Money Gone: 2. Hands Up
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As the UK descends into chaos, certain people take advantage of the situation. The Prime Minister learns there’s more to what’s going on, but an issue with staff walk-outs presents her with a more pressing problem.
A fast-paced satirical drama starring Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast of London), Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts, Call the Midwife), Aaron Heffernan (War of the Worlds, Brassic) and Josette Simon (Wonder Woman, Blakes 7).
Pascal ..... Robert Bathurst Patricia ..... Josette Simon Emily ..... Charlotte Ritchie Ross ..... Aaron Heffernan Grace ..... Lauren Douglin Stuart ..... Raj Ghatak Chris ..... Fergus Craig Glenn ..... Simon Darwen Adam ..... Chris Lew Kum Hoi Bex ..... Sylvie Churnside-Reed Jeremy Vine ..... himself
Written by Ed Sellek Directed by Tony Churnside
Production: Leah Marks and Louis Blatherwick Original Music and Sound Design by Eloise Whitmore and Tony Churnside Theme sung by Ellie Akhgar Series Photographer: Simon Bray Illustrator: Pete Hambling Producer: Eloise Whitmore Exec Producer: John Dryden
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | It's one of the oldest and most widespread currencies in the world. |
| 0:10.4 | Would anyone like to guess what it is? Anyone? |
| 0:15.2 | Seychelles. |
| 0:17.9 | You might laugh. |
| 0:19.4 | But it went on for centuries, |
| 0:21.6 | and it was a tangible desired object. |
| 0:24.6 | Here, see? |
| 0:25.6 | The money cowrie, not much more than an inch long, |
| 0:29.6 | consistent in size, weight, toughness, |
| 0:33.6 | difficult to fake, though people did make counterfeit shells |
| 0:36.6 | from bone and ceramics. |
| 0:38.7 | Here, you take this, okay, and now you owe me £5,000. |
| 0:47.8 | No, I'm joking. |
| 0:50.2 | Kari shells were harvested in the Maldives and traded with West Africa for centuries. |
| 0:56.6 | Then Portugal, the Dutch, and eventually the East India trading companies. |
| 1:02.6 | Yes, them. |
| 1:04.8 | They join in and dominate shell trade for about 200 years. |
| 1:09.3 | Millions upon millions of shells were picked up where they were cheap, |
| 1:11.6 | used as ballast for a large portion of their seafaring journey. |
| 1:15.6 | They changed hands in European auction houses, |
| 1:17.6 | then sailed off again for West Africa, where they bought... |
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