1. Final Script
LIST OF SCENES
1. INTRO
2. HARD STORY – CRIME RATES UP
3. SOFT STORY – OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE
4. OFF THE WALL STORY – ARTIFICIAL HAMBURGER
5. OUTRO
SCENE 1
INTRO
Jingle plays.
GARETH
Oldham Community Radio 99.7FM.News update with Elise Woollard.
Studio Recording.
ELISE
Good morning, this is Oldham Community Radio
99.7FM. It‟s 8AM, and now it‟s time
for your hourly news bulletin.
Musical sting plays.
SCENE 2
HARD STORY
Soundbed begins as ELISE begins to speak. Studio Recording.
ELISE
Oldham‟s crime rate has been described
as higher than the national average: The three
biggest causes are Burglary, Criminal Damage
and Violence against the person.
Unbeknown to many teenagers, the crime
rates are through the roof in this small
town. According to UpMyStreet.com; the highest
reported cases was criminal damage with an
estimated 16000 last year, followed by violence
against the person at 15000 cases.
(MORE)
ELISE (CONT‟D)

2. Earlier today I interviewed Neighbourhood police
constable Louise Geere on the views of Greater
Manchester police.
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LOUISE GEERE, representative of the Greater Manchester Police,
talks with ELISE.Studio Interview extracts.
LOUISE
Due to the economic climate at the moment
people are struggling to get work and therefore
struggling to get money, and I think that burglary
comes into that as it‟s an easy
option for some people.
...
Criminal Damage? Again the same thing
really; it can be theft from a motor vehicle,
it can be damage to a shop to steal something
for the same reason and out in the pubs and
on the streets when people have
had too much to drink.
And again really when people don‟t have jobs
and have things to worry about they
tend to do things more irresponsibly then
they would do normally.
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Studio Recording.
ELISE
In a recent report there were over 275, 000
recorded cases of offences by young people,
and many more that go unreported.
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Studio Interview extracts.
LOUISE
I think in terms of if they‟re an offender,
then it‟s going to prevent them from being
able to do too much more in the future really.
(MORE)
LOUISE (CONT‟D)

3. ...
As a victim, they might be scared to go out,
they might have more issues like that,
they might not be able to hold down a stable
job or a relationship, friendships.
So yeah it has a very big impact on people like that.
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Studio Recording.
ELISE
If you have any queries or would like
to report a crime, Oldham police station welcome
young people to do so; they are situated in the town
centre on Barn Street.
You can also contact Crimestoppers on their
website at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
SCENE 3
SOFT STORY
Studio Recording.
ELISE
Oldham Coliseum Theatre‟s new show Taking Steps
has received rave reviews from critics as the
“Out and About” Season tour kicks off this week.
The company plans to show most of its new shows at the Grange
Arts Centre on Rochdale Road like Taking Steps.
We asked Press Officer Lizzie Carter about the cause of the
movement.
Gareth Williams reports.
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Two representatives of Oldham Coliseum Theatre (DAVID
RUSTIEDGE1, House Manager, and LIZZIE CARTER, Press Officer)
speak with the group2. External Interview Extracts.
LIZZIE
I think there are two stand out performances
1
DAVID’s answers have unfortunately had to be edited from the final script for time.
2
In the interview, GARETH and ELISE asked questions.

4. in the season, one being The Hound of the
Baskervilles, which we are preforming at the
Lawrence Batley Theatre before it goes on
national tour.
...
We‟re working alongside a sorta cutting edge
state-of-the-art design company.
It‟s not just a play, it‟s bordering on,
y‟know, a cinematic and theatrical experience in one.
And they‟re using these really stunning projections.
...
At the end of our season, so kinda bookending it,
is Star Cross‟d. It‟s a brand new piece
of theatre and it‟s based on Romeo and Juliet
which is a tale that sorta everybody knows.
...
But there it‟s been reworked and written especially
for Oldham and set in Oldham but in modern
day. So we got Robbie O, this teenager from Oldham
College, and our Juliet is a Bangladeshi student
from Oldham as well and they are
star-crossed lovers, and we‟re gonna do that in
Alexandra Park so it‟s another new venue and it‟s
gonna be in promenade.
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GARETH is reporting from outside Oldham Coliseum Theatre‟s
currently closed residency on Fairbottom Street. Outside
recording.
GARETH
Teenagers have been encouraged to join in
with the theatre by joining the Coliseum‟s
Ambassador‟s Scheme. This calls for volunteers
to aid the theatre with plenty of interesting
benefits to supporters.
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External Interview Extracts.
LIZZIE
Well there are loads of ways that young
people can get involved in the Coliseum.

5. The Ambassadors Scheme, which is a fairly simple
scheme which is just about asking people who
support the Coliseum to do that on a regular basis
and spread the word in a positive manner
about what we do.
And it‟s, you know, as simple as putting a
poster up in your local shop or helping
out at events or coming to see
shows and things like that.
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Outside Recording.
GARETH
Taking Steps continues its run at the Grange Arts
Centre until the 10th of March, followed by
The Hound of the Baskervilles on March the 12th.
SCENE 4
OFF THE WALL STORY
Studio Recording.
ELISE
And finally, it was announced this week that
strips of muscle tissue have been created by
Dutch scientists in a lab.
This is part of a project to create an
artificially-grown hamburger by the end of 2012.
Frank Lund reports.
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FRANK is reporting from outside Oldham Sixth Form College on
Union Street. Outside Recording.
FRANK
Scientists from Maastricht University in the
Netherlands have created small pieces of artificial
muscle no bigger than a one penny coin.
(MORE)
FRANK (CONT‟D)
In front of a crowd of scientists at a major
meeting in Canada, Professor Mark Post stated that

6. although the muscle is tasteless, with the
addition of some blood and artificially grown fat
they will attempt to make the world‟s first
artificially grown hamburger.
This first burger is estimated to cost
£200,000 to make, but the cost will come down with
improvements to production.
We asked the teenagers of Oldham whether they
would eat an artificial hamburger, and their
views on what this could mean to
the food industry.
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A series of vox pops from TEENAGERS of Oldham Sixth Form
College from the canteen.
TEENAGER 1
No... because it doesn‟t look very nice.
TEENAGER 2
If it tasted like meat then yeah.
TEENAGER 3
Probably, „cause like meat‟s, like, the most, like,
the worst, it‟s like the food to try to make in terms of the
hunger shortage so....
TEENAGER 4
No because the people who‟ll still have no money to buy it....
TEENAGER 5
If it tasted good yeah; I don‟t care what‟s in it.
SCENE 5
OUTRO
Studio Recording.
ELISE
And that‟s your hourly news bulletin. Stay tuned for “The
Chart Countdown” here on Oldham Community Radio.
Jingle begins to play. Fade out.