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David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as two actors rehearsing remotely due to Covid-19.

David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as themselves - two bickering actors making a drama out of a crisis. Can their fragile egos survive working from home and virtual Hollywood?

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Staged: Series 1: The Cookie Jar

The Cookie Jar

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Jo drafts in the voice of experience to get Michael and David in line.

Jo drafts in the voice of experience to get Michael and David in line. Georgia shares David's work without him knowing.

Jo drafts in the voice of experience to get Michael and David in line. Georgia shares David's work without him knowing. Michael seeks resolution on what has happened to his neighbour, and David is pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response his work receives.

Staged: Series 1

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David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as two actors whose West End play has been put on hold due to Covid-19, but whose director has persuaded them to carry on rehearsing online.

David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing himself) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by. He knows how big a chance this is for him and turns his attention to cajoling his stars into rehearsing over the internet.

All they need to do is read the first scene, but throughout the series they come up against a multitude of oppositional forces: distraction, boredom, home-schooling and their own egos.

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