By Suhayl Saadi.
In the clear northern air, "burned by the whisky of purity", a doctor struggles to put down roots on a remote Scottish island. Dr Rustum Khan makes an effort to get to know the locals but finds himself plagued by a haunting sound in the night.

On a Scottish island Dr Rustum Khan sets out to find the source of the ghostly voice that disturbs his rest
The Dark Island 2.15pm R4
A story about a Pakistani doctor working on a remote Scottish island who finds he can't sleep much because of all the spectral singing he can hear coming from a sea cave. Yes, it's the R4 afternoon drama slot, and I am convinced the network feels we will be disappointed if the plot should ever be permitted to resemble normal life. In its favour, Suhayl Saadi's script is a brilliant bringing together of two different cultures, it's a genuinely original take on the cost of betraying the one you love, and the songs in Urdu and Gaelic are both beautiful and atmospheric. Vegetarians be warned however, there's enough ham knocking around in the final scenes to upset your metabolism for weeks to come.