrorist atrocity, a natural climate disaster, the threat of a nuclear attack and so on. In real-time, the team improvise and critique a series of speeches for these occasions, arguing over what can and can’t be said, even whether anything can be said. Mark Lawson's play explores the serious issues of the limits of political rhetoric and government control of populations, in a digital, cynical age. Cast: Alex......................Alex Jennings Pip.........................Macy Nyman Dr Jason...............Jane Slavin Snick......................Tom Glenister Deep......................Avita Jay Written by Mark Lawson Directed by Eoin O’Callaghan A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4 Tue 25 Oct 2022 14:15 BBC RADIO 4

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