Summary
By Ed Sellek.
Valentine’s Day 2025. The UK awakes to financial catastrophe and no one can access any money. As the country descends into chaos, some see opportunity, but the powerful want to cling to the status quo. The fate of the country’s economy now lies in the hands of the UK’s Prime Minister.
A fast-paced satirical drama starring Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast of London), Charlotte Richie (Ghosts, Call the Midwife), Aaron Heffernan (War of the Worlds, Brassic) and Josette Simon (Wonder Woman, Blakes 7).
A Naked Production for BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | She needs to see this. |
| 0:09.4 | She needs to see Paddington too, apparently, so keep it brief. |
| 0:12.5 | There's a thing with the banks. |
| 0:14.7 | Okay, when I say brief, you do need to furnish me with some info. |
| 0:19.0 | Nobody, comma, in the country, comma, can access any of their |
| 0:24.2 | money. Full stop. Banks in meltdown, no way to buy anything. Economy literally ground to a whole. |
| 0:32.0 | We've seen large-scale cyber attacks before, but nothing quite like this. International trade is |
| 0:36.8 | shut down indefinitely. |
| 0:38.7 | Money gone. A new satirical thriller from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:43.1 | What does everyone need in a zombie apocalypse? |
| 0:45.2 | Oh, like baseball bats. |
| 0:46.6 | Health kids. |
| 0:48.0 | This is the ideal future for a lot of powerful people, |
| 0:52.0 | where humans are no longer social mammals, |
| 0:54.6 | but angry, divided consumer units |
| 0:58.1 | pushed to a point beyond compassion. |
| 1:01.3 | Today, the gulf between the haves and the have-nots will be closed. |
| 1:05.2 | Think about how mad everyone went for toilet paper. |
| 1:08.4 | Okay, we need to be ahead of that. |
| 1:10.1 | It's the middle of the night, we've got a head start. On toilet paper. Okay, we need to be ahead of that. It's the middle of the night. |
| 1:11.1 | We've got a head start. |
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