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15 Minute Drama

Kidnap

Episode 2: Captivity

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

by Richard Monks

Director ..... Sally Avens

A young boy, Samir, is left to guard the hostage Elizabeth and a bond forms between them when she hears Samir's story.

Richard Monks' drama looks at the kidnapping of an aid worker from five different viewpoints; the hostage, one of her guards, the hostage negotiator, a soldier on a rescue mission and her daughter.
The cast includes: Barbara Flynn, Hamza Jeetooa, Neil Dudgeon, James McArdle and Morven Christie.

Richard Monks is a Sony Award winning writer: his plays for radio include Hearing Sense, The Donor Trail, Shattered, Lying Undiscovered and Mole. Show less

Contributors

News Reporter:
Ben Crowe
Director:
Sally Avens

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