Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 1. Clara Page

Limelight

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.4 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

With a stellar cast, headed by Phoebe Fox, alongside Nicola Walker, Tim McInnery, Ferdinand Kingsley and Kyle Soller, we are back in Julian Simpson's imagination - this time trying to find out just Who Is Aldrich Kemp? On a heightened and fun journey, which takes us to glamourous and sometimes improbable locations, we encounter Euro-villains and murderous housekeepers.

Chapter One: The washed-up body of a man presumed dead 7 years earlier marks the beginning of Clara Page's mission to find the elusive Aldrich Kemp.

Cast: Clara Page .............................Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew .........Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp ...................... Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone..............................Nicola Walker Sebastian Harcourt ............Kyle Soller Nakesha Kemp ....................Karla Crome Aunt Lily .................................Susan Jameson Secretary ................................Louise Brealey Howlett ..................................Ben Crowe Tom .........................................James Joyce.

Created and written by Julian Simpson

Recorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton.

Music composed by Tim Elsenburg. Sound Design: David Thomas Director: Julian Simpson Producer: Sarah Tombling Executive Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Three days later, and I'm chained to the wall of a medieval dungeon somewhere on the Albanian coast.
0:13.0	The tide is rising. It's almost up to my chin.
0:17.0	These are my last moments on earth, which means my life is supposed to be flashing before my eyes.
0:24.6	But it isn't. He said all that on my mind is the same question I've been asking since all this began.
0:31.6	Who is Aldrich Kemp?
0:45.3	The He's a thief. He's a thief, a smuggler, a killer, a liar. I'm looking for Aldrich Kemp.
0:47.3	I have killed 17 men with a blade, just like this one.
0:51.3	He runs an organised crime syndicate so powerful that no one's ever heard of it.
0:54.8	The Themis Group has tendrils everywhere, through governments, intelligence services, law enforcement.
1:01.0	And he never books in advance.
1:02.6	We keep a suite for him, which is available whenever he needs it.
1:05.6	I'm out here now.
1:08.0	Who is Oldrich Kemp?
1:10.7	Who Is Oldrich Kemp?
1:12.4	Who is Aldrich Kemp?
1:13.8	By Julian Simpson.
1:18.1	Chapter 1 Clara Page
1:19.9	Mr. Page Miss Page?
1:30.3	Clara Page!
1:32.3	Oh, damn it!
1:35.3	Hello!
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