London '48 Podcast
Project Overview
This project is a fictional (fantasy) podcast, following a group of six people after they get trapped in the year 1948 and have to figure out how to find their way home. The initial project is one season of approximately twelve 25-35 minute episodes, though if the response to the first season is good enough, the podcast is intended to go on for three seasons. Because of this, the time frame is looser, though development of the first season would hopefully be completed by early 2018. As all writing, acting, directing and producing are all taking place within a small group of people, the project will likely be quite fast-paced, but shouldn't require more than three-four hours a week of each actor's time. A full description of the podcast's synopsis can be found below.
After what should be an ordinary case goes entirely wrong, detectives Starkowsky and Hitchcock find themselves trapped in the past — a post-wartime London, in the year 1948. The pair team up with others who have found themselves in the same predicament. Making up six in total, the group have to figure out how to survive the past, find a way home, and deal with a landslide of magical misadventures they never expected to encounter in the first place.
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As the protagonist of the show, she has the most air time by far. She’s very focused on her job, a little unsociable, a lot sarcastic, and difficult at being a team player. Any British accent would be acceptable for the role, but preferably a London regional accent.
“She can’t have just disappeared. It’s a bloody wall. What’s she done, crawled through a manhole?”
“The only problem with that theory is that time travel doesn’t, you know, happen.”
“Log one of… I don’t know. Whatever this is. Hitch told me to stay here, then he ran off to find… help? Information? Money? Obviously, if we’re stuck here, we’re going to need money. Which, by the way, I can confirm – we are stuck here. In the past.
(pause)
Maybe we’ll be able to fix it. I’ve been told to keep an eye on the spot that the, uh, portal? Opened up in. Just in case it comes back. Not that I have any clue what I’d do if it did, because there’s no way I’m jumping back through that thing and leaving him behind, and he’s gone and bloody well disappeared. It’s not like I can ring him.
(pause)
I tried.”
The sidekick and other lead detective of the show, Hitchcock is the second-most prominent character in the show. He’s kind, good-natured, fairly stubborn and struggles with being left behind or left out. He also has a big interest in getting back to 2017 as soon as possible. Any British accent would be acceptable for the role.
“Can you tell your recorder we’ve been scrolling through this thing for ten minutes and nobody’s turned up? Nobody. It’s the middle of London, on a Saturday evening, in a car park, and nobody’s around. Jesus.”
“You should’ve told me you were going. I would’ve wanted to be here with you. Stop expecting me to sit back and let you solve the entire case by yourself.”
“This isn’t usually how I make my friends, but I’ll take it.”
Marie is an artist and immigrant. She has an easygoing outlook on life, but her neutrality can be a vice and a virtue in equal measure. Any French accent would be acceptable for the role.
“Oh – I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were in here. But I should have guessed. Wilson said you were upstairs.”
“Also, you are in my bed. It’s okay. I’m good at sharing.”
“It is what they always say about ghosts, that they have unfinished business.”
Getting stuck in the past wasn’t the worst for Daniela - she wasn’t leaving a lot behind. A mature woman who took the chance to burn her bridges when it came, she tries to be kind, and gives pretty good advice in the form of pretty awkward parenting. Any American accent would be preferred for this character. Due to her canon race, Latin American actors would be preferred for this role.
“I know, I know. You can pledge your soul to me in eternal gratitude later.”
“I’ve gotta get some sleep, anyway. Stayed up all night for that thing.
(pause)
Oh, don’t look like that. I did this for me. You know how long it’s been since I’ve tinkered with something from the twenty-first century? Too long. Too long.
(pause)
Okay, so it’s been about two months. But, seriously. I’m gonna go pass out. Ciao.”
There’s no easier way to put it - Wilson is the Group Dad. A native to 1948 and not a victim of time travel, he has taken on the role of housing, feeding and clothing the time travelers, and has become especially fond of Alan and Winnie. Any British accent would be acceptable for this role, but a regional London accent would be preferable.
“When you lead the life I do – of complete strangers turning up in your home on the regular, for you to house and feed them – there are only so many times you can gently guide them through the… situation.”
“I’m… an unmarried man from a privileged background, working in the banking sector. I can afford to adopt a child or six.”
“I don’t know how much I’m willing to believe about ghosts, but I’m willing to trust your judgement.”
Jasper is arrogance wrapped in mystery wrapped in power, and that’s all you get to know about him right now. He could be a great friend, or the absolute worst enemy. Any American accent would be acceptable for this role.
“I’m the guy who just saved your life, so I’d like you to sound a little more grateful.”
“(slowly)
Don’t interrupt me.
(normally)
I did something nice for you, today, saving your lives and all that. I could’ve waited for my loose end to tie up my other loose end, but I didn’t. I stabbed him.
(pause)
Don’t make me regret that.”“Maybe you are more trouble than you’re worth. But, hey, here’s my warning: stay out of other people’s problems.”
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