Money Gone: 3. Land of Milk and Honey
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Grace stops to help at an understaffed hospital as the Prime Minister asks MI5 to find the cause of the financial chaos, but someone else thinks they’ve figured it all out.
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 Journalist ..... Zoe Kleinman
Written by Ed Sellek Directed by Tony Churnside
Storyline Consultant: Diane Coyle 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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Thanks, darling. |
| 0:13.0 | They said I'm allowed to tell you. |
| 0:15.0 | It'll be official secrets and all that once I'm in the building. |
| 0:19.0 | They knew about you, James. |
| 0:20.0 | They didn't seem to mind. |
| 0:21.8 | I thought they might, but... |
| 0:23.7 | See, once the work starts, |
| 0:28.1 | I won't be able to talk about what we're actually doing. |
| 0:31.6 | But you're allowed to know what building I'm in, |
| 0:34.0 | who pays me, and why. |
| 0:35.9 | I thought it was going to be a real station X sort of thing at first, the way they approached me, |
| 0:40.1 | a blindfold on a bus, you know. |
| 0:41.9 | But they're being very straightforward about it. |
| 0:44.7 | And the work sounds fascinating. |
| 0:48.0 | It's real futurism. |
| 0:50.0 | Not just immediate stuff, Y2K and what they're calling cybercrime, |
| 0:54.7 | but looking ahead decades, digital frontiers, societal changes, |
| 1:00.8 | trends we can get ahead of, and maybe even shift. |
| 1:04.9 | I'm thinking I can look at predictive modelling. |
| 1:07.9 | What are the ideal outcomes and how do we make sure we get there? Maybe ideal outcomes |
| 1:13.6 | is too optimistic. We're still talking about money and working for the government. I know I'm a |
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