When Jacqui is required by her media studies class to undertake a video diary it at first feels like a chore. But as this turns into the most eventful year of her life, her video diary becomes her closest confidant.

This Time Next Year comprises 12 short 'web diary' style episodes which span a year in the life of 15 year old Jacqui Morgan. A cross between Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heads' and 'Lonely Girl15', Jacqui paints an upbeat picture of her predicament, but the throwaway comments reveal all may not be as it appears on the surface...—Will Jewell