Back To The Start

Back To The Start is a poignant, offbeat, thirteen-part drama series by former forum member Lem, published sporadically between 31st March and 20th July 2012. The project never finished its run.
The narrative focuses on young married couple Emma and Bradley White, who are rocked by Emma's diagnosis of early-onset dementia. The story follows their journey, but in reverse, starting where Emma cannot look after herself and ending with the day she and Bradley first met (though the project never gets that far narratively).
The premise was inspired by the song and music video to "The Scientist" by Coldplay, the narrative of which is itself in reverse. The chorus of that song includes the line "I'm going back to the start", which influenced the naming of the project.
The project originally had no title card; one was created for it retroactively in April 2020 by Imago Productions. If features the show's name written in lower case in the font Fonarto, positioned centrally. The words 'back to' are flipped horizontally so they read backwards, in a play on the project's premise. The logo itself is backed onto a sepia-esque image of an old-fashioned clock, darkened to give the logo prominence and softened at the edges with a white glow, giving the title card a slightly surreal, otherworldy look. This is to reflect the confusion and surreality of the Whites' dilemmas, as caused by Emma's dementia symptoms.
==Reception==
With its tender, thought-provoking and powerful writing, Back To The Start enjoyed enormous universal acclaim from the outset, and throughout its run, even more so than Lem's first project Alone, which was airing in the same period. It is arguably one of the most well-received projects in the forum's history.
==Awards==
At WRIXAS 3, on 2nd August 2012 (WXF's first anniversary), Back To The Start won five accolades:
*Best Drama Male: Bradley White
*Best Drama Female: Emma White
*Best Drama Plot: Emma's Early-Onset Dementia
*Best Drama
*Best New Project
Lem also won three awards for her other drama project of the time, Alone. The two projects together meant Lem won all eight drama awards available at WRIXAS 3. In all probability, Back To The Start would have won all 8 drama awards had the vote not been split between her two projects.
==Main Cast==
*Emma White (Jill Halfpenny)
*Bradley White (Cal MacAninch)
*Jack White (Joe Maw)
===Minor Cast===
*Julia Hicks (Gillian Wright)
*Lindsey Palmer-Hicks (Juliet Cowan)
*James White (John Simm)
*Yvonne Hamilton (Tracy Ann Oberman)