Karl Marx: The Hacienda Years
Karl Marx: The Hacienda Years
Television (Half-hour)
· Comedy · 27 pages
Status: Spec
Sitcom imagining if a rowdy and youthful Karl Marx & Frederich Engels had turned up in Manchester, UK in its 1990s heyday rather than the 1850s. Well-meaning but clueless, the lads are more interested in pills, thrills and bellyaches than the plight of the working poor. In Manchester’s resurgent decade, with the help of local heroes from across hist...
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Written by
Shaun Lowthian
4 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Bronze Nib Winner,
Let's Make It! - LET'S MAKE IT! Screenwriting Contest 2023-2024
Quarterfinalist,
WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2024
Quarterfinalist,
Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2025
1 Writer
Manchester, GB
UK-based writer & actor. Shaun's comedy short & miniseries Spokke received nominations for a Writers' Guild of GB Award & Royal Television Society West Award, winning Best Script at Short Com Festival & Best Comedy at Bristol Rebel Film Festival. Shaun performs improv with DNAYS, Free Association & The Homunculus, across 10 countries since 2007. Cr...
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Additional Project Info
Finalist (3rd place) - ShortCom Sitcom Script Competition, October 2023: https://www.shortcom.org/tv-sitcom-competition-2023