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ballot boxing (2015) - satirical comedy - inspired by the thick of it, veep, etc 

as britain comes up to a general election, tension are running high. gone are the days of a three horse race between the left, right and centre ground, in are those of multi-party politics, the prospects of hung parliaments and - a great big, bloody farce. this is where the campaign teams come in. those who try to swing the vote in favour of their parties, even though some couldn’t give two shits either way. ballot boxing follows them in the highs and lows in the last month leading up to polling day, and of course, it never completely goes to plan. 

ballot boxing is the brainchild of esteemed director and writer marion wilson, a move which sees her move to a purely comedic platform for the first time in her career. the show was first broadcast on channel 4 in the uk in the run up to the election in early may, and has subsequently been acquired by bbc america.

for the cast, just tell me which character description your character would most fit/like to play and i’ll slot them in.  note that while this is will likely be a majority british class there are spaces for non-brits in the campaign teams! more detailed descriptions are below the cut

LABOUR: four roles - two female, two male 

TORY: four roles - two female, two male

LIB DEMS: two roles - one female, one male

UKIP: three roles - one female, two male

GREEN: four roles - three female, one male

PLAID CYMRU: three roles - two female, one male

SNP: two roles - one male, one female

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT 

BUT MY TWO BABIES ARE GOING TO BE VERY LONELY AND SAD 

SO LEAVE ME THE LINKS TO YOUR CHILDREN AND I’LL HIT YOU UP??

this is marion. she was born somewhere in the north of england in the mid-eighties where she stayed until she turned 18.

as a child, her and her sister gwen would constantly make short films with their dad’s old video camera. they’d send them off to competitions for young filmmakers regularly but they never seemed to get anywhere.

from around the age of fourteen, marion started carrying a notebook around with her wherever she went as she found she had a penchant for stringing stories together. to this day, she still always has one in her bag.

when she turned 18 and finished her a-levels (all As in english literature, film studies and chemistry), marion moved to london to live with her sister gwen, so that they could be closer to the british hub of artistic movement (and connections to agents and companies).

just a year later they were debuting their first short film at the london film festival which earnt them backing from a number of private investors to start work on their first feature length production.

in the three years before their first feature release, the duo continued to make short films, one of which won the bafta for best short film in 2004.

velvet assassins was released in 2006, a historical drama documenting the stories of the lesser known female heroes of world war two.

many called it a “turning point” in the way hollywood saw female roles within film, however these claims were dismissed when the film’s actresses, though critically acclaimed, received no nominations at that years oscar awards - while a rival big budget world war two movie did.

despite this, the film went on to win 4 baftas including best actress, best original screenplay and best cinematography.

however, the duo still had critics. many were annoyed at how a relatively unknown pair of women could come from nowhere and win awards and critical acclaim.

the girls laughed in their faces tbh

they continued writing and releasing films with strong female heroines, such as adventure and corsets and crossbones, which told the tales of female adventurers and pirates respectively. while these didn’t have as great impact as velvet assassins had had, the team were credited again for introducing more films with leading people of colour and showcasing stories that didn’t just focus on rich privileged people.

in 2013 they released pyramids, a film which was about as far from the happy go lucky films of their earlier career. this was a gritty portrayal of how the american and worldwide sex worker industry operated. it was here the girls won their first academy award for the screenplay. 

marion has just begun writing a comedy series about the run up to an election called ballot boxing (which i’m gonna get up later). 

both marion and gwen are loud and proud feminists and get angry a lot so if you’re gonna be hating you better be waiting (for an angry email) ((they’ve done it before)). 

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