Endless Second

Drama of the Week

BBC

Drama, Fiction

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

by Theo Toksvig-Stewart.

Unflinching drama about consent. Two students fall in love, but one drunken evening changes everything.

Starring Sam Otto (The State, Snowpiercer) and Louisa Harland (Derry Girls).

M ..... Sam Otto W ..... Louisa Harland

Technical Producer ..... Martha Littlehailes Technical Producer ..... Alison Craig Technical Producer ..... Anne Bunting Technical Producer ..... Mike Etherden Production Co-ordinator ..... Gaelan Connolly Writer ..... Theo Toksvig-Stewart Director ..... Abigail le Fleming

THE PLAY Endless Second was originally produced by Cut the Cord Theatre and directed by Camilla Gütler, starring Madeleine Gray alongside Theo Toksvig-Stewart. It opened at Theatre503 before transferring to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 where it was shortlisted for the Holden Street Theatre Award and the Sit Up Award. The play then transferred to the Park Theatre and Pleasance Islington as part of their 'Best of the Fringe' seasons.

THE WRITER Theo is a dyslexic writer and actor based in London. He was part of the BBC Writersroom Drama Room 2019/2020 and the Minack Emerging Playwrights Programme 2021. He was most recently commissioned by Applause as a South East Writer in residence. In 2020, he was commissioned by Warts and All Theatre to write an adaptation of Robyn Hood, developed with children in care in Wellingborough. His first play, An Opera from the East, was produced at Drama Centre London. The proud son of lesbian parents, Theo is developing a number of television projects including a show based on his 'unconventional' uprbinging.

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0:44.1	Welcome to Drama of the Week
0:47.4	Endless Second
0:52.1	By Theo Toxvig, Stuart.
1:01.2	She was nervous.
1:02.1	Her heart was beating.
1:03.6	His pits were wet.
1:05.5	Like a rabbit, like a hummingbird.
1:06.9	He can feel his shirt sticking to his pits.
1:08.9	She breathes in through her nose and out through her mouth.
1:11.1	He looks at the door and thinks.
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