Last week I shared the 3 potential ideas i had concerning a TV show for BBC 3. the 3 ideas I had were; a crime drama about an acholic cop who hunts down a infamous armed robber , a sci fi comedy about a ship that's broken down in front of a blackhole that's slowly pulling the ship and its crew in, and finally, a drama about an oil baron during the 1870s in America that tries to get permission to drill on a elderly persons land that is sitting on a ocean of oil. Now the feedback I was given all centred on the fact that the only story that was fleshed out was the oil driller one, so I've decided to cut the other two story's out and only focus on that single one as I feel I can grow this idea.
Changes marked in green
Idea 1 - cop drama
Set in the early 2000s in london, follows the story of a detective who’s trying to put a murderer behind bars. he’s an alcoholic who’s skilled at his job, despite his demeanour at work. he has a brother, jamie, who is unemployed and is living in lower class housing and is mentally unstable. Cook cares for him and provides support. it’s revealed that Jamie is the killer and is pretending to be mentally ill on order to fool cook
Idea 2 - space comedy
set in the far distant future on a mining ship. the ships engines are destroyed after a meteor shower and it slowly heads towards a black hole. the ships crew are comprised of a few characters, there is no singular main character. George is a headstrong captain of the ship, Leo is the engineer who’s quite dim, but is brilliant with anything mechanical. Roby is the pilot, she’s quite strict and stuck up, but makes up for it with her piloting skills
Idea 3 - oil drama The year is 1870, the setting is the Midwest of America. (Changed to Hardstoft, Derbyshire for budgetary reasons and its where the first oil field was discovered in 1919) Newly emerging Oil Barron, James Holley, has his eye on a large plot of land he believes has oil underneath it. he discovers that the land is owned by a stubborn elderly gentleman with dementia called Cornelius Bedford who refuses to sell up his land. the series follows James' attempts to convince the old man to sell his land. Bedford keeps insisting there is no oil to be found on his property but James believes that the Bedford is holding out, trying to get him to up his offer . James decides to take drastic measures and gets his men to try to scare Bedford into leaving his land. this turns into a dastardly mistake as the his house burns down with him inside. James is arrested by the local police who see the fire in the distance and realize what he was trying to do. James is sentenced to life in prison for the actions he took and its revealed that Bedford's land is worthless, and that there is no oil, just as he had said.
*This is all subject to change*
Characters present are;
James Sinclair - the morally bankrupt Oil Barron, he’s greedy, manipulative and he will stop at nothing to make a profit.
Alfred Watson - the stubborn old man and antagonist to James. he suffers from dementia which James tries to take advantage of.
Oliver Bedford -a young geologist and James' second-in-command.. He's eager to please James in anyway he can and is often known for telling James exactly what he wants to hear.
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