Calling on young people to pitch for futuristic TV show

Entrants asked to submit a 30-second video, summarising their idea for a mini TV show set 75 years from now

Tue, 22 Jun, 2021 - 06:05

Helen O’Callaghan

Róise Nic Ruairí scoots around her home searching bookshelves, under beds, inside boxes for the device her parents have hidden from her. Finally – screen found – she beams triumphantly, only to hide it again in a flash as she hears her dad’s disembodied voice sternly calling her name.

The dramatic scene’s captured in ‘Tóraíocht na Scáileán’ (‘Screen Hunt’), a two-minute comedy that last year won Róise, 12, a place among the finalists in the inaugural See Yourself On Screen Challenge (SYOS). This year’s SYOS challenge has just launched and it’s calling on four to 18-year-olds from Ireland and Britain to create their own idea for a mini-TV show for the future.