Boxtickers

"BBC Press Release: Boxtickers

Boxtickers is a highly original six-part series about a dynamic team of BBC programme commissioners, led by Director of Vision Jana Bennett (Jocelyn Jee Esien - Little Miss Jocelyn), and featuring Controller of Fiction Jane Tranter (Freema Agyeman - Doctor Who, Survivors), Head of Series and Serials Kate Harwood (Nikki Amuka-Bird - The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Survivors), and Controller of Comedy Lucy Lumsden (D.B. Woodside – President Wayne Palmer in 24).

Set in the white-minority country of BBC Britain, each week the team must select cast members for the latest blockbuster TV series. They race against time to find actors and actresses who "tick all the boxes", usually looking no further than a series already in post-production or, failing that, a recent episode of Dr Who. The tension doesn't end there because sometimes an American is needed to help sell a series to the States. Will it be someone from the West Wing, or is there enough money to get an actual film star? It's a high stakes game of international intrigue where careers are safe from harm thanks to the licence fee. Boxtickers - because commissioning programmes has never been so predictable exciting! Coming soon.

Posted by: DB | June 27, 2008 at 12:19"

A great plot idea from a contributor to Conservative Home. Following Samir Shah's allegations that while ethnic minorities were largely absent from the top ranks of the BBC, there was a tokenistic over-representation on screen.