Galapagos: 4. The Giant’s Pocket
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.
Bryony is increasingly excited by her new role working for Sydney and Shapeshift, using the very latest data manipulation AI. And Sydney's promised to arrange specialist cancer treatment for sister Gaynor in the US. But journalist Sam is on Bryony's tail and she's asking uncomfortable questions.
Bryony.....Hannah Daniel Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad Gaynor.....Sara Gregory Omar.....Danny Ashok Euan…..Jamie Redford Sam…..Claire Cage Max.....Ewan Bailey Station Staff.....Hasan Dixon
Production Co-ordinators.....Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees Sound Design.....Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis Directed by Philippa Swallow, John Norton and Emma Harding, BBC Audio Drama Wales
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | At the beginning of the big, friendly giant, there's a bit where the giant picks up the main girl, Sophie, puts her in his pocket and then starts running, leaping over trees, houses. |
| 0:19.5 | And as a kid, after I read that, I couldn't sleep for hours. |
| 0:23.0 | It was so exciting, dangerous, in his pocket. |
| 0:27.8 | But at the same time, what can touch you when you're in a giant's pocket? |
| 0:32.4 | And do you think about where the giant's heading? |
| 0:35.2 | Of course not. |
| 0:37.4 | You're just in it. |
| 0:45.0 | Galapagos by Simon Scardofield and Andrew Day. |
| 0:52.5 | Part four. |
| 1:06.9 | Uh, so... Part 4 So, this governor of Oklahoma candidate guy, he's got himself into a twist over his LGBTQ policy. |
| 1:08.8 | Sort of sweet, really. |
| 1:11.9 | His daughter's a lesbian, but his voters are homophobic, so I'm like, |
| 1:17.7 | we've got an app for that. We do, literally. How's the hotel? God, Sydney, you scared me. |
| 1:23.7 | You're logged in with your camera on. For your daily video catch-up. Didn't expect you to pop up at 6.30 in the morning? That's 8.30 here. Where? Vilnius. We're working with Lithuanians. Russians. The kind of Russians who can't set foot in Russia. Which makes them the good guys? That's up to us. Yeah. So, first, campaign 11. Oh, the one I'm not allowed to know about. Right. I want some steers from you, though. Without even knowing what it is, where it is. |
| 1:46.3 | Yep. You're that good. |
| 1:48.0 | So, when you hit the ground in Zimbabwe, what questions did you ask? |
| 1:52.6 | Well, you look at the existing digital networks. |
| 1:56.9 | Is it people talking about sport, forwarding cat pictures, pornography? |
| 2:00.6 | Where are the super spreaders trading tons tons of followers and what are they sharing? |
| 2:03.8 | Okay. |
| 2:04.6 | And just listen out. |
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