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When Kate Marston turns up at LAX to fly home to London in time for the Christmas holidays, she is arrested by the Border control agency for having overstayed her visa by one day. She admits her mistake but finds herself incarcerated with hundreds of other ‘illegals’ waiting to be processed by a system already groaning under the weight of an ICE dragnet designed to rid the US of aliens and undocumented migrants. For Kate’s family back home the question is stark - with three days to go to Christmas what exactly do they have to do to get her back home/ Written by Viv Groskop Cast: Kate - Jane Slavin Emily - Lizzy McInnerny Barb - Greta Scacchi Brian - David Menkin US Border official - Paul Panting Produced and directed by Eoin O'Callaghan A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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