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The Moonflask
When a group of people meet on a back to work course they pool their various skills to steal a priceless Ming vase from an auction house and return it to its rightful owner. But just who is conning who in this action packed drama?
Producer ..... Sally Avens
Director ..... Marion Nancarrow
This is a caper with a conscience, a heist with a smile on its face. But the drama is firmly based in the real world; an elderly couple recently discovered they were using a Ming vase as an umbrella stand, Government plans include making jobless criminals spend one day a week searching for work and fraud in the UK has increased tenfold since the banking crisis. Paul Sellar weaves a fast-paced yarn around these facts to create a plot full of twists and turns
Producer ..... Sally Avens
Director ..... Marion Nancarrow
This is a caper with a conscience, a heist with a smile on its face. But the drama is firmly based in the real world; an elderly couple recently discovered they were using a Ming vase as an umbrella stand, Government plans include making jobless criminals spend one day a week searching for work and fraud in the UK has increased tenfold since the banking crisis. Paul Sellar weaves a fast-paced yarn around these facts to create a plot full of twists and turns
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First published January 25, 2014
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Paul Sellar
10 books2 followersPaul Sellar is a playwright working in theatre, film and radio.
His last play for radio The Moonflask met with excellent reviews and his first play The Takeover (BBC Radio 3) was nominated for the Prix Europa, Berlin 2012 and shortlisted for the Imison award (2013). The film version of his stage play 2Graves premiered at the Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel for the EEFF 2013 and is to be distributed via Trinity Film.
His last play for radio The Moonflask met with excellent reviews and his first play The Takeover (BBC Radio 3) was nominated for the Prix Europa, Berlin 2012 and shortlisted for the Imison award (2013). The film version of his stage play 2Graves premiered at the Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel for the EEFF 2013 and is to be distributed via Trinity Film.
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August 27, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03s...Description: When a group of people meet on a back to work course they pool their various skills to steal a priceless Ming vase from an auction house and return it to its rightful owner. But just who is conning who in this action packed drama?
This is a caper with a conscience, a heist with a smile on its face. But the drama is firmly based in the real world; an elderly couple recently discovered they were using a Ming vase as an umbrella stand, Government plans include making jobless criminals spend one day a week searching for work and fraud in the UK has increased tenfold since the banking crisis. Paul Sellar weaves a fast-paced yarn around these facts to create a plot full of twists and turns.
April 4, 2015
From BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama:
When a group of people meet on a back to work course they pool their various skills to steal a priceless Ming vase from an auction house and return it to its rightful owner. But just who is conning who in this action packed drama?
Producer ..... Sally Avens
Director ..... Marion Nancarrow
This is a caper with a conscience, a heist with a smile on its face. But the drama is firmly based in the real world; an elderly couple recently discovered they were using a Ming vase as an umbrella stand, Government plans include making jobless criminals spend one day a week searching for work and fraud in the UK has increased tenfold since the banking crisis. Paul Sellar weaves a fast-paced yarn around these facts to create a plot full of twists and turns.
When a group of people meet on a back to work course they pool their various skills to steal a priceless Ming vase from an auction house and return it to its rightful owner. But just who is conning who in this action packed drama?
Producer ..... Sally Avens
Director ..... Marion Nancarrow
This is a caper with a conscience, a heist with a smile on its face. But the drama is firmly based in the real world; an elderly couple recently discovered they were using a Ming vase as an umbrella stand, Government plans include making jobless criminals spend one day a week searching for work and fraud in the UK has increased tenfold since the banking crisis. Paul Sellar weaves a fast-paced yarn around these facts to create a plot full of twists and turns.
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