Synopsis of Memoirs of a bar steward: Draft 3
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The Bar Stward
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It is the start of the new millennium and an 18 year old Jacob Cox believes he is a brilliantly clever young man, but the problem is that he is not.
Jacob believes he is going to pass all of his A levels and get into the best university and one day become Prime Minister, but he will not.
Instead Jacob finds himself joining his family from hell, the Cox’s, as they are finally ran out of Birmingham and move to the English Riviera town of Torquay, where they take over a pub which they hope will bring them a fresh start and fortunes, but their new home is definitely not the timid, quiet little resort they were expecting.
Jacob finds himself being the licensee of the new business and immediately believes that he is now the boss. Sadly, as always, what Jacobs believes and what is actually the case are two very different matters, as Jacob is the only member of the family with a clean record and who can hold a publican license. Jacob battles with each member of his family to take control of the pub, which must be made a success of fast if they are going to be able to keep it running, or else they will be returning to the nightmare that awaits each of them back in Birmingham.
While Jacob thinks up his own unique brand of ‘brilliant’ ideas to bring in new respectable customers, his must stop his ex-gang boss mother from taking out a rival landlord, his identical, but total opposite twin brother from driving away all of the female staff and customers with his loose loving, a younger ‘cool’ brother whose ‘rubbish’ ideas are actually much better than his own and a ten year old sister whose secret scheming Jacob fears the most. And if these were bad enough, Jacob suspects that the O’Shea’s, his gangster relatives on his mothers side, have some ghastly hold over his shifty, debt riddled father, and are involved in the Cox's mysterious acquirement of their new pub home in Devon.
However, as bad as all of his family actions are, none can rival Jacobs in terms of total, unmitigated disaster. Loyal customers get killed, the town mayor brands him a terrorist from the north and the love of his life is engaged to one of the most dangerous men in Torquay. All these events lead up to a spectacular finale when one of the top reality TV shows comes to town to film their stars in the Cox’s pub.
Jacob believes he is going to pass all of his A levels and get into the best university and one day become Prime Minister, but he will not.
Instead Jacob finds himself joining his family from hell, the Cox’s, as they are finally ran out of Birmingham and move to the English Riviera town of Torquay, where they take over a pub which they hope will bring them a fresh start and fortunes, but their new home is definitely not the timid, quiet little resort they were expecting.
Jacob finds himself being the licensee of the new business and immediately believes that he is now the boss. Sadly, as always, what Jacobs believes and what is actually the case are two very different matters, as Jacob is the only member of the family with a clean record and who can hold a publican license. Jacob battles with each member of his family to take control of the pub, which must be made a success of fast if they are going to be able to keep it running, or else they will be returning to the nightmare that awaits each of them back in Birmingham.
While Jacob thinks up his own unique brand of ‘brilliant’ ideas to bring in new respectable customers, his must stop his ex-gang boss mother from taking out a rival landlord, his identical, but total opposite twin brother from driving away all of the female staff and customers with his loose loving, a younger ‘cool’ brother whose ‘rubbish’ ideas are actually much better than his own and a ten year old sister whose secret scheming Jacob fears the most. And if these were bad enough, Jacob suspects that the O’Shea’s, his gangster relatives on his mothers side, have some ghastly hold over his shifty, debt riddled father, and are involved in the Cox's mysterious acquirement of their new pub home in Devon.
However, as bad as all of his family actions are, none can rival Jacobs in terms of total, unmitigated disaster. Loyal customers get killed, the town mayor brands him a terrorist from the north and the love of his life is engaged to one of the most dangerous men in Torquay. All these events lead up to a spectacular finale when one of the top reality TV shows comes to town to film their stars in the Cox’s pub.