Written by Hannah KhalilIn 2040, a Middle Eastern nation is struggling to survive rising temperatures and rolling power cuts. Architect Noura Halim has devoted her life to designing a new kind of city, one that could protect people from the worsening climate and keep her country alive. But as construction begins, the project drains the nation’s fragile resources, workers are pushed to breaking point, and her teenage daughter Amal begins to question everything her mother believes in.As tensions rise at home and across the country, Noura must confront the cost of her own ambition and the possibility that her dream of salvation could destroy the very place she’s trying to save.Tipping Point was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome in consultation with Dr Robert Hughes of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Dr Candice Howarth of the London School of Economics.Cast:Noura . . . . . Nadia Albina
Amal . . . . . Eleanor Nawal
Steve . . . . . Clive Hayward
Mr Felix . . . . . Angus Wright
Jamila . . . . . Tanvi Virmani
TV Presenter . . . . . Jasmine Hyde
Noura's Assistant . . . . . Sasha McCabeProduction co-ordinators: Sara Benaim and Emma Donald
Sound design: Sharon Hughes
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
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The Dagenham Porkchop
Ronny Moffat aka The Dagenham Porkchop, a once superstar wrestler is living on crumbs, working the holiday camp circuit. When his past body-slams back into his life, Ronny has to wrestle with more than just a 20 stone athlete in a leotard.CASTRonny 'The Dagenham Porkchop' Moffat - Robert GlenisterTerry 'The Pharaoh' - Ron CookVirginia 'Vampire' Dawson - Lisa PalfreyLorraine - Holli DempseyRay 'Elvis' Evans - Dean RehmanTom - Dean CoulsonDickie Davies, Kent Walton, The Holidaymaker - Dick BradnumProduction Coordinator: Lindsay ReesSound Design: Nigel LewisProducer: John NortonA BBC Audio Wales Production
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Samhain
By Ben Lewis.Soulful drama infused with storytelling and song, inspired by the myths and rituals surrounding the Pagan festival of Samhain.Claire and her husband David are staying in a isolated old house on the remote Scottish island of Jura.
It’s the end of October. Of all the nights of the year, this is the one when the veil between this world and the next is said to be at its thinnest. Claire’s past is about to reach out into her present...Cast in Order of Appearance :Chloe Pirrie
Emun Elliot
Bryan DickMusic performed by Anna Massie
Sound Design by Kris McConnachieProduction Co-ordinator: Rosalind Gibson
Studio Production: Keith GrahamDirected by Kirsty Williams
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Harry Swithenback’s Private Visit
The award-winning Scottish writer Alan Warner’s new and specially commissioned story sees an antiques expert off the telly – Harry Swithenback – arrive in at this unnamed harbour town for what he hopes is a few days of rest and relaxation, however, the townspeople have other ideas. Stuart McQuarrie reads.Alan Warner, who as was born in Oban on the west coast of Scotland in 1964, is the author of several novels including: Morvern Callar (1995), which won the Somerset Maugham Prize and was adapted for the cinema by director Lynne Ramsay in 2002. It is published as a Vintage Classic. He also wrote These Demented Lands (1997), which won the Encore Award and The Sopranos/Our Ladies, (1998), which won the Saltire Book of the Year Award. His novel The Stars in the Bright Sky from 2010 was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.Stuart McQuarrie is a television, film and theatre actor who has appeared in shows such as Taggart, Rab C Nesbitt, London’s Burning and Silent Witness. In film, he's also had notable roles in 28 Days Later, Terminator: Dark Fate and White Bird.The producer is Dominic Howell.
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Talking to Chickens
Darkly comic, heart-warming drama by award-winning writer, Christine Entwisle.Toots is an octogenarian living unhappily in a care home. She wants more outdoor days, she wants her allotment back and she wants to see her chickens.A doctor is sent to assess Toots. But she's menopausal and struggling with a variety of unhelpful symptoms. And when the doctor forces open Toots’ window to relieve a hot flush and then forgets to shut it, Toots makes a break for it.Cast:Toots… Susan Jameson
The Doctor… Rosie Cavaliero
The Policeman… Dennis Herdman
Trevor…Danny HughesSound Design by Craig DormerDirected by Kirsty Williams
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