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Series in which writers create a fictional response to recent headlines.

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From Fact to Fiction: Series 17

Gabriel Quigley

Steven McNicoll

David Ireland

DC Jackson

Kirsty Williams

From Fact to Fiction: Series 17: Episode 4: 140 Characters with Nothing to Say

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Episode 4: 140 Characters with Nothing to Say

Series 17

140 Characters with Nothing to Say

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Playwright DC Jackson's searing drama about twitter storms and trolls.

Award-winning playwright DC Jackson's searing drama about twitter storms and trolls.

Playwright D.C. Jackson creates an imaginative response to a story from this week's news as the award-winning series continues.

On 30th December the news reported that Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola whilst volunteering for Save the Children in Sierra Leone, had been moved from a Glasgow hospital to the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Social commentator Katie Hopkins tweeted on the subject: "Not so independent when it matters most are we jocksville?" and followed up with a second tweet: "Little sweaty jocks, sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket."

It set off a twitter storm that culminated in more than 27 thousand signing an online petition calling, yet again, for her arrest.

In his searing drama DC Jackson explores the controversial and often abusive world of social media.

Directed by Kirsty Williams.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Topical drama. Writers create a fictional response to a major story from the week's news

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