The Pivot by Hugh Costello

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The UK, 2025. Loraine Wilson (Monica Dolan), a junior minister at the Department of Business Expansion, is negotiating a trade deal with the ASEAN bloc of South-East Asia. The deal would be both lucrative and prestigious, extending the UK’s global footprint – but there is fierce competition for the business from other countries. A problem arises when Loraine is informed by her scientist son, James, that SEARS 25, a new Covid variant, is spreading from South East Asia and that it’s imperative the UK secures its borders to stop the virus arriving in the country. Mother clashes with son, and political expediency clashes with the inconvenient need to do the right thing. Cast: Loraine Wilson - Monica Dolan James Wilson - Owen Findlay Melanie - Jane Slavin Kim - Macy Nyman The Newscaster - Paul Panting Written by Hugh Costello Produced and directed by Eoin O'Callaghan A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4