Summary
When Reid and Maria visit Kokorov at the palace it's clear he and the Ambassador have a special relationship.
Could Maria and Natsev be on course for a similar alliance but along different lines?
New alliances formed and previous suspicions now confirmed, it's time for Maria to make a decision about her next steps.
Maria...Sinead Keenan Reid...Kevin McNally President Kokorov..John Albasiny Maria's Father...Piotr Baumann Gilroy...Sean Rigby Natsev...Avital Lvova
All other roles by Eddie Toll, Anna Krippa, Ani Russo and Hana Zidek
Written by Chris Brandon Produced by Claire Broughton Direction, Sound Design and additional production by John Wakefield The Executive Producer is Jed Mercurio.
With thanks to Theresa Bubbear and Leigh Turner for their testimony and Tanya Nedashkovskaya for her translations.
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Discretion is from Limelight, the home of fiction and drama you won't want to miss from Radio 4. |
| 0:13.2 | For more audio drama like this, just search for Limelight on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:25.0 | Discretion, written and created by Chris Brandon. |
| 0:29.5 | Episode 5 We know the famous quotation by Talleyon, the master French diplomat. |
| 0:36.4 | Pintre de zeal. |
| 0:38.4 | What he meant was, it's best to think before you act. |
| 0:42.6 | Political crises are kind of our bread and butter. |
| 0:44.9 | You can't prepare for that. |
| 0:46.6 | A good diplomat and a good embassy will have seen it coming. |
| 0:50.3 | As the ambassador, you're the crisis leader, |
| 0:52.9 | give the strategic overview, have the slightly longer term picture. |
| 0:57.9 | The deputy normally will be the crisis manager. |
| 1:01.0 | I always maintained, actually, it was harder to be the deputy than to be the ambassador. |
| 1:05.8 | You always have this feeling. Anything could happen at any moment. |
| 1:10.5 | You're prepared to operate on behalf of British citizens, on behalf of British interests. |
| 1:16.3 | And so the rioting continues. |
| 1:18.4 | Whatever may be happening. |
| 1:20.1 | As people of all ages pour into the streets of the city after dark, |
| 1:24.2 | and in defiance of the curfew to demand the election goes ahead. |
| 1:28.3 | The polls were supposed to open in two days' time, but the incumbent President Kockeroff |
| 1:34.3 | cancelled proceedings at the 11th hour. |
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