Exemplar: Series 1: 3. The Politician
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
A modern day thriller set in the North East of England starring Gina McKee as a lone wolf audio forensic analyst and Juliet Stevenson as a populist leader.
Jess and Maya reluctantly agree to assist a controversial public figure to verify a piece of incriminating audio.
Exemplar is based on an idea by leading sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, and written by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan Rebellato.
Jess ..... Gina McKee Maya ..... Shvorne Marks Aoife ..... Fenella Woolgar Judith ..... Barbara Marten Rose ..... Juliet Stevenson Lawrence ..... Asif Khan
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
Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2022.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | When did we become so lost? |
| 0:15.0 | When did we lose sight of who we are? |
| 0:19.0 | Of everything we've built? When did we forget to love ourselves, |
| 0:24.5 | to love ourselves, to cherish, to hold dear all of the precious things that give us a sense |
| 0:31.0 | of who we are? But worse still, how could we allow others to? Rose? |
| 0:39.3 | Yes? |
| 0:40.3 | Um, we've got a problem. |
| 0:42.3 | Are you chewing again? |
| 0:44.3 | Sorry. |
| 0:45.3 | Can you not? It's disgusting. What's the problem? |
| 0:48.3 | Bailey? |
| 0:49.3 | Oh, yes, I heard. Jesus. |
| 0:52.3 | Do you want me to do something? |
| 0:55.8 | We should send him a message. |
| 0:58.5 | A message? |
| 0:59.6 | Yeah, I'm sure you can come up with something. |
| 1:02.7 | Make sure he knows we're thinking about him. |
| 1:06.8 | Hmm? |
| 1:18.7 | Come! No! But, Eiffa, I don't understand why we have to go to her. |
| 1:20.6 | Come on, Maya, she's Rose Wilson. |
| 1:21.7 | She's not going to come to us. |
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