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The Testaments

Episode 8

Duration: 14 minutes

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

Margaret Atwood's powerful and long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

In The Testaments, set fifteen years after the events of Atwood’s dystopian masterpiece, the testimonies of three women bring the story to a dramatic conclusion.

Today, having discovered that she is Baby Nicole, events seem to be spiraling out of control for Daisy; meanwhile Aunt Lydia remembers fondly the machinations that led to the downfall of her rivals...

Writer: Margaret Atwood
Reader: Samantha Dakin, Sara Kestelman
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett Show less

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