The Prize Racket

After a brief and disastrous Resident Poet episode, Stockwell Park Orchestra is invited to take part in a TV competition for classical music. For a 50,000 prize some competitors are tempted to stretch the genre to crossover and beyond. Can a full concert orchestra compete with jazz bands, horn quartets, harp ensembles, and Mrs Ford-Hughes singing in Portuguese with nine cellos? Or will the competition be derailed by the poets return, this time sporting live Ambient Sounds? The TV producers arent worried: they know a good fight means great ratings. What was supposed to be a quirky diversion threatens to take over the orchestras rehearsals for their own concert, but discovering a voting scam means they must fix things in the TV studio first.