Working: A Look Inside the World's Longest-Running Medical Drama

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🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, host June Thomas talks to Jenny Thompson, story producer for the long-running U.K. medical drama Casualty. In the interview, Jenny explains what a story producer does, and why it’s different from a script-writing job. She also shares what it’s like to create character arcs for a show with such a long and rich history and explains how the U.K.’s National Health Service impacts the storylines and characters. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler talk about why shows like Casualty are so beloved in Britain. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Jenny shares some of her favorite examples of TV storytelling. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-WORK. That’s (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It’s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial. Sign up now to help support our work. This episode was sponsored by the Remote Works podcast. You can listen here: https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/flexible-work/racing-into-a-new-world-of-work.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party when an elf arrives.
0:08.0	Oh, with a toffee night latte!
0:10.0	Hey everyone, who wants a Starbucks?
0:14.0	Ooy! Same one for me!
0:16.0	Get the group together for Starbucks festive favorites. It's IRL season.
0:22.0	At a Starbucks near you.
0:25.0	Ahem.
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0:37.0	especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing new Dr Pepper Zero.
0:42.6	With the same blend of 23 unique flavors,
0:45.6	it tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper,
0:49.1	but with zero sugar and zero calories.
0:51.9	It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.
0:54.4	Weird. But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper Zero. If a paramedic or doctoral nurse turns up and whole BED, their life is about to get slightly more chaotic.
1:14.0	And this is a way in which casualty is really similar to soaps, right?
1:18.0	You kind of get your characters, you create people that you love,
1:22.0	and then you kind of torture the characters and that's
1:24.6	how you it's how you kind of find out what they're made of.
1:29.4	Welcome back to Working. I'm your host Isaac Butler. And I'm your other host, June Thomas.
1:36.0	June, how are you doing?
1:39.0	Oh my goodness. I can't quite put my finger on why but I feel a huge sense of relief a lightness if you will
1:46.0	Yes, I wonder what that could be coming from. What's that all about I think a lot of us had been feeling like we were standing under a cloud that at a really, very real possibility
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