Made in Taiwan

Drama of the Week

BBC

Drama, Fiction

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A bright but hopelessly out-of-his-depth Brit arrives in Beijing for a dream job and stumbles straight into a chaotic mix of surveillance, blackmail and very bad decisions. Packed off to Taiwan to keep him out of trouble, he must muddle through shady allies, confused loyalties and rising global tension, all while trying to pretend he knows what he is doing.

George Tucker ….. Sam Stafford

Gabby ….. Saffron Coomber

Lily Wu ….. Crystal Yu

Charles Tucker ….. Clive Hayward

Dan ….. Windson Liong

Bradley Wagner ….. Joseph Balderrama

An Qi ….. Amber Lin

Written by Jim Poyser Jim has written extensively for Radio 4 including the comedy series Stockport So Good They Named it Once, The Architects, Everyone Quite Likes Justin, 1834, 1835, The Cavity Within. He has written the plays The Joey, Too Up Too Down, Chopin in Manchester, The Downing Street Doppelganger, My Computer Told Me To Do It. He also adapted Vanity Fair and The Day of the Locust. He is also a well-known TV producer whose credits include Cold Feet, Brassic, Death in Paradise and Shameless.

Produced and Directed by Tracey Neale

Technical Team, Keith Graham and Andy Garratt

Production Co-Ordinator, Jonathan Powell

Casting Manager, Alex Curran

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	They call themselves Evil Corps, a cybercrime gang accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.
0:13.8	And at the center of it all, one of the FBI's most wanted.
0:17.6	They ran their operations out of the back of an Italian restaurant in Moscow.
0:22.0	How does a man hunted by the world's top law enforcers still manage to grow an empire?
0:26.6	These guys were going to town on small businesses across America.
0:30.9	They anger, the frustration, the fear.
0:33.5	Cyberhack, evil core. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:43.6	Made in Taiwan by Jim Poyser.
0:57.7	Hi, Gabby.
0:59.7	Hey, George. Are you here?
1:03.5	Landed an hour ago. I'm in a cab. Well, I hope it's a cab.
1:05.6	Either it's a cab or I've been abducted.
1:08.2	So soon. Any hassle coming through?
1:12.2	No. It was pretty fast. I mean, I had to do a fingerprint thing.
1:15.5	But they didn't interrogate you. No. I mean, do they do that?
1:20.4	Sometimes. Depends how they feel. My pal Gavin got stuck in a room for five hours last year.
1:25.9	What for? God knows. Something had shown up. They didn't like the look of him, I suppose. Welcome to China.
2:01.6	Traffic's mad. Beijing's crazy. Population just keeps expanding. All the people from the countryside moving here. Yeah. Anyway, what's the plan? Hey, look, Gabs. I really want to thank you for sorting out my accommodation for me. That was super nice of you. Yeah, well, you went out with my sister and managed not to break her heart. She dumped me! She said you were too serious. I don't know where she got that idea from. Look, I've got to go into the office to get settled in. I'll come by to yours......hours, later. You got the address? Yeah. Yeah. Somewhere. I'll find it. Just ahead for the Hutongs, baby.
2:08.6	So, George Tucker, welcome to QRG Beijing. I'm Huliwa or Lily Wu if you prefer the anglicization.
2:12.6	It's nice to finally meet you in person.
2:14.6	Please sit.
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