The Testament of Jessie Lamb

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Holliday Grainger

Mark Jordon

Oliver Lee

Nisa Cole

Will Finlason

Nadia Molinari

Jane Rogers

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Jessie's world is in crisis, but her father’s adamant she shouldn’t volunteer.

Jessie's world is in crisis, but her father’s adamant  she shouldn’t  volunteer as a Sleeping Beauty. Stars Holliday Grainger.

Jessie becomes increasingly certain that sacrificing her own life for a healthy baby is the most important thing she can do. 

But her plan to become a Sleeping Beauty hits an obstacle. 

Starring Holliday Grainger.

Jane Rogers dramatises her award-winning novel set in a future where an act of biological terrorism has spread a deadly virus across the world.

Jessie ...... Holliday Grainger
Joe ...... Mark Jordon
Baz ...... Oliver Lee
Lisa ...... Nisa Cole
Iain ...... Will Finlason

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Can teenager Jessie Lamb save humanity when biological terrorism puts the world in peril?

Can teenager Jessie Lamb save humanity after biological terrorism threatens to wipe out the human race?

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