Exemplar: Series 1: 1. Judith

Limelight

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Gina McKee stars as Jess, a lone wolf scientist with a troubled past whose passion for sound makes her the UK’s leading audio forensic examiner.

Together with her new trainee, Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode.

A modern-day thriller set in the North-East of England.

Jess attends the scene of a young woman’s apparently accidental death to create an audio exemplar to match a recording from a voice activated speaker.

Mysterious voice messages about the past from her mother Judith add to the tension.

Exemplar is rooted in factual research and based on an idea from Ben and Max Ringham. Written by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan Rebellato.

Exemplar: an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case

Jess ..... Gina McKee Maya ..... Shvorne Marks Aoife ..... Fenella Woolgar Judith ..... Barbara Marten Nathalie ..... Chetna Pandya Dylan ..... Don Gilet

Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Showrunner: Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultant: James Zjalić Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Studio assistant: Oyin Fowowe Production coordinator: Darren Spruce Sound design: Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton Original music/Sound consultants: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2022.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Have you ever wondered what sound looks like?
0:23.6	Take an image of an audio file and zoom in.
0:27.6	Open it out, expand it and expand it until you can't expand it anymore.
0:33.6	And what you're left with is a single line.
0:41.1	A line that undulates,
0:44.2	rising and falling over time across an axis.
0:48.9	It can contain soaring peaks and deep troughs.
0:53.3	It can hold resonant bass, complex harmonics, and pacing treble. But if you break it down, it's still
0:59.6	just a line, a single line describing a vibration in space. So Elizabeth, can I call you
1:07.2	Elizabeth? Do you have any questions? My job is to follow that line.
1:12.7	You understand that if you consent, you will be liable for the full cost of the party.
1:17.3	What do you think, Elizabeth? Do you think you'd like to proceed?
1:21.2	Yes. Are you sure? We really want you to be sure you're making the right decision.
1:27.2	Yes.
1:29.0	Well, that sounds pretty conclusive to me.
1:31.1	It does seem to.
1:32.8	It's going to make it a bit tricky for her to say she never agreed to the contract now.
1:36.6	Obviously, providing you can authenticate.
1:39.2	Do you always record your calls, Mr. Halford?
1:41.9	Oh, please. Call me Jules.
1:44.4	We're a small firm, but yeah,
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