Cobalt: Episode 2
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Maita goes to see her dad for her birthday, but he's not in...and there's something strange about his flat. When she goes to look for him down the docks where he works, she discovers there is more than just her dad that has gone missing. Convinced he has gone back to Zimbabwe, she drops everything and follows him there.
Series creators Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell
Episode 2 by Darragh Mortell
ORIGINAL MUSIC by Kaidi Tatham
CAST Maita - Saffron Coomber Julian - John Pfumojena Mum - Caitlin Richards Gurai - Chipo Kureya Derek - John Lightbody Taxi Driver/ Barman - Dalumuzi Moyo Highfield Resident - Bevin Magama Newsreaders and TikTokers - Kitty O'Sullivan, Rhiannon Neads & Tyler Cameron
Sound: Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis Director: John Norton A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:06.3 | Cobalt by Enom Fon and Dara Mortel. |
| 0:11.5 | Episode 2. |
| 0:13.8 | It's Grand Theft Cobalt this week in Wales, |
| 0:17.1 | as it appears that thieves have pulled off an audacious shipping heist of 25. |
| 0:21.6 | Of course they ain't nothing to do with our members. |
| 0:23.6 | As dockers, we've got a proud history and a strong union. |
| 0:27.6 | And that's what this is all about. |
| 0:29.6 | They're trying to make us look negligent. |
| 0:31.6 | 42 million container units pass through Shanghai's River Delta each year. |
| 0:35.6 | That equates to around 2,000 export ships each and every month. |
| 0:40.3 | A representative for the Shanghai Docks stated that |
| 0:43.3 | a very small percentage of shipments are mishandled and therefore lost. |
| 0:47.3 | Hazardous items such as cobalt encounter more stringent measures to ensure... |
| 0:52.3 | This has got organized crime written all over it. |
| 0:55.0 | Do you know how many ships get shot going through the Suez Can I? |
| 0:59.0 | Look it up. |
| 1:00.0 | A global incident causing global tensions. |
| 1:03.0 | The Allied African mining company, Shanghai Petrochemical Industries, |
| 1:08.0 | and British and Saudi port authorities have all adamantly stated their innocence in the case of the missing |
| 1:13.5 | cobalt. Meanwhile, the owner of the cargo, Axiom Rare Metals Group in Geneva, says financial losses are |
| 1:20.5 | estimated to be upwards of £20 million. What the hell is that doing in Zimbabwe right now? |
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