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drama, specifying plot, setting, characters/actors
Setting: small, village neighbourhood, set in modern time (2012)
Characters:
Pat (67) - Librarian
Owen (34) - Butcher
Kelly (14) - Student of local high school
Eddy (40) - Kelly's father
Caroline (38) - Kelly's mother
Plot: Caroline is having an affair with Owen and is caught by Pat. Pat is a good family friend of Caroline and Eddy, she is unsure whether to tell Eddy that she has seen Caroline with Owen. Pat, months later decides to pluck up the courage and tell Eddy what has happened. He strangely takes it very well and says to Pat that he will handle the situation and thanks her for telling him.
Pat is in shock but feels like a huge weight has been lifted. On her way home from telling Eddy at his house, she walks through the dark village streets, she discovers Owen, dead. She knows it couldn't have been Eddy who killed Owen, as he was at home with Pat when she was telling him the horrible news. So who was the murderer?
Dramatic & engaging pitch, with a plotline fit for EastEnders!
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