TV PRESENTER ON STAGE,
Tonight on ITV, we present a 2 hour documentary on the McCann's and the 2 years since Maddy went missing.
We are strongly aware of the couple's fear of their life being turned into a soap opera, by greedy ratings hungry broadcasters. Well we at ITV, are highly moral broadcasters, we wouldn't do that. Just like we wouldn't charge you a tenner for a contest that closed days ago.
GIVES AUDIENCE HUGE WINK
MUSIC
THEME FROM CORONATION STREET.
A lot of your satirical stuff flags up the notion you are tackling in a pretty heavy handed way.
"Well we at ITV, are highly moral broadcasters, we wouldn't do that. Just like we wouldn't charge you a tenner for a contest that closed days ago."
That just feels like a sign post, not overly funny and not believable. Its a bit like impressionists that open their act "frank spencer here....hello betty"
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It's for a stage show, they like their sign posts, bless 'em.
If anything a strong intro line helps.
Was reading recently about how Shakespeare did something very similar.
For a radio, or TV slot, I'd be more likely to go for.
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The McCanns a year on
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THEME TO CORONATION STREET.
But then that't not what I'm going for.