Crossing The Floor
Rosie Holt, writing with David Quantick, brings her MP alter-ego into a sit-com. Former Tory MP Rosie Holt defects to Labour to become a useful fool and 'Minister of Cohesion'.
Satirist Rosie Holt, co-writing with acclaimed comedy writer David Quantick, brings her viral hit MP alter-ego into a sit-com which is Yes Minister for a generation who have endured some truly loopy politicians.
Conservative backbencher 'Rosie Holt MP' is known for her car crash interviews. Rosie is full of passionate conviction - but that conviction changes depending on the demands of the moment, especially if it means being closer to power. Depressed about the almost certain imminent Labour landslide election victory she "crosses the floor", just in time to be on the winning side in the 2024 election, where she finds herself in a Labour Government.
The far-left factions terrify her while the centrists can't be persuaded to believe in anything remotely radical. Meanwhile, her Tory party friends relay tales of how the Conservatives are becoming increasingly deranged in defeat.
Can Rosie compromise her values? Does she actually have any values?
Starring:
Rosie Holt as alter-ego Rosie Holt MP
Mark Bonnar as Merlin Grimsdale
Ellie White as Nellie,
Amy Gledhill as Sarah
Freya Carter as Faye
Emily Lloyd Saini as Aisha
Also, Ewan Bailey and Brendan Murphy
Written by Rosie Holt and David Quantick
(additional script editing Alison Vernon-Smith)
Directed by Sally Avens
Produced by Julian Mayers
A Yada Yada production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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