Three important characters stand on a windy hilltop. One is known as Rock, the strongest and bravest of the group. Another calls herself Scissors; she is as sharp as she is deadly. Finally, struggling to avoid being blown away; we find Paper. He is flat. He is nothing else. Elsewhere a string puppet is entering a brothel for the first time in his life. He wants to bang wood (without getting a splinter!). But he is just too damn shy. Somewhere, a TV plays to itself in a shop window. The show Backpeddle is just starting; yet again somebody will have to atone for crimes levelled against it by the British press. Across the road, Pam is opening up her pet shop for another day. As she does, she spots a pantomime horse crossing the road; the pantomime horse is going for a job interview; he knows the role is already his.

Do all these events have anything in common? Well, they might…

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Credits: Produced, Written and Edited by Peter Beeston. Additional material written by Nick Card, Phil Mason and Andrew Martin.
Performed By: Peter Beeston, Nick Card, Phill Mason, Gillian Langley, Andrew Martin, George Webster, Rex Davies, Wendy Davies, Barry Fisher, Stephen Bullivant, Kerry Marriott. End Musical Track: Singing Sadie – Everyone In Town Wants You Dead
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