THE JACKSON FAMILY

An original radio production by

William Doan
 CAST

NARRATOR
DREW Oldest son of the parents
PAUL Father to the children
ANGELA Mother to the children
KEVIN Youngest son of the parents
STACEY          Middle child
 THE JACKSON FAMILY

SCENE ONE: EXT. OUTSIDE HOUSE – EVENING

NARRATOR: In Buckinghamshire, the Jackson family

SOUND: TWO KNOCKS ON THE FRONT DOOR. DOGS INSIDE THE

HOUSE BEGIN TO BARK. DOOR IS OPENED

SOUND:     THE SOUNDS OF THE RADIO CAN BE HEARD ALONG

WITH ANGELA ATTEMPTING TO SING ALONG

KEVIN: What’s going on?

ANGELA: Oh, hello. I was just having a little sing

KEVIN: Sing? I thought someone was crying

ANGELA: Crying? With my voice I should be on X-Factor,

Anyway, how was school?

KEVIN: It’s 7 o’clock on a Sunday

ANGELA: Oh, okay

KEVIN: Have you been drinking?

ANGELA: Uhm, no

KEVIN: What’s that wine doing then?

ANGELA: Uhm, I’m not drinking, I’m cooking with it

KEVIN: What’s for dinner then?

ANGELA: uhm, smiley faces and turkey dinosaurs

KEVIN: Drew’s favourite again?

ANGELA: Well we can’t have salmon anymore because

Drew’s convinced he’ll catch salmonella, it’s a
family dinner but I don’t suppose Drew’s
girlfriend will show. I must have invited her
about ten times now yet we’ve never met her.
KEVIN: Not unless he buys the helium to inflate her

ANGELA: Stop…

KEVIN: Where is Drew anyway?

ANGELA: In the other room I think

SOUND: THE SOUND OF KEVIN’S FOOTSTEPS ARE HEARD. THEN

THE SOUND OF PIGS GRUNTING CAN BE HEARD FROM
THE TELEVISION

KEVIN: What the hell are you watchin?

DREW: Pig racing

KEVIN: You placed any bets?

DREW: Yeah just the one

KEVIN: Oh yeah? On which one?

DREW: The fat one at the back, it’s got the best odds

KEVIN: That’s stu-

DREW: GO ON YA FAT BASTARD!

KEVIN: What you doing?

STACEY: Baking

KEVIN: Should I take out the batteries from the smoke

Detector now or later?

STACEY: Oi

ANGELA: No, he’s got a point, do that now

SOUND:        THE SOUND OF TWO BATTERIES TAKEN OUT A SMOKE

DETECTOR

KEVIN: One… two

SOUND: TRANSITION MUSIC IS PLAYED

SOUND: THE SOUND OF THE DOOR OPENING

ANGELA: Well where have you been then?

PAUL: I’ve got scratch cards!

ANGELA: What when we haven’t got the money to feed

ourselves, you’ve gone mad. I sent you out to
get fags.

PAUL: Yes, but look how many I’ve bought, we can’t

lose

ANGELA:   Well, how many you bought?

PAUL:         Five, a tenner a card

SOUND:         THE SOUND OF ANGELA SIGHING CAN BE HEARD

PAUL:        Right everyone in the living room!

SOUND:        THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS AND FURNITURE BEING

MOVED CAN BE HEARD.

PAUL:         One each

PAUL:          One, two, three, four and five.

SOUND:        THE SOUND OF A SCRATCH CARD BEING SCRATCHED

KEVIN:        I got nish

SOUND:         THE SOUND OF A SCRATCH CARD BEING SCRATCHED

ANGELA:        Nothing

SOUND:         THE SOUND OF A SCRATCH CARD BEING SCRATCHED

STACEY:        Same

SOUND:         THE SOUND OF A SCRATCH CARD BEING SCRATCHED

DREW:          400

SOUND:         A SMALL CHEER CAN BE HEARD AMONGST THE FAMILY

DREW:          Thousand…

SOUND:         AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE THE OPENING OF

A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE CAN BE HEARD

PAUL:          Does anyone else smell burning?