From Fact to Fiction

6 May 2006

Saturday 6 May 2006 19:00-19:15 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Sunday 7 May 2006 17:40-17:54 (Radio 4 FM)

Series in which writers create a fictional response to current events.

Celebrated playwright David Edgar takes a mischievous look behind the scenes at this week's local elections.

This piece imagines the soundbites you'll never hear as local candidates and senior politicians agonise over their speeches in anticipation of the judgment of the electorate.

Cast: Nicky Henson, David De Keyser, Nisha Nayar, Tracy Wiles, Bertie Carvel, Kim Wall, Elizabeth Bell, Gerard McDermott.

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