The Mosquito

Drama of the Week

BBC

Drama, Fiction

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A new satire from award winning writer Anita Sullivan, set at a fictional COP conference, with a talking Mosquito. Developed with leading climate scientists.

Peter is a hapless politician representing the UK at COP in Paris. Hoping to retire soon – he didn’t really want this assignment, but now he’s caught like a rabbit in the headlights between the fiercely intelligent business analyst who has taken the place of his usual PA, and the changing landscapes of contemporary politics and climate crisis speak. Will he talk absolute rubbish? Will he keep his job? Will he sell our children’s future to the highest bidder? What is African Horse Flu? And can anyone else hear that whining voice?

The Mosquito was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome, in consultation with Professor Andy Morse (Professor of Climate Impacts at the University of Liverpool) and Dr Omnia El Omrani (Climate and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College London).

Interviews are used with permission from:

https://hub.connectingclimateminds.org/lived-experiences

CAST

Peter- Robert Bathurst

The Mosquito- Laila Alj

Farah - Laila Alj

Addy - Audrey Brisson

Faith - Ruth Everett

Miles - Laurence Saunders

The Volunteer and other roles - Nuhazet Diaz Cano

Production Co-ordinators - Eleri McAuliffe and Noa Dowling

Sound Design - Catherine Robinson

Directed by John Norton.

A BBC Audio Wales production for Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:39.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:43.6	This is Drama of the Week. Where do I?
1:02.0	Buh.
1:03.0	Beginning. Where do I start with the most urgent, the sinking Pacific Islands, devastating floods in sub-Saharan Africa?
1:23.6	The impacts of climate trends, such as extreme weather events, contribute a lot to stress.
1:32.3	So many voices.
1:35.3	Farmers, indigenous communities, women and children left behind.
1:41.3	I am the witness that the climate change is really happening.
1:45.0	I bought it for.
1:47.0	Who do I choose?
1:49.0	Okay.
1:50.0	Where are you? RICO?
1:55.0	Guard in all. Main entrance. Where the hell are you?
2:00.0	Looking right at you, Peter. Okay. I can see you. Guard in Orm, main entrance Where the hell are you?
2:02.1	Looking right at you, Peter.
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