Chromophobia

What do you do when your wife Iona Aylesbury can’t tell the difference between a shrink and a shop, your eight year old son Orlando may have serious psychological problems, while his gay godfather Stephen lies half beaten to death in hospital? Your boss is drawing you into a scam which could cost you your career, your father Edward Aylesbury expects more of you than you feel you can deliver and your stepmother Penelope's bond with her dogs is your best role model of a loving relationship. And what could the secrets of streetwalker Gloria that her social worker Colin is digging up possibly have to do with you? Every family has secrets it hides behind the walls of its home - these are the dilemmas and secrets of Marcus Aylesbury.

When Marcus’s old ‘friend’ Trent, an intelligent investigative journalist, gets wind of a story that might make him a media star the good old virtues of honesty, loyalty and friendship are sacrificed to the new morality of success and celebrity. Pushed by his powerhouse editor, Trent is forced to bend his ideals of using journalism to make a difference - and instead focuses on writing ‘sexy stories that sell’. This darkly comedic drama relentlessly pulls these characters into situations which threaten their stable place in a society where privilege and birth are no longer powerful enough to protect the fortunate few, and where the American values of money, beauty and success have become the cornerstones of contemporary London life.