Dear Simon
Dear Simon
Feature
· Drama · 111 pages
Status: Spec
An adventure-hungry graduate and her love-shy boss accidentally fall for each other while bickering over everything from learning to drive, to the merits of airing personal love stories on the Our Tune 80s radio feature. In escaping her stifling boyfriend, she loses contact with her boss and her only hope of finding him rests on the radio show he ha...
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Written by
Jude Birdsall
1 Writer
Additional Project Info
The screenplay employs the theme of a real national radio feature from the 1980s, Our Tune, listened to by around a quarter of the population of the UK in its heyday. The Our Tune feature was so popular it is an ongoing cultural reference point – please see link below from March 2022. A recent survey by Opinium of 2000 people in the UK found that 52% had heard of Our Tune, with figures rising to 68% and 76% for the age groups 45-54 years and 55-64 years respectively. 71% of people surveyed expressed an interest in seeing a movie set in the 80s based around the Our Tune feature. https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/03/01/matt-hancock-simon-bates-our-tune/