A series of plays about the impact of communication and information technology on our lives.
1/4 The World in My Ear
By Paul Farley.
Fiddling with his MP3 player and not looking where he was going, a man in his 40s has fallen down the stairs of Oxford Street Underground Station in central London. He seems to have died and gone to some sort of radio heaven where the sound history of the world is kept, or at least will be as long as the analogue transmitters are switched on.
Voice ...... Robert Glenister
Guardian Analogue ......Harriet Cass
Producer/director Tim Dee.
2/4. Call Waiting
By Katie Hims
Carol is worried. Her husband Phil has been sent to Uzbekistan by his company - a communications technology firm based in Reading - and she can't get in touch with him.
What has happened to him? What exactly is the nature of the job he's doing in Uzbekistan, and how much does his company know about his disappearance? Is the government representative telling her the truth? When Carol does finally hear from Phil, in a text message, all it says is 'Help me'.
As Carol desperately tries to find answers, it seems that instant communication across the world is simply a cruel illusion.
Carol ...... Lisa Coleman
Lynette ...... Alison Reid
Patrick ...... Robert Gwilym
Azimbek ...... Akbar Polatov
Giles ...... Christian Rodska
Herrenvolk ...... Paul Humpoletz
Phil ...... Chris Donnelly
Richard ...... Mark Meadows
With Rustum Qobil and Siroj Tolibov
Producer/director Sara Davies.
3/4.Last Call
By Mike Walker
Sara is head of PR, in line for a directorship if she can prove herself with the company's plans to expand in Africa. But first she's got to handle a problem with the firm's contract in Uzbekistan. Sara begins to suspect the company could be involved in some sinister ways of using its technological know-how. She has to decide where her loyalties lie.
Sara ...... Su-Lin Looi
Gray ...... Patrick Bridgman
Tim ...... Oliver J Hembrough
Richard ...... Mark Meadows
Carol ...... Lisa Coleman
Patrick ...... Robert Gwilym
Herrenvolk ...... Paul Humpoletz
Director Mary Ward Lowery.
4/4 Network Failure
By Sarah Woods
Ian is on his first trip to Africa, his employers sending him to work as an IT trainer in a media centre in a village outside Maputo, Mozambique. He is keen to help, but not really prepared for what he finds.
Ian....David Birrell
Martha....Sonia Pateguana Pinto Romao
Orlando....Jorge Clemente
Matilde....Denise de Castro
Sebastio....Higino Octavio
Sara....Su Lin Looi
Ndindazi....Nathemba Sambo
Young man....Fred Ezekiel Dias
Producer/director Director Tim Dee.
Total Size ,86MB, BitRate 64kbps
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