Listening to the Dead Episode 1 of 5
By Katie Hims.
Enoch's Machine
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Enoch Cartwright, Victorian gentleman scientist, invests everything in
the development of a machine to record the voice of his dead daughter,
Emily, unaware that his living daughter Clara talks to her sister every
night.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
NOTES
After developing the means to make long distance radio transmissions,
Marconi devoted much of the rest of his life to listening out for the
voices of the dead. If radio can conjure a voice disembodied in space,
he expected, as have legions of people since, that radio can capture
the voices of those disembodied in other dimensions - in time, in
ethereal planes. As technology becomes more sensitive, more diverse,
more obscure, there are pioneers always ready to harness the new to the
service of this age old fascination.
This is the story of five generations of a family whose members can and
can't hear the dead. It's an enterprise to explore the myriad ties,
stories and quirks that bind families through the generations, across
the spectrum of meanings of 'listening to the dead'. Between allowing
the echoes of a beloved's voice to live on, and the notion that the
dead can engage in communicating new information, are vast grey areas
of misinformation that beguile the bereaved and thrill the imagination.
Katie Hims' previous series with Jessica Dromgoole, Lost Property, won
Best Audio Drama in the Audio Drama Awards 2011, and they are now
collaborating on Radio 4's epic commission, Home Front.
Credits
Clara.....Eva Sayer
Enoch.....Michael Bertenshaw
Emily.....Georgie Fuller
Josie.....Priyanga Burford
Mr Wesley Blackburn.....Ben Crowe
Woman.....Carolyn Pickles
Joe.....Arthur Hughes
George.....Joel MacCormack
Narrator.....Ami Metcalf
Listening to the Dead Episode 2 of 5
by Katie Hims.
Four Sons
It's 1914, and Clara Tully, a Leeds baker's wife and the proud mother
of four beautiful boys, knows the war won't be over by Christmas. And
she knows a much darker secret besides.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Credits
Clara.....Michelle Terry
Finley.....Will Featherstone
Joe.....Will Howard
Charlie.....Harry Jardine
Robin.....Joel MacCormack
Eloise.....Georgie Fuller
George.....John Norton
Lloyd George.....Sean Murray
Customer.....Priyanga Burford
Customer.....Sabina Arthur
Customer.....Carolyn Pickles
Narrator.....Ami Metcalf
Listening to the Dead Episode 3 of 5
by Katie Hims.
The Great Pretender
Ralf Little stars as a small-time 1950s psychic, who hungers for fame,
despite his inability to read the thoughts of anyone, let alone the
woman he works with.
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Credits
Frank Tully.....Ralf Little
Peggy.....Lizzy Watts
Betty.....Joanna Monro
Joe.....Sean Murray
Eloise.....Carolyn Pickles
Girl.....Carys Eleri
TV Presenter.....Arthur Hughes
Policeman.....Harry Jardine
Narrator.....Ami Metcalf
Listening to the Dead Episode 4 of 5
by Katie Hims,
Ruby's Shoes
Ruby Tully grows up unaware of her clairvoyant heritage, and finds that
her gift is a curse in an age of experimental psychology
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Credits
Ruby 8.....Nell Herrin
Ruby.....Ami Metcalf
Nish 8.....Leon Human
Nish.....Hamza Jeetooa
Peggy.....Lisa Stevenson
Frank.....David Seddon
Doctor.....Michael Bertenshaw
Miss Violet.....Carys Eleri
Tuesday 3.....Rosa Yevtushenko
Ralph.....Arthur Hughes
Emily.....Georgie Fuller
Listening to the Dead Episode 5 of 5
by Katie Hims,
Tuesday's Child
Tuesday grows up assuming her mother abandoned her, despite the voices
in her dreams that try to tell her otherwise
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Credits
Tuesday.....Jeany Spark
Tuesday 11.....Rose Hilton Hille
Tuesday 3.....Rosa Yevtushenko
Frank.....David Seddon
Peggy.....Lisa Stevenson
Maggie.....Carolyn Pickles
Ruby.....Ami Metcalf
Nish.....Paul Bazely
Oliver 20.....Joel MacCormack
Oliver 55.....Michael Bertenshaw
Dan.....Harry Jardine
Melinda.....Georgie Fuller
Boss.....Sean Murray
Replies
Listened to those the last 3 nights and was so much impressed by the story and the actors! This is worth a second and third listen.
Thank you
Thanks a lot, Rik!!!
Thank you for completing these.
I have this earlier series if anyone is interested.
Bob
Yes, please, Bob!
What a much needed treat for this gal - Thanks Rick !
parts 4 and 5 added to the post. It is now complete. ----------------------------------------- R
Thank you Rick!
Thanks, Rick!!
Sounds good, Rick. Thanks.
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