The Sexual Health Project (360G-Wellcome-213902_Z_18_Z)

The Sexual Health Project is a project to develop the first episode of a six part TV series set in the world of sexual health, a precinct not previously shown on TV. The script will be developed via a creative workshop with 4 sexual health researchers, forty 18-34 year olds, 8 actors, a director and a writer. The project will consist of initial discussion between the writer, director and health researchers and innovators.. Then there will be a storytelling workshop with all these participants and a diverse group of 40 young people. On the basis of this a first script will be written. This script will have a rehearsed and filmed reading with actors, directed by Tim Fywell and an audience of the workshop participants plus TV producers. The after show discussion will be audio recorded. The after show discussion will help establish the impact of this project on the diverse group of young people. This audio recording discussion can be used for future creative development and as a reference for sexual health researchers and innovators. Long term we hope to scale up the experience by making a broadcast TV series for BBC 3 to reach a wider audience.