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Worldplay

The Big Melt

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Online

The 2010 Worldplay season begins this week. It is an annual collection of plays from broadcasters around the world, all based on one theme.

This year’s theme is money and the plays have been made by BBC World Service and broadcasters in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada and Ireland.

A comic play from Radio New Zealand about the times in which we live - it looks at how we might try to deal with big narratives such as global warming and financial meltdowns on a day-to-day level.

The cast includes Jeffrey Thomas, Carol Smith, Simon Ferry, Gavin Rutherford, Ete Etuati and Kate Prior.

Director: Duncan Smith, Radio New Zealand Show less

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