Sitcom on May and her husband behind closed doors at No 10
SHE is becoming a commanding figure on the world stage, but Theresa May has so far managed to keep her home life private.
Now, the BBC is planning an insight into what might be going on behind closed doors at “No 10” in a radio comedy starring impressionist Jan Ravens as the prime minister.
And there’s a hotlist of high-profile celebrity contenders lined up to play May’s unassuming husband Philip. Ravens, star of the hit Radio 4 series
Dead Ringers, has revealed she has been given the green light for a pilot for a weekly series about the Mays. Ravens, 58, said: “I thought about a 15-minute sitcom about the Mays at home.
“The idea is based on them in the Downing Street flat when they kick off their shoes. We will want the script to concentrate on the main issues of the week, but couched in a domestic situation.
“Maybe we’ll have Theresa going to choir practice or a book club.”
Like finance executive Philip May, Ravens comes from Liverpool, where she went to West Kirby Grammar School for girls at the same time he attended nearby boys’ grammar, Calday Grange.
She said: “We are about the same age and I cannot believe I didn’t know him. Philip May has not yet been cast, but the candidates, all Liverpudlian, include
Withnail And I star Paul McGann, David Morrissey and even comedian Alexei Sayle, whose show Alexei Sayle’s Stuff Ravens appeared in. She hopes the pilot will go out on Radio 4 later this year.
Fellow impressionist Rory Bremner, who is touring with Ravens from March, said she was “pitch perfect” as the prime minister, who he added, was difficult to impersonate.
“I have noticed she has a distinctive voice and I think she has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia. When someone is nervous and under pressure, it results in a quavering voice, a slightly yodelly voice,” he said.
The BBC said the show was in the early stages of development. – Mail on Sunday