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5. A Deadly Secret

When a family mystery is revealed to Jess, is a cover up the only solution for the audio forensic analyst? With Gina McKee.

A modern day thriller set in the North East of England starring Gina McKee as a lone wolf audio forensic analyst with a troubled past.

When the mystery of her father’s departure is solved, Jess is forced to re-evaluate her childhood memories.

Exemplar: an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.

Exemplar is based on an idea from Ben and Max Ringham, and written by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan Rebellato.

Jess ..... Gina McKee
Maya ..... Shvorne Marks
Sophie ..... Fenella Woolgar
Judith ..... Barbara Marten
Ajay ..... Asif Khan

Audio forensic consultant: James Zjalić
Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor
Studio assistant: Oyin Fowowe
Production coordinator: Darren Spruce
Sound design: Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton
Original music/Sound consultants: Ben and Max Ringham
Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis
Executive producer: Joby Waldman

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2022.

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 Sep 202214:15
  • Mon 27 Jan 202523:00
  • Fri 3 Oct 202506:30
  • Fri 3 Oct 202511:30
  • Fri 3 Oct 202517:30
  • Sat 4 Oct 202501:30

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