Chapter 1: You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Letter from Helvetica

Letter from Helvetica is a humorous ‘epistolary’ series that takes the form of emails exchanged between Abigail Wesley, a talented young botanist from Surrey, and her Uncle John, an acerbic retired Lieutenant Colonel who lives in the not quite real village of Helvetica in Cornwall. Abigail has been sent by her employer to research, among other things, Kava-Kava root on the ever so slightly made-up island of Burbango, a tiny speck of dormant volcano nestling among the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Having tasked her with spending a whole year away from her home, her kindly boss has agreed for her to be accompanied by her husband and three young children. John Stotter, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, lives in a rambling old house in the tiny village of Helvetica that skulks in the far Western reaches of Cornwall. Uncle to Abigail, the two enjoy a relationship that is considerably closer than that she has ever had with her father. Sharing a similar outlook on life and a similar sense of humour, they resolve to write to each other regularly during her sojourn in the Southern Hemisphere. Letter from Helvetica is the collected chronicles, tales, musings and canards that constitute their correspondence, introducing us along the way to a veritable mishmash, jumble and salmagundi of diverse characters. 1/8 - John sees Abigail and family off at Heathrow as they begin their journey to Vanuatu. After a drunken evening with old army friends, John sends his first letter from Helvetica... Starring Andrew Mackintosh as John Stotter and Natalie Roles as Abigail Wesley. The series is produced by Oliver Crocker; co-produced by Rob Cook, Tessa Crocker, Bryony Kelly, Tracie King, Paul Morris, Triona Palmer, Laura Pini-Fay, Lee Pointer, Valerie Roles, Yulia Thurlow and Andrew Ruff; and executive produced by Andrew Diack, George Fairbrother, Edward Kellett, Sophie Pyecroft, Amanda Rotheram, Kay Scoble and Michael Seely. Letter from Helvetica is brought to you in association with georgefairbrother.com and shop.saturdaymorningpress.co.uk If you would like to binge all eight episodes of the series and unlock bonus content - patreon.com/letterfromhelvetica We are also gratefully accepting donations as we develop Series 2 via ko-fi.com/letterfromhelvetica