Margaret & Alice
My name is Alice. A simple unassuming name, but one that will be remembered all because of what that happened on the fateful day I eloped with Henry, the love of my life.
We embarked a ship docked at Dover for France where we hoped to start a new life together. I will never forget the crossing for our lives became a living nightmare, when I met, Margaret.
One Page Details
Title: Margaret and Alice
Subtitle: Inner strength can be found in the darkest moments.
Logline: What if the idea for Frankenstein came from a real life event?
Genre: Victorian cosmic horror drama.
Tone: Hammer horror
Format: Feature and Radio/TV 1 hr continuous drama. The feature rolls up episodes 1-3 into a neat package with it containing an open ending for either a sequel or continuing as a continuous drama.
Premise: What is you found yourself in a situation where only you stood between order and chaos?
Dramatic Question: If it was all on you, can you find the strength to save those around you?
Controlling Idea: Step by step confidence will build.
Synopsis: Margaret, a middle aged wife of a ex-military GP in Victorian England is thrown into chaos at the revelation of her husband being caught up in a body snatching group to Alice during a perilous crossing of the English Chanel. That is scandal enough, but chilling experiments on the cadavers by a secret organisation reveal success in reanimation of the dead but to what ends? Only Margaret in possession of this evidence can prevent this shadowy group from world domination. Will Alice join her in her task?
World Of The Show: Where the supernatural breaks into reality through the use of science and technology.
Setting Of The Show: Mid Victorian England
Themes: Empowerment and conflict against a class/elite society.
Episode Breakdown:
- Episode 1 – Bodies In The Dark – Discovery of the plot.
- Episode 2 – Paris – Alice meets Margaret at the Paris opera and is drawn into the spiders web.
- Episode 3 – Vienna And The Return – Who is the professor and how will they over come Edgar.
- Episode 4 – Where Is Margaret? – Margaret is missing and Alice has to deal with the fall out.
- Episode 5 – TBA In progress
- Episode 6 – TBA In progress
- Episode 7 – TBA in progress
- Episode 8 – TBA in progress
Note: Episode 1 – 3 roll up to be a feature length production .
For more detailed episode breakdown, as well as all of the above, please make contact to receive the pitch deck.
Contact
Kevin Groves
kgroves@batteredhatproductions.uk
@kevingroveshok
