The Courier Episode 1
Drama of the Week
BBC
3.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
When Mo, a Sudanese delivery rider working in Cardiff enters a house to drop off two pizzas, he finds a dead body. Convinced that if he alerts the authorities he will either be suspected of murder or arrested for working illegally and deported, Mo flees the crime scene. When the murder is reported as a suicide, Mo can't stop thinking about the dead woman. He knows what he saw.
Series creators Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell
Episode 1 by Eno Mfon
CAST
Mo - Mohamed Elsandel
Elli - Maeve Courtier-Lilley
Omar - Ali Goolyad
Mama - Alaa Taha
Amna - Fatima Seedahmed
The Priest - Geraint Morgan
Alexa - Laura dos Santos
Woman - Lisa Greenwood
Football commentator - Ben Crowe
Original Music by Tom Tripp
Oud Music by Nabra.
Sound: Catherine Robinson and Rhys Morris
Production Coordinators: Maggie Olgiati and Eleri McAuliffe
Script consultant: Majid Hassan
Director: John Norton
A BBC Audio Drama Wales Production
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a story of love and tragedy. |
| 0:10.0 | It was an absolute shock. |
| 0:12.0 | In 2014, Charmaine Spears married Erica Dusa, |
| 0:15.0 | the prophet who claimed to have a direct line with God. |
| 0:18.0 | You're not coming to church without a breakthrough. |
| 0:20.0 | Six months later, she was found dead. What really was? aim to have a direct line with God. You're not coming to church without a breakthrough. |
| 0:23.5 | Six months later, she was found dead. |
| 0:26.3 | What really happened to Charmaine? |
| 0:28.3 | Her story was never really told. |
| 0:29.8 | I want justice for my mum. |
| 0:33.5 | Disclosure investigates Charmaine and the Prophet. |
| 0:35.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.3 | This is Drama of the Week. |
| 0:44.8 | The Courier by Enno Mphon and Daramortel. |
| 0:46.5 | Episode 1. |
| 1:00.0 | I've seen dead bodies before. This isn't my first funeral, but I never spoke in front of people. |
| 1:06.0 | People I don't know. |
| 1:08.0 | People I never met before. |
| 1:10.0 | About a woman I only met two weeks ago. |
| 1:13.6 | Take your time. Her name's Rosa. Rosa Brennan. The woman who, the woman in the casket, |
| 1:25.6 | and in the big photo in front of it |
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