Kevin Dowsett, Diane Quadling & Edwin Cotton
Vic Parks is the man of the moment; a celebrity criminal who having spent nine years in jail for a botched bank robbery, has written his autobiography and is now a bona fide television celebrity. Now living in a villa, complete with swimming pool, in Spain, he has agreed to appear on the TV show Their Paths Crossed. The host Jill Rillington intends to bring together, 17 years on, Vic with Douglas Beechey – the unassuming clerk who foiled the robbery. Jill hopes to exploit the irony that although Douglas had a brief 15 minutes of fame and married his true love the man who has found true success and celebrity is the villain. Expecting jealousy, envy and bitterness from Douglas, Jill instead finds a profoundly accepting man who has no regrets about his life and is actually a fan of Vic’s TV show. Douglas is the epitome of good while Vic, despite appearances, is unchanged and brutalises his wife, servants and nanny. Jill wants TV fireworks but, unfortunately for her, Douglas seems to be a rather damp squib. |
Chris Crediton, Kevin Dowsett & Louise Crediton