Neil Brand's new espionage drama about weaponised narrative and conspiracy.
1. Indira's Story

In London, Indira, a young medical school graduate, receives terrible news of the death of her parents and travels home to India to investigate. Their deaths are suspicious and none of it makes sense. Indira is determined to get some answers to her questions.

Indira ..... Hannah Khalique-Brown
Inesh ..... Assad Zaman
Alecs ..... Peter Sullivan
Viraj ..... Raj Ghatak
Shyanya ..... Chetna Pandya
Goswami/Rudra Devi ..... Shubham Saraf
Nowak/DC Barras ..... Jonathan Forbes

Directed by Tracey Neale

In London, Indira, a young medical school graduate, receives terrible news of the death of her parents and travels home to India to investigate.

At a New York conference Sophie, a brilliant young graduate, is accused of plagiarising a senior academic and finds herself caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.

And in Kiev, Ukrainian intelligence is using every A.I. weapon at its disposal to pinpoint a major source of Russian disinformation.

One name is behind all three stories, a person who seems to exist only in the world of disinformation – but who are they, and can they be stopped?

War of Words is an epic story of weaponised narrative, disinformation, conspiracy and paranoia in the style of Le Carre, taking the listener at breakneck speed around the world towards a deadly confrontation in Eastern Ukraine, whilst laying bare the facts about our contemporary world of fake news, data farming and political interference in all its detail.

Deeply embedded in today’s current affairs and conflicts, this drama continues to resonate with ongoing events in the real world and cyberspace up to the present day.

Writer
Neil Brand is a composer, writer, radio playwright, presenter and broadcaster specialising in silent film and film music. Neil has been accompanying silent films for nearly 30 years, writes music for theatre, has written two award-winning musicals and ten radio plays including the Sony-nominated Stan (which he subsequently adapted to great acclaim for BBC4 TV), the Tinniswood prize-nominated Getting the Joke and the live-recorded crowd-pleaser The Big Broadcast. Neil has also presented the Radio 2 arts programme and broadcast regularly on Radio 4's The Film Programme.

Cast
Hannah Khalique-Brown has recently played the lead part of Saara Parvin in the TV series The Undeclared War. Assad Zaman credits include Apple Tree Yard, Vera and Interview with the Vampire. Peter Sullivan's credits include Around the World in 80 Days, Poldark and Baptiste.

Directed by Tracey Neale
Sound by Keith Graham and Caleb Knightley Show less