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British Rationals

What's it all about

British Rationals is a short-form, heightened realism comedy web series ranging from three to five minutes in length that satirises both the news and public opinion through the medium of fake vox pops conducted on the street.

Initially created for an internet audience as a response to the feeling that traditional satire was finding it difficult to keep pace with the constantly changing news landscape, British Rationals initially started life as a daily show before subsequently moving to a weekly format. As well as its satirical merits and distinctive style, British Rationals’ strong characterisation entreats viewers to develop personal relationships with the performers in the same vein as, for example, GoggleBox.

However, there is also a great deal of potential to develop British Rationals into a longer format using existing characters and actors, ranging from its own sketch show to a fly-on-the wall mockumentary-type piece as well as parody any format that involves audience interaction eg Jeremy Kyle, Question Time etc.

In its current form, British Rationals, could land as a segment within a larger show eg the Last Leg, Mash Report, Matt Forde’s Unspun or slot seamlessly into a sketch show.

Genre

Mockumentary

Published

1 Video
Sun 23 December 09:08am
2018 Year In Review - May
Sun 23 December 09:07am
2018 Year In Review - April
Sun 23 December 09:06am
2018 Year In Review - March!
Sun 23 December 09:05am
2018 Review of the Year - February
Sun 23 December 09:05am
We've release our 2018 Review of the Year January!
Mon 03 December 05:30am
Thanks for becoming fans of the show!

You can follow us on all the usual social medias @britrationals

facebook.com/britrationals
instagram.com/britrationals
twitter.com/britrationals
YouTube britishrationals.co.uk < redirects to channel

We're currently hard at work producing the End Of Year 2018 Specials!
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Funding Progress

Goal £10,000
There are no donations
Characters are played by a rotating cast of actors from an available pool of around 50, while the writing process involves contributions from around 10 writers before co-creators Chris Taylor and Keif Gwinn, the latter also directs the show, alongside producer Nick Briggs agree upon the final make-up.

You can send us a Direct Message with the "Message" button above, and click the follow button to keep up to date with this project.

We're always on the lookout for new writers and performers to join the team. We collaboratively create the character with the performer and have an egalitarian writing submissions process to be able to take in line and opinion pieces from any interested party, who will always receive a credit in the writing process. If we're funded, we'll be paying our writers and performers.

Take a look at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7475174/ and https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/british_rationals/episodes/ for our listings
We're always on the lookout for new writers and performers to join the team. We collaboratively create the character with the performer and have an egalitarian writing submissions process to be able to take in line and opinion pieces from any interested party, who will always receive a credit in the writing process. If we're funded, we'll be paying our writers and performers.

Take a look at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7475174/ and https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/british_rationals/episodes/ for our listings

Aiden Lonergan

Hey Kief, Very interested in collaborating as a writer and performer. Happy to send samples and/or videos of me on stage. Hope to hear from you soon! Great stuff! Cheers, Aiden

Keif Gwinn

Hey Aiden, drop us an email to britishrationals @ sketchin.co.uk