Katie Hims - Listening to the Dead

Katie Hims -  Listening to the Dead 1. Enoch's Machine First broadcast: Mon 30th Dec 2013, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM 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. Enoch …. Michael Bertenshaw Clara …. Eva Sayer Emily …. Georgie Fuller Wesley Blackburn …. Ben Crowe Woman at door …. Carolyn Pickles Joe …. John Hughes Josie …. Priyanga Burford 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. 2. Four Sons First broadcast: Tue 31st Dec 2013, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM 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. Clara …. Michelle Terry Eloise …. Georgie Fuller Charlie …. Harry Jardine Robin …. Joel MacCormick George …. John Norton Customer …. Priyanga Burford Customer …. Sabina Arthur Customer …. Carolyn Pickle Lloyd George …. Sean Murray Finley …. Will Featherstone Joe …. Will Howard 3. The Great Pretender First broadcast: Wed 1st Jan 2014, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM 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. Frank …. Ralf Little TV presenter …. Arthur Hughes Eloise …. Carolyn Pickles Girl …. Carys Eleri Betty …. Harry Jardine Betty …. Joanna Monro Peggy …. Lizzy Watts Joe …. Sean Murray 4. Ruby's Shoes First broadcast: Thu 2nd Jan 2014, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Ruby Tully grows up unaware of her clairvoyant heritage, and finds that her gift is a curse in an age of experimental psychology. 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 5. Tuesday's Child First broadcast: Fri 3rd Jan 2014, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM   Tuesday grows up assuming her mother abandoned her, despite the voices in her dreams that try to tell her otherwise 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 Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

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