In Pieces to Camera
Sean Grundy's satirical take on scripted reality television. Stephen Ridges is stuck in a cheap hotel trying to save his career and marriage. He has 12 hours.
Stephen Ridges is stuck in a cheap hotel trying to save his career. He's a writer on a TV show and he's about to be fired. And his wife has just phoned to tell him not to bother coming home unless he can turn it all around. He has 12 hours.
He's working on Jelly House (a scripted reality programme involving kids parties) and he hates it. But he needs the money. As he writes for his life he struggles to come to terms with exploiting real people's lives for entertainment. We listen in on meetings where talk of 'spiking' the jelly and planting unseen fathers are excitedly agreed in a world where crazed media people will do anything in an attempt to entertain.
Script Editor - Abigail Youngman
Writer - Sean Grundy
Producer - Alison Crawford.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Stephen Ridges | Richard Lumsden |
| Karen Qills | Michelle Holmes |
| Derren Badcock | Tim Downie |
| Bess Harley | Katy Carmichael |
| St John Montgomery | David Reed |
| Jason Custer | David Reed |
| Lucy Steptoe-Spencer | Alex Tregear |
| Harry Fford | Thom Tuck |
| Drunk 1 | Thom Tuck |
| Rupie Schulz | Kenneth Collard |
| Drunk 2 | Kenneth Collard |
| Writer | Sean Grundy |
| Producer | Alison Crawford |
Broadcast
- Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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