Clouds in Trousers

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Sydney Wade

Rhys Gannon

Patsy Ferran

David Reed

Laura Elphinstone

Sam Troughton

Katy Carmichael

Tristan Sturrock

Tim Dee

Katie Hims

15 Minute Drama: Clouds in Trousers: Flood

Flood

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Zoe's daughter Alice is worried by rising waters.  Katie Hims' drama about the weather.

It is raining in Yorkshire and doesn't seem to be stopping.  Zoe's daughter Alice is measuring rainfall in jars.  What can a child do about climate change?  A drama by Katie Hims.

Katie Hims' drama, inspired by Alexandra Harris' book 'Weatherland', imagines Zoe as a woman growing up weathered - for whom every turn of her life is marked by the weather: rain, snow, a summer heatwave, a thunderstorm, the threat of a flood. All our lives are weather-bound but for Zoe the weather is more than just what goes on behind the scenes.
Young Zoe and Alice: Sydney Wade; Young Shaun: Rhys Gannon; Older Zoe: Patsy Ferran; Older Shaun: David Reed; Juliet: Laura Elphinstone; Jim: Sam Troughton; Zoe's mum: Katy Carmichael; Zoe's dad: Tristan Sturrock. Music by Jon Nicholls. Producer: Tim Dee

15 Minute Drama: Clouds in Trousers

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Drama following Zoe as she grows up, with every turn in her life marked by the weather.

By Katie Hims. Drama following Zoe as she grows up, with every turn in her life marked by the weather.

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