FORMAT:
Tilt looks back over the week in chronological order.
The big UK politics story of the week will be told in a running sketch written by the core team. Around that stand one-off topical sketches, headliners, and our recurring characters. We break at half time for some spoof ads, and look ahead trailers to forthcoming TV, Radio and Films
And it’s hard to poke fun at all things topical without turning an eye to the ways in which we receive news. And for that matter, sport, weather, or celebrity gossip. So there’s a healthy dose of news parody using fictional stories to send up the way our news is served up.
The people behind Tilt want to make a show that is playful and witty. We don’t want to take the obvious angle on any story – and we’d rather not have to do impersonations of Gordon Brown. So we’re looking for sketches that go beyond obvious topical satire – very gag led, and less arch.
There's no presenter – the show is entirely 4th wall, and is being linked together with bits of realistic sounding news that we've monkeyed around with. (partly using authentic audio from news conferences etc, and partly using the Headliners supplied by the open door writers.
THE RUNNER:
The runner each week is set in the fictional Ministry without Portfolio – a Whitehall task force that firefights trouble whichever Government department it happens to affect. The team is led by Charlotte – a force to be reckoned with, she recently worked up a proposal to rebrand the Queen as Queen version 2.0 – an interactive model. Charlotte is supported by former tabloid journalist Dominic and academic Ruth.
The runner takes care of the major UK politics story of the week – be it Speaker John Martin’s expense woes; the u-turn on supercasinos or legislation on 24 hour drinking.
These stories form the background to the runner – but the humour comes from the characters themselves – and the way in which they deal with whatever Westminster throws at them.
