Peter Clement

**Peter Clement**

Personal Information
Aliases
"Petey"
PC (Jimmy Chizzle)
Pete (Tommy Harris)

Status
Deceased

Residence
Lanfordshire
 Rothering (Former)

Occupation
Author
Co-Prime Minister (Former)
Producer (Former)
Stagehand (Former)
Set Designer (Former)
Carpenter (Former)
Soldier (Former)

Affiliation
Advance
Ivan Vodovich
Channel One (Former)
Bits Of Your Life (Former)
Petey (Former)
Jimmy Chizzle (Former)
Just The Job (Former)
Rothering Elementary School (Former)
 Biological Information

Identity
Male

Pronouns
He/Him
Age
61 (Episode 1)
 62 (Episode 2)

Hair Color
Gray
Brown (Former)

Eye Color
Blue

Family
Mrs C (Wife)
 Fanny Clement (Mother)
 Martin Clement (Father)
 Sidney Clement (Brother)
 Unnamed Grandfather
 Unnamed Niece

Actor
Roger Alborough
Joseph Ayre

Russian Voice Actor
Vyacheslav Vyshegorodsky

**Peter Clement** is a character in *Not For Broadcast*.

## Description

Peter Gordon Clement was the co-Prime Minister and co-Leader of the Advance party. Before being elected to public office, he was a TV personality with a D.I.Y. show called *Just The Job*.

## Personality

Peter Clement was a very personable character. Coming from a poor family in the north of Territory One and beginning work as a carpenter, his past remained well with him into his years on TV and up to his Prime Ministership (even giving advice on carpentry during his tenure, such as before his interview with Julia Salisbury during The Tempest broadcast where he notes how to patch up holes in the roof to prevent leaking).

This past more importantly influenced what Alan James would mockingly call his "Man of the People Act". With a disdain for the historically wealthy and a penchant for swearing and drinking, Peter, even as he grew more famous, held a heavy appeal among the working class which extended upwards to those who watched him on TV over the years. He often remarked how the "posh twats" of the elite were just jealous or even afraid of how Advance and the public would soon be coming after them, and would make base appeals of how the common people will finally get the money that they deserve. While this alienated those groups, and those more generally opposed to Advance's ideology, it also endeared him to many in the public.

He also displayed a natural talent to lead, as seen early in his career when he mustered what little cast and crew were available near the end of a disastrous 1954 telethon for charity and managed to reach the donation goal at its conclusion. This, combined with the aforementioned fame and appeal among most of the public, allowed him and Julia to get an enormous hold of the popular vote when they decided to run for election. Julia herself, holding a more formal and seemingly restrained face before the public, would reflect on this and remark that he was "the heart of Advance. People loved him. In a way that they will never love me."

Despite these qualities, his periodic crass or surly would occasionally backfire in ways that made him look foolish, or cause gaffes during interviews or public events, especially when he was under stress and/or drunk. This would be seen especially during interviews of him in broadcasts where public perception of Advance is low, where he would burst into rants against the interviewer and storm out, or during Advance's acceptance speech and the electrified microphone incident from Advance's transition center announcement, which were littered with profanity. Archival footage of Peter displayed this happening before, as he would rant, throw objects, or even attack people in the midst of these interviews. This, to some, made him seem more like a liability rather than an asset due to his position as the face of Advance.

### Ideology/Values

Being the co-leader of Advance, it is unsurprising that most of his ideology and values aligned with the party's agenda. His strongest beliefs were against the "rich elite", whom he viewed as stealers of wealth that others rightfully deserved. Upon becoming co-Prime Minister with Julia, the two created the Assets and Wealth Act to take the fortunes of the historically wealthy and redistribute it amongst the public, even if it came at the cost of the violation of privacy. He also gloated that those who threatened to leave would find that their passports had been revoked, and that if they wanted to leave then, they'd "have to pay up." This extended to companies as a whole, as Advance would soon after force many into public ownership.

Peter sought to better fund current public initiatives and create new ones, in keeping with or to support Advance's agenda. Geoff Algebra and other artists (Regardless of quality or if they even really cared for Advance) would be given grants to fund new shows and works, often adding messages which aligned with Advance's goals. Peter would also publicly support the creation of Transition Centres, based on his own personal experience with his late grandfather who suffered in his last 8 years, and generally supported the idea of voluntary euthanasia.

Though often respectful of the media on camera, in outbursts and in private, he would say how he disliked it for bending the truth and doing what he viewed as nothing more than muckraking. During his outburst in the "Foreign Miseries" version of the panel on broadcast Day 232, he would attack Jeremy Donaldson for his probing questions and "snide asides", commenting that "You think you could make a better job of things, do ya? Because it's not that fucking easy!" Years after his death, Julia remarked that this harsh coverage "was part of the reason he drank."

Although he was very outspoken in his values, Peter was, in fact, a more moderating force in the party, noted by many especially after his death, and was willing to be friendly to those across the aisle. Though he and Irkistan's foreign minister Ivan Vodovich appeared to be ideological polar opposites, the two at times maintained what could be called almost a friendly rivalry, playing golf together at Ivan's grange and discussing possible upcoming peace terms with each other even as the two were at were at war. By contrast, Peter found himself increasingly left out by Julia, who felt he was "too soft" and unwilling to go to the "necessary" lengths to prevent the country from falling into collapse.

Peter was vehemently opposed to the idea of setting off nuclear devices in hostile territories, feeling the lives lost were too far and calling Julia a monster over the act when he found out. The burden of these lives, and seemingly that of the job itself, would weigh heavily on him by the end of his life, remarking in his confrontation with Julia that he hadn't been able to sleep in weeks.

## History

### Before The Game

Peter Gordon Clement was born on 10 October 1923 in Rothering, in the North of the Country. His family were working class and lived on a housing estate. They often repeated phrases laden with swears, which he'd take to heart and repeat later in life. When he was 13 years old, his grandfather was brought to the hospital after collapsing one day. Though he told the young Peter that "it's the right time," he continued to live for nine years afterwards, which Peter would describe as being "miserable" for everyone, but especially him.

In 1941, Peter was conscripted into the army, to go to the mainland of the continent to fight. During a battle in Konislava, he rescued Ivan Vodovich during an ambush. The two of them spent 5 days hiding in a cellar under a shop before making the 4-week trek across the country, back to command.

When he grew up, he trained into carpentry. He later moved to the Capital, and in the early 1950s he began to work as a stagehand for Channel One, working in set design.

In 1954, Channel One held the First Annual St. Fanny's Hospital's T.V. Fundraiser for Dying Children, in which Peter was also working. Hosted by celebrity Graham Bannon, its goal was to raise $20,000 in order to save Suzie Button from pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. However, the effort nearly turned into disaster as an unspecified issue caused all roads to the Capital to be shut down and most of the entertainers, producers, and audience, who were all arriving on the same buses, to be "stuck somewhere near Jamstable". In frustration, Graham promotes Peter as *de jure* producer and asks him to fix the show. Shortly after, he also donated his $100 work fee to help Suzie.

Despite being hesitant on this, remarking how he only works on sets, he proved himself very capable in the role. By the end of the telethon's broadcast, the show was falling apart, with the donation amount being far from $20,000 and some viewers even calling to return their donations due to Graham's behavior. Peter, however, rallied the cast and crew with a speech to get together and save Suzie. With the people he had, he managed to organize a show-stopping act, and by the end, they had managed to get the $20,000 needed.

Presumably, this achievement, along with his introduction to audiences with his speech and/or his sudden, if possibly temporary, promotion to producer, gave him much recognition at Channel One. Making use of his carpentry skills, he became the host of a home improvement and D.I.Y. show called "Just the Job". Little Jimmy Chizzle also appeared on the show, serving as his assistant. Just The Job aired its first run from 1958 to 1964, and later a second run from 1972 to 1976. The show would become a major hit and win several awards over its 11-series run. During this time, he met Julia Salisbury at a conference she was giving a speech at, whom he'd come to work with much more in the future.

In 1960, Peter married Mrs C in a small chapel near Rothering. Sometime during the reception, Peter had a fight with his brother and never spoke to him again.

His fame eventually grew that he would also host other shows like *Wake Up! It's Saturday* and *Petey*, with similarly great success. He became renowned for his cussing, having been said to utter some 1.5 million swears over the course of his career.

By the 1980s, he entered politics and became co-leader of Advance with Julia Salisbury, with the goals of wealth redistribution and providing greater welfare to citizens. His fame and charisma, along with her media-savvy nature and their popular if radical policies, would give the party great influence on the public.

In 1984, Prime Minister Jacob Hamilton-Mann became involved in a sex scandal that rocked the government. As a result, elections were called later that year. Advance seized the opportunity and campaigned against the current government. Despite predictions among pollsters, Advance won the election with 81% of the popular vote, becoming the largest election win in recent history. As a result, Peter Clement and Julia Salisbury would both become prime ministers of the nation.

### Episode 1

#### Day 1: The Election

*Main article:* Day 1: The Election
On 8 November 1984, following Advance's landslide win, Peter Clement holds an acceptance speech with Julia Salisbury as the country's new prime ministers. Peter would arrive drunk to the speech after celebrating the win, and drop many swears as a result. During the speech, he remarks how the opposition used "every dirty low-down lying southern bastard trick they had against us", and thanks the people for not falling for them.

With Julia, Peter announces the implementation of the Assets and Wealth Act, with radical progressive tax reforms meant to end forms of and loopholes for tax evasion among the enormously wealthy, having intrusively combed through financial records to do so. In reaction to claims among these wealthy citizens to leave the country upon their election victory, the two also announce that these people would have their passports revoked until they pay their taxes and the wealth required of them under the act. They declare that these funds would then be redistributed and used to help the public through new programs.

Peter ends the speech by announcing to wealthy citizens that "It ends today." He then suggests that, before these new reforms begin, everyone celebrates and "we all get pissed," before walking off with Julia.

#### Day 8: The Fallout

*Main article:* Day 8: The Fallout
Peter Clement's image appears in two alternate headlines for Destination Unknown on Day 8, over the new government's first week in office. Though he doesn't otherwise appear in the broadcast, their actions and the results of these are discussed throughout it. Geoff Algebra is given his first grant under the Assets and Wealth Act for *Hey! Friendship!* as a result of the prime ministers' work, and performs it on the National Nightly News. Geoff also directly mentions Peter, stating that he and his wife, who are normally apolitical, remembered watching his "D.I.Y. show back in the day", and that spurred them both to "have a go at this whole democracy thing."

#### Day 56: The Telethon

*Main article:* Day 56: The Telethon
Alex Winston is directed by Robert Boseman to edit Channel One's old broadcast footage from the 1950s of the First Annual St. Fanny's Hospital's T.V. Fundraiser for Dying Children, featuring Peter Clement as the stagehand, though his name is not given until the last act.

#### Day 153: The Tempest

*Main article:* Day 153: The Tempest
Peter and Julia arrive at the National Nightly News to be interviewed. Besides using the time to trumpet their successes in office, they also use their appearance to announce the creation of Transition Centres, where the elderly too afflicted by the ravages of age, whether physical or mental, could spend time in a decent place with every "legal, financial, medical, and emotional" cost of their death being handled by Advance before being euthanized. Peter explains their creation by relating how his grandfather suffered for nine years after an event left him physically frail and in pain, and how though he was ready to "move on", he couldn't due to euthanasia laws.

During the announcement, Peter's microphone pack is stricken by the same shocking effects that afflicts the rest of the broadcast center's equipment that evening. This causes Peter to go into fits of swearing on air as the interview is conducted. He gets up to try to remove it, and gets his foot stuck in a bucket during a cut in the footage. Near the interview's end, he leaves to get rid of both and lets Julia finish the interview by herself.

#### Day ???: The Lockdown

*Main article:* Day ???: The Lockdown
Peter shows up in Alex's shock-induced dream, with Alex choosing a possible message from either him or Julia to the public on the lockdown. Depending on the current public perception of Advance and Alex's personal level of support for the factions, a number of different messages can be viewed, both relatively "normal" and surreal. This can range from advice on how to handle the Mrs. Snugglehug crisis; to berating the public for not supporting him enough and mentioning how Mrs. C left him, to singing what seems to be the theme to his old TV show "Just the Job". Julia may also mention Peter in one version of her headline, claiming in a Shakespearean-styled speech that he bravely died fighting off Snugglehugs after he accidentally came upon "a hive of dreadful Snugglehuggedness contained" and lamenting his loss.

### Episode 2

#### Day 232: The Silence

*Main article:* Day 232: The Silence

During the start of national sanctions on the Country by the World Council, Peter Clement is interviewed again to discuss these alongside foreign ministers Ivan Vodovich of Irkistan and Bjerk of Svenland. If Advance is popular enough, Peter will confidently spar with Ivan and Bjerk, asserting that the sanctions are nothing more than "the last pathetic gasp of an establishment in collapse", and decries the "hippies" of Svenland for not voting against the sanctions at the World Council. He concludes his part of the interview saying that the public shouldn't lose "even a wink of sleep" over the sanctions, and that everything will be fine. During the ad break, he takes up Ivan's invitation for a round of golf together.

Should Advance instead be unpopular enough, Peter will be far more hostile and argumentative to the other ministers. After Jeremy Donaldson mentions Advance's declining popularity, he rants at him and Megan Wolfe over the National Nightly News' poor portrayal of him and Advance, before apologizing for the outburst, saying that he knows they're not responsible for the "editorializing decisions" of Channel One. Concluding his part of the interview, Peter asserts the public will remain stalwart and unafraid of these sanctions and won't "back down to bullies." After the ad break begins, Ivan taunts Peter more, who tells him to "piss off" and waves off his invite to his grange, saying that he's got meetings because "some tosser's imposed sanctions on the country."

In the segment after, J-Zuss directly references and attacks Peter Clement. In the song he performs, "Paint It Red", he disses Peter and Advance's policies for taking wealth from those who've earned it and making everyone weak in the process, and calling on the public to rise up against them. He also samples Peter directly, using a line from him from Advance's acceptance speech ("First, you're gonna pay up. You're gonna pay back.") in the intro of the song.

#### Day 290: A National News Night

*Main article:* Day 290: A National News Night
Alex will find Peter Clement attending the Channel One Gala with Julia Salisbury should they decide to accept the invite on Day 290: An Invitation Worth Ignoring?. At the gala, depending on Channel One's relation with Alex, their choice of speech, and their suspicion of Advance, they may even have Boseman introduce the Prime Ministers to them. Peter and Julia will congratulate and thank Alex for their work (And Peter will recall an anecdote about his mam's turnip patch).

#### Day 296: The Heatwave

*Main article:* Day 296: The Heatwave
Peter Clement does not appear, nor has any great mention during the Heatwave. During Jeremy's rants in either version of Segment 3, however, he will make a passing allusion to either version of Peter's conclusion from Day 232, of the "wolves at the gate".

#### Day 371: The 20 Week War

*Main article:* Day 371: The 20 Week War
At some point between Day 296 and Day 371, the sanctions by the World Council on Advance lead into outright warfare between the two, causing what would later be known as the 20 Week War, marking the sanctions as the start of it. Both Prime Ministers would lead the battles into the Continent while maintaining morale at home and fending off Disrupt's actions. For both, the task is or at least can be extremely strenuous, especially with Advance's victory being uncertain. However, Julia, without Peter's knowledge, developed a plan to win the war far more quickly.

Megan Wolfe holds another interview with Peter during the first segment of Day 371, talking to him as he pedals (Or attempts to pedal) on an exercise bike at his home in Lanfordshire. Should Advance have high public perception, the prime minister will first be found speaking to Ivan on the phone, apparently worried that something suspicious might be occurring, but with Peter assuring him that he and Julia have no secrets to hide from each other, and assures him that he'll be "back on the grange before you know it." During the interview, he cheerfully answers questions for Megan, most of which being bits of trivia about him. He notes that he's managed to be sober for 75 days, his diet, and the music he likes to listen to. Following the interview's conclusion, he tells everyone to leave, saying he plans to work on a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle with Mrs. C. and tells one of his aides to "hold on to the ones you love."

Should Advance's public perception be poor, the stress and/or guilt of the job appears to have worn far more on Peter. Instead of being 75 days sober, he conducts the interview while drunk, much to the chagrin of his chief of staff Gail. In this state, he finds himself unable or uncertain how to get the pedals on his bike moving. This also causes him to slip or forget the right lines, forcing Gail to constantly speak up and correct him. This also encourages Megan to press him further with more political or critical questions regarding the war. During the interview, he attacks Megan after asking what he, as the "democratically-elected Prime Minister", plans to do to end the blockade, and remarks that she's "getting more like him every day." Following that, he is caught off guard when she asks for a hint on what Julia's address will be about, and pretends to have known it was occurring for some time. He then concludes the interview, saying how he is happy staying with Mrs. C. in Lanfordshire with "many a fine malt," and says that he wants for nothing, except, he adds miserably, "for a good night's sleep." Following the interview's end, he angrily throws out his microphone and demands a phone to call up Julia, wanting to know what "that duplicitous bitch" has been up to.

In either case, Peter doesn't learn what his co-prime minister planned until the event and announcement occurs later that evening: Advance operatives, having placed and armed nuclear devices in a number of major major enemy cities, have detonated four of them. Julia threatens that unless the enemy surrenders and submits to occupation by Advance forces, these other devices will be deployed. The enemy nations presumably accept these terms, and the war ends with an Advance victory.

### Episode 3

#### Between Days 371 And 412

Though victorious and now in charge of new territories, Peter is furious and immensely upset by how this was accomplished. More than just Julia performing this without his consent, the fourteen million lives claimed by the nukes, as well as the ongoing fires that still run weeks after their deployment, weigh heavily on him.

#### The Peter Clement Exclusive Interview

*Main article:* Peter Clement Exclusive Interview
At some time during the following month, Peter Clement is interviewed, and asked questions submitted by citizens of the Country. In the interview, he reveals various pieces of trivia about himself, gives his opinions on public figures, and provides insight into the world of politics.

In late December, not long after the war's end, Peter confronts Julia in an argument secretly caught on security footage at Advance Headquarters. Peter decries her actions as "unthinkable", and says that as a fellow leader and supposedly her friend, he should know all about this, and that she only didn't because she knew he'd stop her. Julia tells him that he simply doesn't know what situation they were in, arguing she only did what was necessary to save the country while he "agonized over morals." Going further, she also calls him a "bloody liability", his drunkenness and bawdy behavior setting back Advance's goals, whether "drunk or sober," before claiming she only had his "best interests at heart" and that he should be lucky as the one that gets to sleep at night. An exasperated Peter snaps back that he hasn't slept in weeks, and says that their "good work" has lead to fires in the bombed cities that are still burning.

Julia says that they should "talk about it tomorrow," but Peter, horrified and disgusted by her, claims he'll instead expose her then, saying, "Tomorrow, I am gonna be on every news channel in the world, telling people what a fucking monster you are!" Julia forbids him from doing this and demands that he come in and do his job, "just like I have to." Peter only remarks ominously that "we'll see," and tells her "I don't even know who you are anymore," before storming off.

Unbeknownst to him however, immediately after he leaves, Julia dials up an operative, ordering his assassination. She tells them to "make it quick", and swears them to secrecy, before hanging up and breaking into tears.

#### Day 412: An End Of An Era

*Main article:* Day 412: An End Of An Era
Soon after Julia gives her assassination order, Peter dies on Christmas Eve, 1985. His death is officially placed on liver failure due to alcohol abuse. Following this, the day of his death is proclaimed Leaders' Day in his honor, while Julia is left to reign as the sole leader of Advance and the country.

Though this isn't mentioned during the incident, it was confirmed by the developers that Peter did die on this day and on Christmas Eve, also affirmed by later adverts which coincide Leaders' Day and Christmas Eve.

#### Day 912: The Uprising

*Main article:* Day 912: The Uprising
500 days after his death, Julia Salisbury holds a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial garden in Peter's honor. The National Nightly News covers the ceremony, with Alex making the editorial choice of using footage of Peter to portray him good or bad during her speech. Patrick Bannon, not realizing that the cameras were on, laments that "things were better with Peter" because "he held her back."

The ceremony becomes the scene of violence and revolution, however, as members of Disrupt set off a bomb at the event, injuring many including Julia and Not Patrick. The members of Disrupt are gunned down, and in Segment 3, after the area is secured, Julia advises that the public stay at home, and quotes Peter, saying that "it ends today."

#### Day 1975: The Sterility

*Main article:* Day 1975: The Sterility
Although by this time, Peter would have been dead for over 4 years, he remains a popular and revered figure among the public through various cultural references to him seen throughout the broadcast. One of the options for headline 2 reports how Catherine from Burkledown perceived an image of Peter in the fourth lager they received from the Menu Centres. In music, Peter Clement is the subject of the Christmas song Leaders' Day, seen in the Songs Of The New Future advert, and has his phrase "As me old mam used to say" referenced in HeatRash's "Pieces Of My Heart" in Segment 3 of the broadcast.

After the end of the Team Awards in the first segment of the broadcast, Edwin Neverlay tells Julia that they're both very alike, and laments "If only Peter Clement had more of my qualities and less of his own, eh?" Julia, deeply insulted by this, scolds him, saying that he should be enrolled into Betterment, not interning there. She says that Peter was a friend and she "wouldn't have changed one thing about him," before telling him to piss off.

#### Day 2602: The Finale

*Main article:* Day 2602: The Finale
If both Alan James and Jeremy Donaldson are alive, Alan discusses Peter in a Disrupt hack. In it, he remarks that while he thought Peter's "Man of the People" shtick was just an act, he now wonders if it was genuine, and if he was in fact the only one keeping Julia and the rest of Advance in check. Alan then postulates whether Julia realizes this in passing, "or worse", always knew, and if this would then have been a "motive."

Should Jeremy, but not Alan James, be alive by the ending, he will confront Julia in Segment 3 about how she apparently never told him about the plans for the nukes on Liberation Night, and insinuates that she lacked "values like compassion" compared to Peter. Julia replies with deep indignation, admitting that they may not have shared the "same values" near the end, but that she still deeply admired him, viewing him as "her conscience", but that sometimes he was unwilling to go to lengths necessary for people.

Jeremy then reveals that he acquired a tape of footage "filmed in early December" five years ago, before Peter's death. Should Alex decide to play it, the tape shows Peter fighting with Julia, clearly disgusted with her actions and lack of honesty, and saying he'll publicly denounce her the next day. It then shows her ordering his assassination. Though the playing of the tape causes the Nightly Show and Channel One to be dissolved, it also leads to Julia's arrest and a new leader or government (Depending on the faction support by the public) to arise.

This path is the only one where the truth about Peter's death is fully revealed. Should Alan James live instead of Jeremy, Alan will ask Julia in Segment 3 if Peter thought use of nuclear weapons on Liberation Night was the "only way" as says it was. Julia responds that Peter "was weak", and that he wouldn't have allowed it did he know about it, and that it haunted him for nights afterward. In all other paths, however, and in most of the broadcast, Peter won't be brought up outside of brief mentions.

## Gallery

* Peter Clement And Julia Salisbury Giving Their Acceptance Speech
* Peter Clement As A Stagehand In The 1950s
* Peter Clement Getting His Arsehole Fried Shut
* Peter Clement Giving His Stance On Flards During An Interview
* Peter Clement And Julia Salisbury Arguing About The Events Of Liberation Night

## Trivia

* Peter Clement's favourite alcohols are 'Bishop Tipley's Lightly Poisonous', 'Irkistani Special Reserve', and a pint of old 'Badgerbasher'.
* In 1957, Peter Clement cycled across the Country for charity.
* Peter Clement's death was originally intended on being told in an Incident, but the concept was later scrapped after the developers decided it would be better to reveal such during one of the live-action broadcast segments as opposed to dropping a massive plot point in a text sequence.
* Peter is apparently a friend of Tommy Harris and a big fan of Sportsboard, having met and befriended Tommy as he sometimes plays Goal Sweeper at his training sessions. Tommy remarks that he's "actually a pretty good Goal Sweeper," although he misremembers his name as Toby.

## References

1. ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/EasyAttractiveKittenBCWarrior-cOnnjWuhl7BgwzpB
2. ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/DifferentAssiduousBeaverGingerPower-TGVYbl28dCHftV5A