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140 Characters with Nothing to Say

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.

13 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Jan 2015 17:40

Credits

Role Contributor
Muriel Gabriel Quigley
Jay Steven McNicoll
DS Gordon David Ireland
Writer DC Jackson
Director Kirsty Williams

Broadcasts

  • Sat 10 Jan 2015 19:00
  • Sun 11 Jan 2015 17:40