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9. Freedom

Episode 9 of 10

Warlow, freed from the cellar by Abraham Price, doesn’t know his kids – but does recognise his wife. Read by Robert Glenister.

Warlow, freed from the cellar by Abraham Price, sees his children but does not know them.

His wife, though, he has recognised.

Herbert Powyss lives on an estate in the Welsh Marches with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman’s fashionable investigation into botanical experimentation. But he longs to make his mark in the field of science – something consequential enough to present to The Royal Society in London. Influenced by something he’s read, he decides to conduct a radical investigation into the Resilience of the Human Mind Without Society. He places an ad for a suitable guinea pig.

Only one man is desperate enough to apply for the job; a semi-literate, angry abuser.

What could possibly go wrong?

Written by Alix Nathan and abridged by Jeremy Osborne.

Read by Robert Glenister.

Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.

14 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Mar 202402:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Thu 1 Aug 201912:04
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 1 Aug 201922:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 29 Feb 202407:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 29 Feb 202412:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 29 Feb 202417:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 1 Mar 202402:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra