The Meek

Crime novelist and Hellblazer comic contributor Denise Mina's dark and surreal drama about a mother coming to terms with her child's disability.

Newborn Simone has Down's syndrome but her mother is convinced she has extraordinary powers. Is this complete fantasy or is Simone really in a world where superheroes exist and are being hunted down?

Mum ...... Meg Fraser
Simone ...... Sarah Gordy
Social Worker ...... Lucy Paterson
Doctor/Telekenetic Boy's Mum ...... Louise Ludgate
Telekenetic Boy ...... Robert Softley
Francis/Soldier 1 ...... Ben Lewis
Receptionist/Soldier 2 ...... Nick Underwood

Sound design: Paul Wilson and Dan Lyth.