After the plot ideas I posted yesterday, I have been doing some work on my idea of a radio drama about a voter (rather than a politician) and their relationship with politics. What I have so far is a slightly different idea; it is a hybrid of the two where the ordinary voter, disillusioned with politics, stands for parliament.
Here is the idea:
The episode starts off with a confrontation between an MP and an angry member of their constituency who is disillusioned with politics. The rest of the episode is a flashback to before the MP became an MP. He has his house burgled and looses his job within a matter of weeks between each other and as a consequence writes to his MP. The then voter has a disastrous meeting with the MP. The choice for the voter is to become apathetic or to do something about it and stand for election; he chooses the latter, wins by a huge majority and popular support and becomes an MP.
This is more a drama than political satire but there is space for humor in there (e.g. the meeting between the then voter and the politician).
You could use the flashback sequence as your 5 minute extract. This would enable you to develop the character of the future MP who started off as an average citizen. The drama, beyond the five minute flashback can be about his need to compromise his values.
ReplyDeleteIt will be valuable to develop the character of this average citizen with his ideals and flaws.