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Mar 24, 2023 • 28min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 5. Bogata
The team is in a race against time for answers, but the route proves circuitous.Chapter Five – the quest ends?Cast:Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Forsaken McTeague and the Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield– Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Co Pilot – James Joyce.
Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 24, 2023 • 28min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 4. The Murder Clowns
Dr Hazlitt sends Aldrich and Clara on a mission to unexplored and dangerous territory.Chapter Four – more questions than answers?Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Forsaken McTeague and the Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield– Barnaby Kay
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Film Director – James Joyce.Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 24, 2023 • 29min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 3. Liberty Flights
Clara and Sabine battle through undergrowth and language barriers as Nakesha and Sebastian follow the Liberty Flights lead in Vienna.Chapter Three - Liberty Flights don’t file flight plans.Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Nurse – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield – Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Camera Assistant – James Joyce.Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 24, 2023 • 29min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 2. The Man Who Sold the World
Clara's dispatched on a new mission by her new boss. What could possibly go wrong? Chapter Two - just who is Remington Schofield?Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
The Underwood Sisters & Forsaken McTeague – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield – Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Novak - Ben Crowe Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 24, 2023 • 29min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 1. Funeral In London
Our heroine Clara Page (Phoebe Fox) returns. And this time the question’s deadly serious - Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? Prepare for another rollercoaster ride from the pen of Julian Simpson, flying us from the Italian Riviera to the Malaysian jungle - via afternoon tea at Themis House.Chapter One - and there’s trouble in London …Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
The Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Blue 2/Novak - Ben Crowe
Winslow/Blue 1 - James Joyce.Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove and at the Brighton Conference Centre.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 17, 2023 • 2min
Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: Trailer
Our heroine Clara Page (Phoebe Fox) returns. And this time the question's deadly serious - Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?Prepare for another rollercoaster ride from the pen of Julian Simpson, flying us from the Italian Riviera to the Malaysian jungle - via afternoon tea at Themis House.

Mar 6, 2023 • 28min
Galapagos: 5. Face to Face
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.As Wales embraces independence, Bryony realises that tech company Shapeshift has been grooming her for a very specific role. Bryony.....Hannah Daniel
Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad
Gaynor.....Sara Gregory
Omar.....Danny Ashok
Euan…..Jamie Redford
Sam…..Claire Cage
Max.....Ewan Bailey
Shapeshift Man.....Hasan DixonProduction Co-ordinators.....Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound Design.....Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis
Directed by Philippa Swallow, John Norton and Emma Harding, BBC Audio Drama Wales

Mar 6, 2023 • 29min
Galapagos: 4. The Giant’s Pocket
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.Bryony is increasingly excited by her new role working for Sydney and Shapeshift, using the very latest data manipulation AI. And Sydney's promised to arrange specialist cancer treatment for sister Gaynor in the US. But journalist Sam is on Bryony's tail and she's asking uncomfortable questions.Bryony.....Hannah Daniel
Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad
Gaynor.....Sara Gregory
Omar.....Danny Ashok
Euan…..Jamie Redford
Sam…..Claire Cage
Max.....Ewan Bailey
Station Staff.....Hasan DixonProduction Co-ordinators.....Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound Design.....Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis
Directed by Philippa Swallow, John Norton and Emma Harding, BBC Audio Drama Wales

Mar 6, 2023 • 28min
Galapagos: 3. The Green, Green, Screens of Home
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day. Bryony is increasingly excited by her new role working for Sydney and Shapeshift, using the very latest data manipulation AI. And Sydney's promised to arrange specialist cancer treatment for sister Gaynor in the US. But journalist Sam is on Bryony's tail and she's asking uncomfortable questions. Bryony.....Hannah Daniel
Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad
Gaynor.....Sara Gregory
Omar.....Danny Ashok
Euan…..Jamie Redford
Sam…..Claire CageProduction Co-ordinators.....Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound Design.....Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis
Directed by Philippa Swallow, John Norton and Emma Harding, BBC Audio Drama Wales

Mar 6, 2023 • 28min
Galapagos: 2. Smashing It
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew DayWith Galapagos out of the bag and Omar reeling from Bryony's ambition, the dust settles on a newly forged partnership between Shapeshift boss Sydney and Bryony. But will Bryony be able to keep her job at Mayfair Interventions and deal with her sister Gaynor's bad news back home?CAST
Bryony......Hannah Daniel
Gaynor/Assistant......Sara Gregory
Omar......Danny Ashok
Max......Ewan Bailey
Sam......Claire Cage
Sydney......Ashleigh Haddad
Aneni/ Receptionist/ Woman......Ntombizodwa Ndlovu
Titus/ Driver/ Attendant......John Pfumojena
Fake Greta......Sunja HydeProduction co-ordinators Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound design by Nigel Lewis
Produced by John Norton, Philippa Swallow and Emma Harding for BBC Audio Drama Wales