Mission Improbable

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Mission Improbable: Series 1: Ice!

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Jane, Lucy and Amelia try to record the last-known speaker of an ancient dialect.

Jane, Lucy and Amelia try to record the last known speaker of an ancient dialect. Starring The Boom Jennies. From December 2012.

The international adventures of journalist Jane, manhunter Lucy and zookeeper Amelia continue - this time in the arctic tundra.

Written by and starring The Boom Jennies:

Anna Emerson
Lizzie Bates
Catriona Knox

Jane finds herself trying to beat that famous adventurer Marcus Wolfton across the arctic tundra in a bid to be the first and only journalist to record the voice of the last speaker of a dying language. 

Meanwhile Lucy finds herself trying to slow the team down so she can get up close and personal with the man himself, who's only a matter of hours behind. Amelia only has eyes for the polar bears she's hoping she'll get a chance to chat to.

During this ice cap caper, our heroes survive sub-zero temperatures, furious indigenous wildlife and a frantic game of cosmetic tennis before an encounter with an angry Inuit has them running for their lives. 

Will they survive? Will they beat Marcus Wolfton to the prize? Or will they dress up as nuns and make complete fools of themselves?

A series of fast-paced mini-adventures.

Jane................Catriona Knox
Lucy................Lizzie Bates
Amelia.............Anna Emerson
Marcus............James Lance

Audio production by Matt Katz.

Producers: Dave Lamb and Richie Webb

A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2012.

Mission Improbable: Series 1

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