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The launch of Jack Avery’s autobiography is the culmination of a 60 year obsession to reveal the truth about the ‘friendly fire’ death
of his brother in the Battle of Britain.
And in coming face to face with the man responsible, he discovers the scars of war don’t last unless you let them.

Directed by David Hitchinson

Starring Ronald Pickup and Trevor Peacock

Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4
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1st Broadcast - 4th February 2002

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Critic’s Choice - Daily Telegraph

Listeners’ comments - ‘....a superb story...mesmerising performances...’
- ‘....a tremendous piece of work. Addictive listening, excellent writing and directing, and a sub-plot relating to forgiveness which I found most powerful, enlightening and strengthening.’

Saturday Play for BBC Radio 4
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1st Broadcast - 29th December 2007

The London streets of 1860 are hard and brutal to police. Forensic science is in its infancy, and there are some reluctant to believe in its potential.
But Detective Inspector Burdett is determined to embrace this new age of science and reason to catch the first serial killer the metropolis has seen.

Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Anthony Howell and Ben Crowe

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Critic’s Choice - Daily Telegraph; Financial Times; Daily Mail

The Severn Estuary. 1471.
Captain John Bonneville runs a merchant vessel out of Chepstow.
An isolate, determinedly neutral and uninvolved in all matters personal and
political. Then after the battle of Tewkesbury, England is plunged once again
into civil war.
Seeking sanctuary is spy and advisor to the Lancastrian cause William Fox,
on his arm Bonneville’s old love Susanna. Bonneville wants to win her back.

Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4
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1st Broadcast - 21st November 2005

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Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Adrian Lukis and Scott Handy

Listeners’ comments
- ‘Very vivid and enjoyable....’
- ‘The atmosphere of a closed
medieval town shone out....’

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The discovery of a savaged sheep on a Ribble Valley farm, sparks the hunt for a big cat.
An unflinching look at the relationship between farmers and animals,
between man and nature, told from the perspective of 11 year old
Daniel Slater.

Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Neil Dudgeon, Shaun Dooley and Alex Slater

Critic’s Choice - The Times; Sunday Telegraph; Financial Times; Independent;
Mail on Sunday; Time Out; Sunday Express - ‘...spare and credible with just enough suspense to keep you guessing.’

Listeners’ comments - ‘....I was impressed at how close to reality the plot was,
on what is such a taboo and shadowy topic for many people.’

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1st Broadcast - 1st March 2005

5 x 30 mins original serial for BBC7
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1st Broadcast - 13th-17th February 2006

In a remote region of Australia, Britain is developing the ultimate weapon.
Scientists are pushing the envelope on infrasound, sounds lower than the human ear can register and potentially more deadly than the atom bomb. Their aim, a silent war, over before the enemy knows it has begun.
But according to Aboriginal dreamtime, it’s Armageddon.

Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Matthew Dyktynski, Clare Corbett, David Thorpe and Geoffrey Beevers

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Listeners’ comments - ‘....a great piece of radio drama.’
- ‘Very imaginative and thought provoking.’

March 1945 and the Allies’ victory in Europe is a forgone conclusion.
But then over a hundred RAF bombers are shot down in one night by
a shimmering aircraft.
Is this a new terror weapon?
One that could turn the tide of war back in the Germans’ favour?
A misfit team of specialists are parachuted behind enemy lines,
in the crucible between the attacking armies of the Russians and
the Americans, to grab this technology and nip the threat in the bud.
What they find is more shocking and alien than they could have
ever imagined.

5 x 30 mins original serial for BBC7
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1st Broadcast - 24th-28th March 2008

Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Rory Kinnear, Tim McMullan, Joannah Tincey,
Rachel Atkins and Ben Crowe

Listeners’ comments - ‘....just the right number of twists and turns,
the characters were strong, from the bluff major to endearingly
geeky aeronautical engineer, and the cast playing them were
uniformly great.’
- ‘...driven by conflicting human passions and extremely well-written.’
- ‘Excellent series with great characterisation.’
- ‘...'proper' SF...If only Torchwood was more like this.’

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Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Tom Manion and Tim McMullan

BBC7’s most requested repeated series

Listeners’ comments -
‘The writing and acting is marvellous....
....a sumptuous production!’

5 x 30 mins original serial for BBC7

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1st Broadcast - 17th-21st January 2005

Antarctica
The most pristine environment on Earth
But in 2014 it’s gold rush country

Biotechnology companies have raced to exploit
the secrets of life in a cold climate
The lure of lightning in a bottle
Someone’s captured it

And to survive it’s now necessary to kill a friend

April on the River Severn is gold rush country,
a living gold of eels.
And men will shed blood to get them.

Directed by Marc Beeby

Starring Robert Lonsdale, Emily Wachter, Ian Gelder
and Stuart McLoughlin

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Critic’s Choice - Daily Mail - 4 stars ‘.... gritty and
authentic-sounding’

Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4
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1st Broadcast - 12th May 2009