Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 4. The Spirit of the Age
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As our heroine Clara Page and her mission are in ever-increasing peril, questions are asked - with varying degrees of politeness - across London and Europe.
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 Underwood Sisters ................................Jana Carpenter Conrad Spijker ........................................Steven Mackintosh Margot .......................................................Louise Brealey Uncle Dave............. ..................................Ben Crowe McGarry........... .........................................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
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | This is not good. |
| 0:17.0 | And you had no idea where you were? |
| 0:20.0 | Not at all. |
| 0:22.0 | Presumably there was another exit out of sight of the windmill. |
| 0:25.2 | I seem to remember coming to, briefly, and I think I was on a boat, but I don't know how much time it passed, and then I passed out again. |
| 0:42.3 | Oh! passed out again. And in the meantime, they blew up the windmill, |
| 0:45.2 | so everyone would think you were dead. |
| 0:47.8 | Yeah, although I did hold out some hope |
| 0:50.3 | that people would see through that and be on the hunt for me. |
| 0:53.0 | Well, of course. |
| 0:54.6 | We never leave a man, a person behind, Clara. |
| 0:59.6 | You know there. |
| 1:05.0 | Who is Aldrich Kemp? |
| 1:07.5 | By Julian Simpson. |
| 1:15.6 | Okay. by Julian Simpson Chapter 4 The Spirit of the Age |
| 1:18.2 | Good evening, Miss Kemp. We haven't seen you at Blades for a while. |
| 1:33.6 | Hello, McGarry. I'm hoping Sir Christopher is here somewhere. |
| 1:36.4 | Indeed. He is at the Chamois de Fairtable, I believe. |
| 1:39.3 | Oh, is he losing very badly? |
| 1:41.3 | Well, I'm sure I couldn't say, madam. |
| 1:43.1 | Would you let him know I need to speak with him? Somewhere quiet. |
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