Simon Bovey collection
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Eight gripping BBC Radio dramas from acclaimed writer and director Simon Bovey
Cold Blood
This chilling serial follows a group of scientists conducting research in Antarctica. Once the most pristine environment in the world, this icy wilderness has become gold rush country. Biotechnology companies have raced to unravel the secrets of life in a cold climate, drawn by the lure of lightning in a bottle. Now someone's captured it - and a killer is on the loose...
Broadcast in five episodes: Freezerville, Cold Cold Heart, The Changing Man, Sanctuary No More and The Antarctican.
Anaya .... Ndidi Del Fatti
Deborah Marks .... Helen Longworth
Max Bellingfield .... Stuart McLoughlin
Commander Taft .... Tom Mannion
Bowers .... Tim McMullan
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in January 2005
The Voice of God
Investigating a series of mysterious Australian earthquakes, seismologist Sam Rideout and her outback guide, Joshua, make a sinister discovery when they track the tremors to their epicentre inside an old British nuclear test site. Joshua is Aboriginal, and Maralinga is a sacred place to his people. But it also happens to be a top-secret facility, researching a sonic super-weapon that could lead to global catastrophe...
Broadcast in five episodes: Fields of Thunder, Silent Roar, Dreamtime Is Over, Blowback and Can You Hear This.
Joshua.......Matthew Dyktynski
Sam......Clare Corbett
Nick......David Tho
Walker/ Chairman...........Geoffrey Beevers
American/ Soldier 2........Gerard McDermott
Scientist 2........John Cummins
Soldier 1/ Scientist 1.......Delroy Brown
Soldier........Nick Sayce
Paxton.........Sophie Roberts
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC 7 in February 2006
Slipstream
It's 1945, and the Allies are on course to win the war. But then an unidentified Nazi aircraft appears: silver, disc-shaped and capable of astonishing speed. When it shoots down 150 RAF bombers, Major Barton and his British Commando unit are sent on a dangerous mission to investigate...
Broadcast in five episodes: Into the Wolf's Lair, The Eagle's Nest, The Tomorrow World, This Island Earth and Fight for the Future.
Jurgen Rall ..... Rory Kinnear
Major Barton ..... Tim McMullan
Lieutenant Dundas ..... Ben Crowe
Kate Richey ..... Joannah Tincey
Trudi Schenk ..... Rachel Atkins
Brigadier Erskine ..... Peter Marinker
Slipstream ..... Laura Molyneux
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC 7 in March 2008
Hive Mind
A dystopian eco-drama set in a world where honeybees are officially extinct. Their role now falls to an army of seasonal migrant workers, hired by farmers like Sam Clark to pollinate crops by hand. It's a costly, labour-intensive process, so when a new technological solution is developed in the form of tiny artificial 'bees', Sam jumps at the chance to try it. But the arrival of the Honeybots proves anything but ideal...
Sam ..... Tony Bell
Amra ..... Ania Sowinski
Jackson ..... Michael Shelford
Olivia ..... Alison Pettitt
Patek ..... David Seddon
Jan ..... Lloyd Thomas
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010
The Iceman
London 1860. When three women are found murdered the only clue DI Burdett has is a trace of ice found in the victims' throats - a clue that leads him into very deep water indeed.
DI Burdett ...... Anthony Howell
Mogg ...... Ben Crowe
Malpacket ...... Stephen Greif
Parnell ...... Sam Dale
Massimo ...... Vincenzo Nicoli
Letheby ...... Anthony Glennon
Scraton ...... Simon Treves
Brodie ...... Jot Davies
Sadie ...... Jasmine Callan
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2007
Sargasso
Elver season on the river Severn - a time of mystery and danger. The wrong time and place for a young man to be searching for his place in the world.
Kevin ..... Robert Lonsdale
Sabrina ..... Emily Wachter
Bruce ..... Ian Gelder
Tan ..... Stuart McLoughlin
Debbie ..... Lizzy Watts
Gilpin ..... Stephen Hogan
Buyer / Policeman ... Benjamin Askew
Phil ..... Matt Addis
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009
Mountain of Light
London, 1851. The world's largest diamond is on show at the Great Exhibition. And John Rayverne must find a way to steal it to save the people he loves.
John.......Carl Prekopp
Emily.......Lizzy Watts
Hawkesworth....Ben Crowe
Rilke.......Harry Myers
Hobbs....Sam Dale
Galloway......Michael Shelford
Cobbet.....David Seddon
Wyatt.....Nigel Hastings
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010
Franklin
In 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Harriet Glickman, a high school teacher in California, writes to Charles M Schulz, creator of the USA's most widely published comic strip 'Peanuts', about the possible inclusion of a 'black character' in the strip. Although what she suggests appeals to Schultz, he also finds it morally troubling. Based on a true story.
Charles Schulz ('Sparky') ..... Trevor White
Joyce Schulz ..... Clare Corbett
Morrie Turner/Ken ..... Danny Sapani
Alan Saunders/Larry ..... Roger Ringrose
Harriet Glickman ...... Charlotte East
Teacher ..... Ian Dunnett Jr.
Radio ..... Luke Nunn
Written by Simon Bovey
Directed by Marc Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2020
- Cold Blood part 1 (25.7Mb)
- Cold Blood part 2 (26Mb)
- Cold Blood part 3 (26Mb)
- Cold Blood part 4 (25.7Mb)
- Cold Blood part 5 (26.2Mb)
- The Voice of God part 1 (25.5Mb)
- The Voice of God part 2 (26Mb)
- The Voice of God part 3 (26Mb)
- The Voice of God part 4 (25.4Mb)
- The Voice of God part 5 (25Mb)
- Slipstream part 1 (25.7Mb)
- Slipstream part 2 (25.7Mb)
- Slipstream part 3 (25.8Mb)
- Slipstream part 4 (25.8Mb)
- Slipstream part 5 (25.8Mb)
- Hive Mind (39.6Mb)
- The Iceman (51.5Mb)
- Sargasso (40.5Mb)
- Mountain of Light (52.4Mb)
- Franklin (40.3Mb)
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