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Woman's Hour Drama: Cottonopolis

15 Minute Drama: Cottonopolis: Episode 4

Cottonopolis

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Cottonopolis, Episode 4

A schoolgirl's white lie sparks hysteria across the city.

Stories by Michelle Lipton exploring what happens when people are driven by fear. A schoolgirl's white lie sparks hysteria across the city.

Cottonopolis is created by Nick Leather. Written by Michelle Lipton.

Cottonopolis is a 6 part drama series spread across Woman's Hour all this week and linked to the Afternoon Play next Monday. Linked, personal stories, explore how fear changes people's behaviour. 

It is 4 days after the first media reports of the missing women and the city is in meltdown as a white lie sparks hysteria across the city of Manchester; and, for one of the two teenagers at the centre of the storm, a darker sexual secret is revealed.


Cast:
Anna ..... Rebecca Ryan
Lucy ..... Lisa Brooks
Joe ..... Jack Deam
Teacher ..... Beatrice Comins
Henri Mally ..... Chris Jack
Anna's Dad/PC Dwyer ..... Chris P Hallam
Newsreader ..... Roberta Kerr


Producer/Director: Justine Potter
A Red production for BBC Radio 4.

15 Minute Drama: Cottonopolis

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Stories by Michelle Lipton exploring the drastic consequences of the fear of the unknown

Stories by Michelle Lipton. When women go missing from the streets and homes of Manchester, the media goes into overdrive, and the fear of the unknown has drastic consequences

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