Half Lives

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Sara is trying to reach a society 10,000 years in the future. Hannah is just trying to get through the week. Hannah works as operations manager at a nuclear processing plant that’s about to be decommissioned. Its nuclear waste will be packed into canisters and buried deep underground. But the waste will remain deadly for thousands of years. Sara is a linguist, sent to shadow Hannah, to develop a way of warning future generations about the dangers of the waste that lies buried. The challenge: today’s languages are unlikely to survive the vast timeframes needed. As Hannah and Sara bring their very different perspectives to a tense working environment, tempers flare and connections are made. Natasha Kaeda’s drama asks, how do we care for future generations? Cast Hannah…. Lois Meleri Jones Sara… Indra Ové The Myth… Kezrena James Tegwyn… Wyn Bowen Harries Eric…. Dion Lloyd John…. Rhys Ap William Production co-ordinators… Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees Sound designer… Catherine Robinson Director and Producer… Fay Lomas BBC Audio Drama Wales