Drama of the Week

Four young idealists - Sonia, Kieran, Indigo and Ayad - fall under the spell of charismatic thinker Faith Abbott at university and channel her ideas into a bold political experiment: Project Hope. In 2020 they start to reinvent politics from the ground up. But nearly a decade on Britain stands divided, and the group has splintered. When Sonia discovers Faith has denounced Project Hope from beyond the grave, she is forced to revisit the group's remarkable beginnings. Was their experiment always doomed to fail? Good People is a fictional story set against our very real political moment, examining the rise of populism, the perceived failure of politics-as-usual, and the deep divisions that run though our country and beyond. This is the first episode in an ambitious six-part state of the nation drama from award-winning political writer Steve Waters. CAST Sonia ..... Natalie Simpson Faith ..... Anastasia Hille Kieran ..... Nicholas Armfield Indigo ..... Alby Baldwin Ayad ..... Ikky Kabir Philip ..... Clive Hayward Gabe ..... Django Bevan Abbie ..... Iona Champain Writer ..... Steve Waters Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran Script Development ..... Abigail Le Fleming Production Co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray Assistant Producer ..... Luke MacGregor Director ..... Anne Isger A BBC Studios Audio production. This drama was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

by Frances Poet with monologues by Eileen Horne. Part One – Admission Dr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime. In this new 5 part series, she takes us into the world of secure units, explores the relationship between mothers and daughters and the impact of fatal violence on the lives it shatters. DR ALEX BRIDGES ….. Lolita Chakrabarti KATHLEEN ….. Maureen Beattie LINDSAY ….. Helen Mackay ABI ….. Anna Russell-Martin DANIEL ….. Nicholas Karimi SANDRA ….. Lucianne McEvoy LEWIS/SOLICITOR/AMBULANCE OPERATOR ….. Lee Hughes DC INGLES/SECURITY GUARD/NURSE ….. Kenny Blyth Sound recording : Andy Hay and Fraser Jackson Sound Design: Fraser Jackson Series Consultant: Dr Gwen Adshead Series format created by Lucia Haynes, Audrey Gillan, Eileen Horne, Gaynor Macfarlane, Anita Vettesse and Kirsty Williams. A BBC Audio Scotland Production produced and directed by Kirsty Williams