A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.In Episode 2, chaos breaks out across London as the AI resorts to more extreme measures. Iain, Mel, Roland and Zaina, trapped in the building, struggle to outwit the AI and figure out a way to help the rest of the city. Meanwhile Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Centre Nisha Khan tries to convince ministers in Whitehall that their best chance is to escalate immediately before it's too late. When the operations team sent to the UT building fails to report back, Nisha sends her close colleague Sam to investigate.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 BakerWritten by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah
Original 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 15.05.2026Wraith: 2. Exploit
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Folge vom 08.05.2026Wraith: Episode 1: BreachA 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 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