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What secret is hidden in Thornfield's forbidden East Wing? And what lengths will Charly go to, to find out? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next? CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Dev ..... Danny Ashok Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Kal ..... Tom Kiteley Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Other parts are played by David Holt Written by Chloë Myerson Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne Isger A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

Guests arrive at Thornfield. But what is Edward hiding from Charly? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next? CAST Charly .... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Dev ..... Danny Ashok Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Mei ..... India Moon Huxley ..... Ayrton English Zack ..... Waj Ali Brett ..... Kerry Gooderson Other parts are played by David Holt Written by Chloë Myerson Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne Isger A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

A voice from the past returns. Can Charly trust what she hears? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next? CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Dev ..... Danny Ashok Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Other parts are played by Kerry Gooderson, Debbie Korley and David Holt. Written by Chloë Myerson Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne Isger A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

Tutor Charly arrives in luxury bunker Thornfield. But something's not right with this place. And what happened to her predecessor? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next? CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Kal ..... Tom Kiteley Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Other parts are played by David Holt and Debbie Korley Written by Chloë Myerson Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne Isger A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.

In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next? A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

1968. LBJ is running out of time. Having abandoned his own re-election campaign, the President turns to the one achievement that might redeem his final months in office: peace in Vietnam. But as the US election tightens, the CIA begins to pick up signs that Nixon’s campaign may be using secret back channels to keep South Vietnam away from the negotiating table. For LBJ, it could destroy his final hope of peace. For Richard Helms and Eloise Page, it is a dangerous collision of espionage, democracy and power. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and David Duchovny. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Bill Colby..........David Duchovny Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Anna Chennault..........Carin Chea Peer de Silva..........Ian Porter Nguyễn Văn Thiệu..........Aaron Teoh Tho..........Sotty Pong Richard Nixon..........Roy McCrerey Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Averell Harriman..........Kerry Shale Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

America is losing faith in Vietnam. After a major communist offensive shocks the public and exposes the fragility of the war effort, LBJ faces pressure from every side. The generals want more troops. The country wants answers. And inside Washington, the search begins for a strategy that can deliver results without admitting defeat. Into that vacuum steps Bill Colby, played by David Duchovny — the CIA’s Far East chief and one of the Agency’s most important Vietnam specialists. His influence inside the Agency is only beginning. His answer is the Phoenix Program: a plan to identify and dismantle the Viet Cong’s hidden political network across South Vietnam. Colby believes the program can bring order, discipline and better intelligence to a failing war. But in Vietnam, even precision has a cost. What begins as an attempt to understand the enemy will become one of the most controversial operations in the CIA’s history. For LBJ, Phoenix offers the hope of progress. For Colby, it is the making of a career. For the Agency, it is another step into the shadows of Vietnam. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and David Duchovny. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Bill Colby..........David Duchovny Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict Robert Komer..........Ian Porter Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe Phan Pang..........Aaron Teoh Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow McCoy..........Tyreke Leslie All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

The war in Vietnam is no longer happening far away. Images of conflict flood American living rooms and the anti-war movement explodes. LBJ is convinced the protests cannot be truly domestic. Someone must be behind them: Moscow, Havana, perhaps both. He orders Richard Helms and the CIA to find the foreign influence driving unrest at home. But as the Agency moves closer to spying on American citizens, Eloise Page begins to see a different force at work. Not a secret network. Not a Soviet plot. Something much more powerful, sitting in plain sight: television. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling Bob McNamara.......... Rob Benedict Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Richard Ober..........Richard Southgate Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Geri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Rumours are spreading through the Bolivian jungle: Che Guevara is back. For Washington, the possibility is explosive. The world’s most famous revolutionary may be trying to ignite another insurgency in the Americas — and the CIA cannot afford to let his legend grow. But before they can act, they need proof. Is it really Che? Or another fighter hiding behind the myth? As the Agency trains Bolivian forces for a covert hunt through brutal terrain, Eloise Page and Richard Helms face a delicate mission: find the revolutionary, prove his identity, and stop a symbol from becoming a movement. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict President Barrientos..........Joseph Balderrama Ramon..........Ben Cura Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay Régis Debray..........Walles Hamonde John Tilton..........Christopher Ragland Ambassador Patrick Dean..........Phillipe Bosher Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Richard Helms has finally reached the top of the CIA. Now he has to prove the Agency deserves to be heard. In Vietnam, the Pentagon insists America is winning. The CIA’s own intelligence tells a darker story: the enemy is larger, stronger and more resilient than Washington wants to believe. LBJ demands evidence, and Helms must stand behind an estimate that challenges everything the military is telling him. But Vietnam is not the only crisis. In the Middle East, tensions between Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan are moving towards a confrontation that could pull in the superpowers. As Helms begins his tenure as CIA Director, he faces the hardest task in Washington: telling a President the truth before events outrun him. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay John McCone..........Tim Ahern Helen Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow Sailor..........Clay Zackery All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Soviet nuclear power is growing, and LBJ wants answers. Inside the CIA, Eloise Page and Richard Helms are trying to bring the Agency into a new age of intelligence: satellites, signals, analysis and serious tradecraft. But Admiral Raborn needs a triumph of his own — something bold enough to impress the President and prove he belongs in the job. His solution is one of the strangest operations in CIA history: a plan to turn a cat into a listening device. As the CIA reaches for the future with satellites and signals intelligence, Raborn searches for a quick success much closer to the ground — with unpredictable results. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict Julia Helms..........Julee Cerda Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage MacKay Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Admiral William ‘Red’ Raborn..........Roy McCrerey Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Semichastny..........Philipe Bosher Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

1965. Richard Helms is the obvious choice to lead the CIA. Experienced, respected and trusted inside the Agency, he appears to be next in line. LBJ has other ideas and instead appoints Admiral William “Red” Raborn — a fellow Texan with almost no intelligence experience. On his first day, a coup erupts in the Dominican Republic, and Raborn is thrown into a crisis he barely understands. As LBJ demands answers and Washington rushes towards military intervention, Eloise Page watches the Agency struggle under a director out of his depth. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Admiral William ‘Red’ Raborn..........Roy McCrerey Tracy Barnes..........Richard Southgate Tap Bennett..........Tyreke Leslie Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay Julia Helms..........Julee Cerda Helen Boatner..........Carlyss Peer John McCone..........Tim Ahern Spanish Guard ..........Walles Hamonde Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

1964. At the Pentagon, America’s future in Vietnam is played out in two rooms. The war game is meant to test whether bombing North Vietnam can force a communist retreat. But the simulation points to a devastating conclusion - whatever America does, the North will keep fighting, the Viet Cong will keep being supplied, and the war cannot be won on Washington’s terms. The CIA sees the warning clearly. John McCone tries to make LBJ listen. But the hawks in the administration dismiss the game as theory — and when the Gulf of Tonkin gives them the trigger they need, America steps towards a war the Agency already knows is doomed. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Robert ‘Bob’ McNamara..........Rob Benedict Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay John McCone..........Tim Ahern Peer de Silva..........Ian Porter Barbara Robbins..........Lily Lefkow Admiral Grant Sharp..........David Menkin Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering All other parts played by the cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Margarita Sound Engineer: James Moore Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

1964. As British Guiana edges towards independence, Washington fears another communist foothold in the Americas. But the President’s attention is soon caught by a more immediate irritation: Harold Wilson’s new Labour government is pressing ahead with a lucrative export deal to Castro’s Cuba. To London, it is just business. To LBJ, it looks like betrayal. And as the CIA tries to keep one eye on British Guiana, the White House becomes consumed by a row over buses, allies, trade, and what loyalty means in the Cold War. Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and Jason Watkins. Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn David Ormsby-Gore..........Jason Watkins Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Robert ‘Bob’ McNamara..........Rob Benedict Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer John McCone..........Tim Ahern Virginia Hall..........Jennifer Armour Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Elizabeth, Richard Helm’s Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow Leroy Gomes..........Tyreke Leslie Cheddi Jagan..........Vivek Madan Tracy Barnes..........Richard Southgate Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering All other parts played by cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Margarita Sound Engineer: James Moore Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

1964. Chile is preparing to vote — and Washington is watching nervously. With the memory of Cuba still raw, LBJ fears another communist foothold in the Americas. Inside Langley, the CIA is told to help deliver the right result before the ballot box produces the wrong one. For Eloise Page, Richard Helms and John McCone, that means money, media, pressure, persuasion — and the fine art of interference without fingerprints. The Agency faces its first major test under President LBJ: how far do you go to protect democracy from itself? Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay John McCone..........Tim Ahern Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Virginia Hall..........Jennifer Armour Henry Hecksher..........David Menkin Charlie Michaels..........Christopher Ragland Augustin ‘Gus’ Edwards..........Joseph Balderrama Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering Judge Sarah T Hughes..........Laurel Lefkow Security Guard..........Tyreke Leslie All other parts played by cast Original music by Sacha Puttnam Production: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden. A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4