The Truth About Hawaii

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Robin Laing

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Kirsty Williams

The Truth About Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel: 8. The End of Everything

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An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.

Have the doctors cut all of the infection out? They're about to find out. Starring Christine Bottomley and Robin Laing.

Sarah is 10 years old. She scratched her knee, developed an infection and when that infection threatened her life, her parents agreed to have her leg amputated. It's been a waiting game ever since. 

Have the doctors managed to cut all of the infection out? They're about to find out... 

Oliver Emanuel's potent and playful drama set in a near-future in which doctors can no longer prescribe antibiotics.

Lizzie ...... Christine Bottomley
Woolfson	...... Robin Laing

Developed through Wellcome Experimental Stories in consultation with Professor Joanna Coast and Dr Adam Roberts.

Director: Kirsty Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

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Oliver Emanuel's potent and playful drama about a world without antibiotics.

Oliver Emanuel's potent and playful drama set in a near future where antibiotics are no longer available.

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