Exemplar: Series 1: 5. A Deadly Secret
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 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 with a troubled past.
When the mystery of her father’s departure is solved, Jess is forced to re-evaluate her childhood memories.
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.
Exemplar is based on an idea from Ben and Max Ringham, and written by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan Rebellato.
Jess ..... Gina McKee Maya ..... Shvorne Marks Sophie ..... Fenella Woolgar Judith ..... Barbara Marten Ajay ..... 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
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. |
| 0:06.4 | What do you mean, a man? |
| 0:11.8 | I'm sorry, that's all I know. |
| 0:13.4 | You said she had no visitors. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm afraid I can't give any one. |
| 0:16.7 | Call her, please. |
| 0:17.7 | Come on, Jess. |
| 0:19.1 | He's got her. |
| 0:19.9 | My dad's back and he's got her. Will you call the police, please? On what ground? On the grounds she's been abducted? Abducted? I'll call her. Madam, give me good. Please. Yes. Go. Give me that. Hey, security. Jess. Security. Yes, please. This sort of behaviour is unacceptable. Look, I'm dealing with it. |
| 0:39.3 | This is not helping you. |
| 0:41.3 | What do you expect me to do? |
| 0:42.3 | My dad has abducted me, mum. |
| 0:44.3 | You don't know that. |
| 0:45.3 | Give us it. |
| 0:46.3 | Here. |
| 0:47.3 | Have you called a police? |
| 0:48.3 | Please step away from the dead. |
| 0:50.3 | Can you call a police? |
| 0:51.3 | Sorry, I'm going to have to ask you ladies to leave the premises. |
| 0:54.2 | Now you've got security. This way please ladies. Don't touch me. We're going. We're going, okay? Back off. |
| 0:59.8 | Come on, Jess. This one. |
| 1:06.0 | Oh well, thanks for helping. I am helping. |
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