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10 creepy china dolls and a hand drawn map of Horton-on-the-Green. what has been going on in The Attic?

Aired BBC Upload Wednesday 16th September 2020

**UPDATE: Performed and streamed on 16th February to 22nd February 2021 through the Reflex Theatre as part of the Living Record Festival.**

**UPDATE** Performed at The Scripts the Thing Festival of Scriptwriting October 2023

Stuck in the Middle is a comedy set in rural England in a quant secluded village and encapsulates the life of two middle aged women, Fizz and Sam. 

**Co written with Debs Roberts Stuck in the Middle was selected for the second round in the UKTV Awards 2022

The following short scripts have been aired on BBC Radio Solent as part of the BBC Upload initiative. 

With a wedding in tatters and new government guidelines to adhere to will the mothers of the bride and groom save the day?

Aired Thursday 5th November 2020       (co written with D J Roberts)

Mr Davies from number 22 can't quite believe what stands before him as he opens his front door! 

Aired Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Trying to keep a relationship afloat when you live two counties apart isn't easy, but Gareth and Freya are determined to give Digital Date Night a go. However South West Broadband internet are about to throw a spanner in the works!

Aired Friday 5th February 2021

April is on a mission to find the perfect wedding dress but on the journey into town her dad drops a bombshell. He's not happy about April's upcoming name change, she's not happy about his timing! Will they see the funny side?

Aired Tuesday 30th March 2021

BAFTA Rocliffe Script Review 2022: 

"A bunch of misfits gathered together to investigate UFO's feels like a classic sitcom set up. As such, the inherent idea of Oddlings is full of potential!"

Bulworth Observational Organisation of Britain, (B.O.O.B), led by Leslie and Dave and unintentionally spurred on by journalist Justin they venture on a mission to gather evidence and investigate UFO sightings along the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. With no technical equipment and no experience between them, except belief, they wander chasing any snippet of information and inevitably end up in a chaotic roundabout of mishap and mayhem. 

An ex-roadie, a part time spiritualist healer, an apocalyptic prepper and a bookshop owner join Leslie, an established, and unsatisfied solicitor and Dave a call centre operative looking for love, in a race to prove the obnoxious and arrogant Justin wrong. He’s out to prove they’re all mad which they unwittingly oblige him with their antics, appearing closer and closer to front page news. 

From forming the group to their very first outing, the Oddlings take on landslips, trespassing, LARPing and prepping, police chases and crop circles. Will they ever see a UFO or is it all pie in the sky? 

Primary Rules exaggerates the actions of those working at the fictitious West Heath Primary School led by an end of career head teacher who just can’t take another OFSTED. 

Having never had children herself, she is now questioning why she chose to ‘look after’ other people’s! 

The newly qualified teacher, once full of enthusiasm, is woefully inexperienced and wishfully thinking why she didn’t take that gap year this year.  

The PE teacher, in his head, thinks he’s an Olympian, frustrated by the boundaries in which he’s forced to teach and the teaching assistant quietly and dutifully tries to hold everything together. Coupled with the caretaker and the dinner lady who have absolutely no concept of child welfare or rules, the school is close to internal collapse. Is there a way back from the brink?

An old house and a new family what could possibly go wrong?

Sarah and her husband, David and her two children, teenager Lucas and eight year old Charlie, are keen to find out why there are so many flies coming out of the attic. Charlie thinks that there's treasure after watching a Goonies movie and Lucas thinks someone has died. With an elderly neighbour taking way too much interest in what they're doing next door they begin to have doubts about their move to the country. 

Townies at heart they let their imagination run wild about what exactly is up in the roof of their house. Once up there David discovers a hand drawn map of the village accompanied by 10 creepy china dolls.

Currently a work in progress.

Inspired by my old day job! 

Stuck in the Middle is a comedy set in rural England in a quant secluded village and encapsulates the life of two middle aged women, Fizz and Sam. 

Both are from completely different backgrounds and are polar opposites of each other. Sam, a hardworking single mum, who’s recently widowed and new to the village, is looking for peace and tranquillity having lived most of her life in the town. 

She's moved into a semi renovated pig sty called The Sow House, overlooking the fields beyond. Fizz on the other hand lives in the large farmhouse and has never lived anywhere else. She is known in the village for her eccentric ways and outlandish wardrobe. 

Sam has two older children Daniel and Mia who are adapting to living in the sticks whilst Fizz has a daughter who after leaving university now spends her time travelling. 

Fizz is already enjoying the benefits to regaining her life after raising a child and is the driving force in getting Sam back on her feet after a year of widowhood. After all she deserves to be happy. Sam on the other hand tries to resist the madness of Fizz’s ideals, preferring to settle into menopausal life in the country. 

However it is clear to Sam that this is not going to be the case and is dragged along for the ride.

**UPDATE** Through to the second round of the UKTV Awards for new writing 2022