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- 1. RADIO SHOW TRANSCRIPT SCENE1 OPEN WITH THE ENDING OF THE SONG ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ BY LED ZEPPLIN; AS THE MUSIC BEGINS TO DIE DOWN WE HEAR THE PRESENTER BEGIN TO TALK OVER THE MUSIC. THE PRESENTER SOUNDS PROFFESIONAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC, THE RADIO CHANNEL IS FOR AN 18-24 AGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS MORE PROFFESIONAL. PRESENTER AND THAT TIMELESS CLASSIC WAS SELECTED BY OUR NEXT GUEST WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY TO TALK AOBUT HIS BRAND NEW SHOW, SO COULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DAVID MAWERS. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. DAVID THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME I MUST SAY IT’S A DELIGHT TO BE HERE; IT’S STILL INCOMPREHENABLE TO THINK THAT IM IN THIS POSITION IN MY LIFE AT THIS AGE. PRESENTER YOUR STORY IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE DAVID, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE AT UNIVERSITY 5 MONTHS AGO? DAVID YEAH IT HAS BEEN ONE HELL OF A TURN AROUND, AND THE FUNNY THING IS I HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE SCRIPT FOR THE PILOT ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. PRESENTER SO WHAT MADE YOU WAIT UNTIL LATER TO GET THAT SCRIPT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE? DAVID WELL THAT’S THE THING; I TRIED AT FIRST WHEN I WROTE THIS AT EIGHTEEN BUT NO-ONE LISTENED AND I DIDN’T BLAME THEM. THIS WAS MY PIÈCE DE RÉSITANCE AND I WAS A YOUNG BOY WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY ASKING FOR A MONSTER BUDGET TO MAKE A SHOW THAT HAS NO GUARENTEE OF BEING A SUCCESS. PRESENTER SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS CHANGED THEN?
- 2. DAVID GAME OF THRONES PRESENTER WOULDYOU LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE DAVID? DAVID YEAH SO BASICALLY WITHOUT GAME OF THRONES THE BIG TV COMPANIES WOULD NEVER DREAM OF MAKING HIGH- BUDGET FANTASY TV SHOWS. THE POPULARITY OF THAT SHOW IS UNPRECEDENTED AND HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE THIS SHOW. PRESENTER RIGHT WELL I FEEL THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR SHOW IS ABOUT? DAVID WELL IT’S FUNNY THAT EVEN THOUGH I WROTE THE SHOW I AM STILL ABSOLUTELY USELESS WHEN IT COMES TO EXPLAINING IT. PRESENTER WELL I WILL START BY TELLING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING AT HOME THAT I HAVE SEEN THE FIRST EPISODE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOLUTELY FANTASTIC. DAVID THANKYOU CHRIS WELL I WOULD EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY AS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO LIVES IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A UTOPIA AT FIRST. BUT AS HE BEGINS TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE HE DISCOVERS THE HORRIFYING TRUTH OF THE SO-CALLED UTOPIA THAT HE LIVES IN. PRESENTER WOW, THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE DAVID AND LUCKILY FOR YOU WE TOLD PEOPLE ON TWITTER THAT YOU WERE COMING IN TODAY AND WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM OUR FANTASTIC AUDIENCE LISTENING TO US. DAVID CAN’T WAIT TO BEGIN. PRESENTER RIGHT WELL THIS QUESTION COMES IN FROM SOPHIE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR DEPICTION OF WOMEN DUE TO
- 3. OTHER TV SHOWSSHE HAS SEEN WHERE WOMEN ARE USED MAINLY FOR THEIR SEXUALITY. DAVID WELL SEXUALITY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THEME WITHIN THE SHOW. THE WOMEN WITHIN THE ‘UTOPIAN’ SOCIETY ARE TREATED AWFULLY. BUT WHATS INCREDIBLE IS THE PREJUDICE THAT THE WOMEN ENDURE AND OVERCOME AS THE STORY PROGRESSES. PRESENTER SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ‘UTOPIAN’ SOCIETY IN ONE SENTENCE? DAVID I WOULD HAVE TO DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE WHAT A PRE- LUTHERIAN CATHOLIC MALE WOULD IMAGINE HEAVEN TO BE LIKE. PRESENTER SO DO YOU RECKON THAT PEOPLE SUCH AS ‘SOPHIE’ WILL TAKE ISSUE WITH THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN WITHIN THE SHOW? DAVID WELL THAT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT HER ISSUE IS WITH THE OTHER TV SHOWS SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE WOMEN IN THIS SHOW ARE TREATED IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE DEEMED SEXIST IN TODAYS SOCIETY. IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THOUGH THAT I DON’T DEEM THE BEHAVIOUR ACCEPTABLE. PRESENTER SO WHY ARE THE MALE CHARACTERS THE WAY THEY ARE? DAVID I KNOW THAT THE SHOW ISN’T A HISTORICAL DRAMA BUT IT USES THEMES BASED ON OUR OWN HISTORY AND THAT HISTORY CONTAINS A REGRESSIVE ATTITUDE THAT HAS ONLY CHANGED RECENTLY. PRESENTER IS THIS A WAY OF MAKING THIS FANTASTICAL STORY MORE GROUNDED AND RELATABLE? DAVID
- 4. (DELIBERATES SLIGHTLY) SORTOF, BUT NOT REALLY. I WOULDN’T SAY THAT THIS STORY IS GROUNDED OR RELATABLE BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE AUDIENCE WILL NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE CHARACTERS. PRESENTER SO IS THIS SHOW CHARACTER OR STORY BASED? DAVID I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PICK IF IT IS EITHER. I WILL SAY THAT THE STORY IS DRIVEN FORWARD BASED ON THE CHARACTERS, WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. ESAU WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST WILL ACT ACCORDING TO HIS PERSONALITY. BUT AS THE STORY PROGRESSES HIS PERSONALITY WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCES. PRESENTER ELABORATE ON THESE EXPERIENCES THAT ESAU WILL GO THROUGH? DAVID YEAH SO BASICALLY ESAU IS PUNISHED BY BEING FORCED INTO HORRIFIC SCENARIOS DESIGNED TO SLOWLY DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT MAKES HIM ESAU. PRESENTER SO COULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SCENARIOS THAT HE WILL EXPERIENCE? DAVID IM AFRAID YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND WATCH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THESE SCENARIOS ARE VARIED. PRESENTER WELL THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT AND I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THE SHOW. DAVID THAT’S TERRIFIC AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY. PRESENTER WELL I CANNOT WAIT, AND NEITHER CAN ANDREW AT HOME WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE RELEASE DATE? DAVID
- 5. WELL I CAN’TTELL YOU THAT IM AFRAID BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT TONIGHT AT 5PM THE FIRST 5 MINUTES WILL BE RELEASED ON YOUTUBE. AND IF YOU WATCH THAT YOU WILL FIND OUT WHEN IT WILL BE RELEASED. PRESENTER WELL YOU HEARD IT HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMAN BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL ‘HELL BENT’ AT 5PM TO SEE THE FIRST 5 MINUTES AS WELL AS THE RELEASE DATE. IM AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR TODAY, SO FIRSTLY A WARM FAREWELL TO DAVID WHO WE HOPE TO SEE AGAIN. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. DAVID THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY, CAN’T WAIT TO BE BACK AND DON’T FORGET TO HOP ON YOUTUBE TONIGHT. PRESENTER THANK YOU DAVID, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING AT HOME. WE HAVE A QUICK TEASER FOR THE NEW SHOW ‘HELL BENT’. QUICK TEASER FOR HELL BENT. PRESENTER IM AFRAID THAT’S ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE FOR ME IM AFRAID. SO TO YOU I SAY ADIOS AND LEAVE YOU IN MIKE’S CAPABLE HANDS OVER TO YOU MIKE.