5. The Landslide

Sonia’s the guest of honour at her old University college. But journalist Gabe is on her tail...

Her return to Cambridge brings back memories of 2024, when her marriage to Kieran was an excuse to avoid difficult conversations in Branwich. But she couldn't stay away forever. And as Kieran launched his bid for MP, Sonia would have to confront the very people she once promised to fight for.

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. This is the fifth 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
Abbie ..... Iona Champain
Ayad ..... Ikky Kabir
Faith ..... Anastasia Hille
Jackie ..... Jasmine Hyde
Nick ..... Clive Hayward
Jake ..... Jimmy Walker
Gabe ..... Django Bevan
Lars and Hustings Chairperson ..... Nigel Pilkington

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

A BBC Studios Audio production