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In GCHQ, agents are busy monitoring the G20 summit when a dangerous new threat emerges. 

Inside spy agency GCHQ, agents are busy monitoring delegates of a G20 summit when they discover a sophisticated cyber-attack threatening the National Grid.

Inside spy agency GCHQ, agents are monitoring delegates of the G20 summit when they discover a sophisticated cyber-attack targeting the UK National Grid. Senior analyst Henry Morcombe, already unconvinced about the need to monitor allies, leads the team tasked with investigating the threat.

The attack is highly sophisticated and comes from an unknown source. Could it be connected to the G20? It could be criminals, terrorists or even other nation states. Henry and his team attempt to find out, needing to deploy ever more creative ways of monitoring their targets.

Cast:
Henry....................Owen Teale
Gerry / Steve.........Dominic Hawksley
Jacqui...................Lucy Phelps
Siddiq...................Ashley Kumar
Alison...................Alison Newman
David....................Richard Maxted
Aiden....................Niall Ashdown
Ethan....................Paul Chan
Other parts played by members of the company

The Good Listener created by Fin Kennedy and Boz Temple-Morris
Written by Fin Kennedy

Sound design by Alisdair McGregor
Assistant Producer: Robbie MacInnes
Produced and directed by Boz Temple-Morris

A Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4

Drama on 4: The Good Listener

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Drama series by Fin Kennedy following fictional characters inside spy agency GCHQ.

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