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Afternoon Drama: John Dryden - The Reluctant Spy

Nigel Lindsay

Aiysha Hart

Sarah Goldberg

Philip Arditti

Raad Rawiha

Jonathan Bonnici

Karim Saleh

Sirine Saba

Jude Edriss

Rufus Wright

Baris Cerliloglu

Myriam Acharki

Nayef Rashed

Zayden Khalaf

Jumaan Short

Albert Welling

Omar Mustafa

John Dryden

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John Dryden - The Reluctant Spy

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The enigmatic Tara appears to be using Duncan. But Duncan is not as innocent as he seems.

Enigmatic Tara appears to be using Duncan. But Duncan is not as innocent as he seems. Cairo-based thriller with Nigel Lindsay.

Part 2 of John Dryden's original thriller set in present-day Egypt.

Nigel Lindsay plays hard-up Coptic art expert Duncan Kavanagh who, through greed and lust has been drawn into a world of espionage and unwittingly brought about the death of his good friend, the Palestinian Dr Zacoutte.

The enigmatic Tara, who claims to be a student from Canada, appears to be using Duncan. But Duncan is not as innocent as he seems to be - his past is about to catch up with him.

Casting: Toby Whale
Production Manager: Russell Owen
Script Editor: Mike Walker
Sound design: Steve Bond
Music: Sacha Puttnam.


Written, produced and directed by: John Dryden
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4


John Dryden
This is John's forth trilogy for Radio 4, after SEVERED THREADS, PANDEMIC (winner of this year's Writers' Guild award for Best Radio Drama) and A TOKYO MURDER. He recently directed and co-wrote with journalist Owen Bennett-Jones the documentary/drama BLASPHEMY AND THE GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB.

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