Borderland

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A dark vision of a near-future in which the United Kingdom has fragmented.

4 Extra Debut. In the not-so-distant future, the UK has fragmented and Layla and her daughter go on a desperate mission. Stars Juliet Cowan.

A dark vision of a near-future in which the United Kingdom is fragmented and divided by borders.

Layla and her daughter are on a desperate mission across borders from England, through Wales and over the Irish Sea. 

Written by Sarah Woods.  

Layla ......	Juliet Cowan
Rabaa ...... Sirine Saba
Babak ....... Ali Ariaie
Holly ......	Esme Robinson
Trafficker	...... John Norton
Tunneller ...... Ali Goolyad
Darren ...... Sion Pritchard
Nurse ......	Claire Cage

Based on the stories and experiences of real refugees, Borderland is a thriller about what it means to be a displaced person in the 21st Century. 

It explores the rise of the UK's various nationalisms via a nightmare future. But it also offers a unique perspective on the urgent issue of global migration - by giving British listeners a taste of what it might be like to be pushed to leave your home, in a desperate search for a better life.

From an original idea by John Norton.

Director: James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2017.

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