Idiot Box

By David Whistance

Daytime TV, Reality TV, Topical discussion shows, Talent shows and Soap Operas all come under the spotlight in this dark comical satire, exploring society's unhealthy obsession with the current trend of disposable TV, as the World embraces reality TV with an overwhelming enthusiasm.A celebration of the dirty washing of the TV world.It revels in it's own outrageousness and rubs your nose in the filth with aplomb.Pulp fiction for the Jeremy Kyle generation.Told through five collective talesGood Evening UKIntroduces us to former husband and wife double act Amy and Jay Jackson, Great Britain's most treasured and respected TV couple.Behind closed doors reveals a completely different story.Amy and Jay Jackson despise each other with a vengence, the only thing they both share apart from their two spoilt, abhorrent children Sarah Jane and Randall is their drug dealer.When a big time American producer offers them a multi million dollar deal to star in their new US TV show they decide their partnership has long exceeded its sell by date and each do everything in their path to succeed.Celebrity Huntingintroduces the reader to five former TV celebrities who have signed up for a new reality TV show.Each celebrity has been taken to a desert island where they will go on a live hunting expedition, the only thing they have in common being the only prey they desire to hunt is a second chance of a TV career.How far will they go to recapture their fame?Northern NightsOnce Britains most ridiculed TV soap opera most famous for its bad acting and scenery, until former gangland and now television executives the Montano brothers take over, transforming the show into the most popular and respected show on TV.Now famous for its award winning storylines.Behind the TV camera unbeknown to the British public all is not what it appears.Only when the Montano brothers make the foolhardy decision to cast the daughter of TV's Amy and Jay Jackson will the truth be revealed leading to drastic consequences.Martin TidyFormer handy man Martin Tidy cannot believe his luck when a chance meeting with a producer from Good Evening UK lands him a position on the show as a celebrity handyman.After meeting his wife, roving reporter Lynda Child he believes everything in his life is perfect including his impending fatherhood until he discovers some disturbing news concerning his wife.Hell hath no fury like a former chat show host scornedWe find ourselves journeying to Hell with Amy and Jay Jackson along with their estranged daughter Sarah Jane, on arrival Jay begins a mutal friendship with Satan.During which Satan promises to give Jay back his life on the condition he takes a position on the judges panel on a new talent show "A Star Is Born" and help him discover a new protege that Satan can raise and neuter as his own.Along the way Jay decides to pay a visit to each person that has wronged him in the past and seek his revenge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1794289151
• ISBN13: 9781794289154
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"