A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.During a routine overnight update at the headquarters of a major UK telecoms giant, two IT workers unknowingly set something terrifying in motion. They've started an LCE - an AI Loss of Control Event.Over the course of one night, a handful of staff race to regain control as forces far beyond the building begin to close in. What’s been unleashed threatens to change everything — and soon there may be no way to put it back.This is a very a real and disastrous phenomenon, and it could happen to us very soon.Starring Edward Bluemel and Corinna Brown.Artificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang.
Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton.Written by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah.Cast:
Iain - Edward Bluemel
Mel - Corinna Brown
Zaina - Fatima Adoum
Roland - Philip Bretherton
Jess - Alix Wilton Regan
Nisha - Seyan Sarvan
Sam - Kenneth Omole
Andrea - Beth Chalmers
Oliver - Sean Rigby
Marcus - Wilf Scolding
John - Joseph Mydell
Susan - Karen Bryson
Lyssa - Catriona Stirling
Supporting roles - Sean Baker and members of the castOriginal Music by Steven D Griffiths and Isla NoirArtificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang
Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton
Sound Designer: Lucinda Mason Brown
Director: John Wakefield
Story Producer: Sarah Olley
Producer: Chris Grezo
Executive Producer: John Scott DrydenA Strange Boy production for BBC Radio 4
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Folge vom 08.05.2026Wraith: Episode 1: Breach
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Folge vom 04.05.2026Wraith: TrailerA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.During a routine overnight update at the headquarters of a major UK telecoms giant, two IT workers unknowingly set something terrifying in motion. They've started an LCE - an AI Loss of Control Event.Over the course of one night, a handful of staff race to regain control as forces far beyond the building begin to close in. What’s been unleashed threatens to change everything — and soon there may be no way to put it back.This is a very a real and disastrous phenomenon, and it could happen to us very soon.Starring Edward Bluemel and Corinna Brown.Artificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang. Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton.Written by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah.
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Folge vom 27.03.2026The Dentist: Episode 5Kerry’s efforts to assume her sister’s identity and pose as a dentist have been disastrous. Between the high body count and a gangster pursuing her for a quarter of a million pounds, the life of quiet desperation she was previously living seems very attractive right now…D.C. Jackson’s darkly comical crime thriller concludes. Cast: DI Hickman … David Ireland Paul Rennie… Jonathan Watson Jaconelli and The Minister… Gavin Mitchell Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Kasia … Leah Byrne Bob … Grant O’Rourke Sapphire … Sylvia JacksonStudio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham Commissioning Editors: Alison Hindell and Rhian Roberts. A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams
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Folge vom 20.03.2026The Dentist: Episode 4When Kerry made the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she didn’t think through the consequences of posing as a dentist.So far those consequences have been pretty fatal. And now, as she digs deeper and deeper into her deception, she finds herself butting up against the criminal underworld. Cast: Kasia … Leah Byrne Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Paul Rennie… Jonathan Watson DI Hickman … David Ireland Bob … Grant O’RourkeStudio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams