Drama of the Week

Tutor Charly arrives in luxury bunker Thornfield. But something's not right with this place. And what happened to her predecessor?

In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.

In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?

This is episode 1. You can find the whole series on BBC Sounds now.

CAST
Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones
Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim
Huxley ..... Ayrton English
Mei ..... India Moon
Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams
Kal ..... Tom Kiteley
Axel ..... Alexander Arnold
Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Other parts are played by David Holt and Debbie Korley

Written by Chloë Myerson

Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands
Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt
Director: Anne Isger

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.

Drive, Clive, drive!

Clive Coombs attempts to prove his credentials as a father by driving his daughter through the night to a plane that will take her to the other side of the world.

As he drives, the weight of all his worries start to hijack the airwaves of his radio - his faltering marriage, his disintegrating sense of self and whether the small battery in his electric car will ever get his daughter to the plane on time. A heart-achingly funny new comedy drama brought to life with a host of familiar Radio 4 voices.

CLIVE.....Toby Jones
CHLOE.....Sofia Oxenham
GAIL.....Indira Varma
JANINE.....Clare Corbett
MICK/ BARRY.....Sam Dale
PARVAN McCLOUD.....Tim Crouch

Also featuring: Kate Adie, Ron Brown, Charles Carroll, James Coomarasamy, Amy Gladwell, Caroline Nicholls, Neil Nunes, Matthew Parris, Jay Rayner, Al Ryan and Jane Steel.

The song was composed by Joey Crouch and Owen Crouch and the singer was Ella Whitehead.

Written by Tim Crouch with Toby Jones
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound design by Sharon Hughes
Production Coordinator: Pippa Day
Studio Production Coordinator: Clare Ewing
Casting Manager: Alex Curran
Technical Producers: Andy Garratt, Sam Dickinson

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.