UNLAWFUL EYEFUL : The atmosphere inside the offices of previously obscure television production house, Hale and Miller, is said to ebullient, while touchingly restrained, after the news the constitutionally restorative team have been commissioned to make a full series of Supreme Court, after the success of the pilot TV show, ‘Prorogation Unlawful’.
“We are immensely pleased with the professionalism and clarity of the scripts we’ve produced thus far,” Lady Spider, head of production, told LCD Views, “it’s not easy to make such complicated subjects accessible. I’m just glad everyone was able to understand the pilot.”
But when asked about the series commission, and how many episodes it was for, she was unusually indefinite.
“That really depends,” she replied, “on how daft is the government? They try and get around the Benn Act, well, that maybe a new episode. And of course as it all falls to pieces, each mad scheme unravelling upon launch, it maybe the source of half a dozen episodes. It maybe more. Actually, if the opposition parties are foolish enough to allow a GE before Boris Johnson is a total busted flush, and the country is treated to the spectacle of a new Conservative government, that will be several series, not just one.”
But critics have claimed the commissioning of the series is likely to clash with current ratings smash hit, Parliament TV, and would there be public appetite for two concurrent shows with crossover themes?
“I don’t see how that’s likely to be troublesome,” Lady Hale shrugged, “Unlawful Prorogation was written as a result of the abrupt, temporary cancelling of Parliament TV by a rogue producer. And now Parliament TV picks up again where we’ve left off.”
You could even say the two compliment one another?
“That’s the way the system is designed to work,” she smiled, “one strengthens the other to the benefit of the entire audience.”
And what about the merchandising opportunities that have arisen out of ‘Unlawful Prorogation’?
“You are taking about the spider brooch tee-shirts?”
Yes.
“And the money generated for Shelter as a result of the sales? That’s a nice irony. Homeless charity benefits from television broadcast resulting from the unlawful actions of politicians who have created so much homelessness. It has a certain irony.”
Launch date for the full series isn’t confirmed yet, but as long as Johnson and Dom are in Downing Street, you can be certain the scripts will write themselves.