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New series. The first in a collection of imagined conversations from key moments in recent British history. Musician Mick Jagger is starting a three-month prison sentence for drug possession. He begins talking to his cellmate, and it becomes apparent that while the pair have much in common, society's plans for them are wildly different. Comedy, with Kayvan Novak and Blake Harrison

The History Plays By Nigel Smith Jagger in Jail

The History Plays are a series of two-hander plays by Vent author Nigel Smith which are imagined conversations at key moments in recent history, moments that have permanently changed the British psyche. Starting with Mick Jagger's conviction for drug possession and the surprising pro-Jagger line taken in a Times editorial; through the fragmented morality of John Stonehouse; the Indian summer of patriotism over the Falklands; the death of Diana; and the end of the Blair years, The History Plays are a satirical and thoughtful exploration of huge social forces played out in small human dramas. This is a series about the promises and pitfalls of history, the points of conflict. But what's really significant is what these moments say about our attitudes and assumptions now.

JAGGER IN JAIL Written and directed by Nigel Smith Produced by Gareth Edwards

Starring Kayvan Novak ("Facejacker" ) as Mick Jagger and Blake Harrison ("The Inbetweeners" ) as Jim

It is 1967, the summer of love and Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, is in prison starting his three-month sentence for drug possession. His trial - and particularly his sentence - has both scandalised and split public opinion.

Jagger in Jail imagines the conversation that might have taken place between Mick and a cellmate, Jim, during what turned out to be his only night behind bars. As the night passes Jim and Mick find that while they have a fair bit in common, society's plans for them could not be more different. And Jim isn't too happy about it..

Well it might be "historical fiction" but the author really ought to have got his historical facts right, meeting Muddy Waters at Sun studios?, pissing on the wall in Wolverhampton?

Brits can listen to it on the BBC iplayer until Feb 28 here:

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Or you can listen to and/or download it here:

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"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"