2. The Left Behind

After reconnecting with Kieran, the looming general election forces Sonia to confront the past.

She returns to the early days of Project Hope, when the group were offered its biggest opportunity yet: but there's a catch for Kieran. It means a return to his struggling coastal hometown of Branwich. Will they take the offer? And can Kieran stomach siding with the opposition for the greater good?

Series Overview
Four young idealists - Sonia, Kieran, Indigo and Ayad - fall under the spell of charismatic thinker Faith Abbott at university and channel her ideas into a bold political experiment: Project Hope. Thrown into a struggling coastal town vulnerable to the far right, they try to reinvent politics from the ground up, backed - and sometimes undermined - by the unpredictable Abbie.

Project Hope captures global attention, but when Faith denounces them from beyond the grave, the group are forced to confront their shared history, and the moral compromises they've made to remain “good people”.

Good People is a fictional story set against our very real political moment, examining the rise of populism, the perceived failure of politics-as-usual, and the deep divisions that run though our country and beyond. The second episode in an ambitious six-part state of the nation drama from award-winning political writer Steve Waters.

CAST
Sonia ..... Natalie Simpson
Kieran ..... Nicholas Armfield
Faith ..... Anastasia Hille
Ayad ..... Ikky Kabir
Indigo ..... Alby Baldwin
Jackie ..... Jasmine Hyde
Gabe ..... Django Bevan
Nick ..... Clive Hayward
Abbie ..... Iona Champain

Writer ..... Steve Waters
Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson
Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran
Script Development ..... Abigail Le Fleming
Production Co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray
Producer ..... Anne Isger
Director ..... Luke MacGregor

A BBC Studios Audio production