Scenes from a Crime
Crime thriller by John Dryden, set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai. A man with no memory teams up with a street child to piece together fragments of his life.
A man with no memory finds himself outside a flat in a tenement block in Mumbai. With no idea of who he is or how he got there he tries, with the help of a street-child, to piece together fragments of his life.
This thriller from writer/director John Dryden is set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai.
John Dryden's production of The Seventh Test, based on the novel The Accidental Apprentice, has been short-listed for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015 in both the Best Adaptation and Best Serial categories. His other work includes the original three-part drama series Severed Threads, The Reluctant Spy, A Tokyo Murder and Pandemic, which won the Writer's Guild Award for best radio drama script. His dramatisation of Bleak House won a Sony Award for Best Drama. He recently won Best Drama Producer at the Radio Academy Production Awards 2014.
Producer: Preetika Chawla
Editor: Ayeesha Menon
Written, Recorded and Directed by John Dryden
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4.
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Behind the scenes in Mumbai
Duration: 01:59
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Man | Vivek Madan |
| Child | Faezeh Jalali |
| Couple (Man) | Siddharth Menon |
| Couple (Woman) | Shivani Tanksale |
| Neighbour | Suhaas Ahuja |
| Nita | Prerna Chawla |
| Homeless Woman | Ayeesha Menon |
| Buddy | Namit Das |
| Producer | Preetika Chawla |
| Director | John Dryden |
| Writer | John Dryden |
Broadcast
- Thu 26 Feb 201514:15BBC Radio 4
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