English Rose: Series 2: 5. Fire and Ice
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
By Helen Cross.
Rose is getting closer to the truth and learning about her own heritage is helping her grow in strength. The vampires are arriving from Europe by Maya's invitation and Austin and Jack are plotting. Can she keep Gully safe and whose side is Maya on?
Stylish and surprising fantasy horror with a comic twist, starring Alexandra Mardell (Coronation Street) and Demetri Goritsas (Ten Percent). With music by Dana Margolin and Sam Yardley of Mercury-nominated band, Porridge Radio.
Helen Cross wrote ‘My Summer of Love’ which won a Betty Trask award and was made into a Bafta-winning film with Emily Blunt (recently rated her best film in The Guardian top ten Emily Blunt films). Mary Ward-Lowery won Best Director in 2020 Audio Drama Awards.
Rose ... Alexandra Mardell Maya ... Miranda Braun Austin ... Demetri Goritsas Siobhan ... Deirdre Mullins Delphine ... Yasemin Özdemir Mam ... Jane Thornton Jack ... Tyler Cameron Gym owner ... Don Gilet Dakota ... Rhiannon Neads Alina ... Kitty O'Sullivan Englishman ... Martin Bonger Angry Man ... Douglas Hodgson Gully ... Bruce Casswell
Original music written and performed by Dana Margolin and Sam Yardley of Porridge Radio.
Sound design by Ilse Lademann and Mary Ward-Lowery Assistant Producer ... Alison Crawford Director ... Mary Ward-Lowery
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | English Rose from BBC Radio 4, series 2. |
| 0:10.3 | Episode 5, Fire and Ice. |
| 0:15.6 | Hi, on the way. |
| 0:17.5 | Okay, check this. |
| 0:18.7 | Austin's finally got insane. |
| 0:21.8 | Hey, want to hang, ma'am? When my guests arrive, I've told them plenty about you. You've done an |
| 0:28.3 | awesome job with this place, by the way. Stunning. You always were great at interiors. Remember |
| 0:34.3 | our first beach house in the haps, those fishing nets, and our boys right here. |
| 0:40.6 | Come here, my gorgeous boy. Ma, Delphine. It would be good for him to see his family united. |
| 0:48.0 | Let me know. But don't bring her, of course. She's not who we want around at all. |
| 0:54.6 | You think he wants me as one of his female clan? |
| 0:57.2 | No, he just wants to kill you. And probably Delphine too. And who knows what they've got |
| 1:02.1 | planned for gully? I should never have let Jack take him. |
| 1:08.3 | The number you have dialed is no longer in operation. |
| 1:11.5 | What are they doing with you, Delphine? |
| 1:15.4 | So tell me what you're aiming for with Cold. |
| 1:19.4 | Love the name, by the way. |
| 1:21.5 | And thank you so much. |
| 1:22.8 | For me, Cold is about giving. |
| 1:25.0 | Ugh, turn it off. |
| 1:26.4 | I hate my own dead voice. Exact same voice it off. I hate my undead voice. |
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