Back Chat FM News Script

News Broadcast – On Back Chat FM!

Station – Back Chat FM
Time – 12 midday
Audience – Young 18 - 30

Stories – The crown jewels being nicked, David Beckham involved a car crash. College students going on strike due to no working toilets. Trouble in Belfast. The PM stepping down out of office. Ryanair airline going bust and customers stranded in different countries, annoyed. Credit crunch falling value of the pound, oil prices, England stranded in Germany. England and Germany fans fighting after the game violence after the game. England win 3-2

‘Your listing to Back Chat FM News, today’s headlines… Ryanair hit rock-bottom, as hundreds of customers stranded all around Europe, Beckham really did Bend it like Beckham, as he escapes unharmed after a car collision. Now back to our main story Ryanair. Europe’s original low budget airline has today gone into administration. Ryanair was the leading low fare airline in Europe. Employing over six thousand staff, of twenty-six nationalities. With over 950 stranded customers across Europe, the airline will have to find alternative routes for the customers. We go live now to Berlin, where Jimmy Murphy, is with a few of the stunned customers, Jimmy? Well Leo you join me now with three irate Raynair customers, Ben, Shamus and Vincent. So lads what’s your take on this?’ ‘ Well to be honest with you I’m gob smacked I just don’t know what to say or do… how are we meant to get home now!!’ ‘I’ve got a wife and kids to get back to how are they going to cope with out the man about the house.’ ‘ And how could it happen so quick,?...if they knew this was going to happen why’d they let us fly?’ ‘No wonder it’s so cheap to fly with ryanair you never know if they’ll be around the next day’ ‘Well lads we’re going to have to leave it there, but the best of luck to you’. ‘Thanks Jimmy’ ‘ Early I managed to have a word with Ryanair’s PR officer Brendon Fitzpatrick.’ ‘ I started by asking him how long had Ryanair known about the problems and what problems there were that had caused one of Europe’s largest low fare airline to go under?’ ‘ Well Leo, to be honest we’d known about it for a few weeks now but we thought we’d be able to sort ourselves out., but you know yourself now with all credit crunch going on it means less people are willing to travel and the outrages oil prices.’ ‘ That as it maybe but why didn’t warn you customers about the problems?’ ‘Well as I said before Leo, we honestly believed that we’d be able to pull ourselves out of this mess,’ ‘Well Brendon do you know how Ryanair are going to get the customers to their destination?’ ‘ At the moment we’re trying to book all our passengers on to other airlines but no matter what we’ll sort our customers out, we really regret this problem’ ‘ And finally if people have just booked a flight with ryanair are they able to get their money back or even some kind of compensation?’ ‘We’re looking into that but we’ll have to take individuals cases into account’ ‘ Well you’ve heard what Ryanair’s PR Officer Brendon Fitzpatrick had to say now we want your back chat text us on 82028 starting your message with the word NEWS.’

‘In other news, Last night on the outskirts of Milan, England and AC Milan superstar David Beckham walked away from a small car accident unscathed, but causing a small media frenzy. Beckham was hit in side by an ice-cream van late lastnight. Beckham a new arrival to the San Siro joined AC Milan on loan from MLS outfit LA Galaxy in January’ ‘On David Beckham’s official website he posted a statement saying ‘It was just one of those things, a moment of a lack of concentration, but I’m fine… No harm done, I think the car came of worse then me.’ ‘We also managed to grab a quick word with the ice cream van driver, Giovanni, 63,’ ‘Well I am very surprised I’ve never had an accident before ever!... And I was even more surprised when I saw Mr Beckham stepping out of the car, thankfully he was not hurt but my van has a very big dent’

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original low fares airline and is still Europe's largest low fares carrier. In the current year Ryanair will carry 58m passengers on 800+ low fare routes across 26 European countries. We have 31 European bases and by the end of March 2009 Ryanair will operate a fleet of 195 new Boeing 737-800NG aircraft with firm orders for a further 84 new aircraft (all net of planned disposals), which will be delivered over the next 4 years. Ryanair currently employs a team of 5,961 people, comprising over 25 different nationalities.