Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir: 1. Mothers

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A break-in at the Linnean Society triggers a race for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir. Clara Page and the Themis Group are on one side, but who is on the other?

Aldrich Kemp and the gang are back with some new faces as the race moves from London to Paris, New York to Amsterdam and the Maldives to Tajikistan.

Chapter One: Mothers

... and daughters take centre stage.

Clara Page - Phoebe Fox Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson The Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt Lionel – Steven Mackintosh Selina – Catherine Kanter Hazlitt & Sir Peregrine – Ben Crowe Recruitment Consultant – Bec Boey

Written and directed by Julian Simpson Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.

Sound Design: David Thomas Producer: Sarah Tombling Production Assistant: Ethan Elsenburg Executive Producer: Karen Rose

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts
0:04.5	Interior and Underground bunker in the Netherlands day.
0:28.6	One set of footsteps striding hard along a metal lined corridor.
0:41.3	After a few seconds, the footsteps stop at a door.
0:44.3	And the voice of a middle-aged man,
0:47.3	a gentrified
0:49.3	East London accent.
0:51.3	I'm here to see the six.
0:54.9	Number seven is here.
1:28.3	Yeah. Last morning, Operation Casablanca is back up and running after the recent setbacks, and we are confident the pipeline will be at full capacity by the end of the financial year. Thank you, number three. Number five, your report on our interests in Serbia?
1:34.3	Belgrade is proving difficult not to break.
1:38.3	Tough not to crack.
1:41.3	Hmm?
1:42.3	The expression crack the expression
1:47.1	is a tough nut
1:50.4	to crack
1:52.0	number seven you are not clear
1:54.7	and yet here I am
1:56.3	but don't worry
1:57.9	I'm not interested in your little
2:00.3	business enterprises it's all chicken feed.
2:04.4	Des Barton Nolan, it's nothing. Since Conrad Spaker was finally put out of his misery, the black windmill's been a joke.
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