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  • 28 minutes 30 seconds
    Exemplar - Episode 4

    Jess is observing as her old adversary, gang leader Danny Fenchurch, is questioned by the police. Will he crack? Meanwhile, back at Veritas, Maya is trying to crack a bizarre code on a video of a man being held captive by the gang. When DS Gray takes charge, the interrogation gets more heated.

    Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”

    The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

    Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks D S Gray ….. Clare Perkins Danny Fenchurch ….. Mark Stobbart Jemma ….. Amy McAllister Kirsty ….. Molly Roberts

    Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

    A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

    21 February 2025, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 40 seconds
    Exemplar - Episode 3

    Audio analysts Jess and Maya are hired to support a police sting operation to infiltrate a suspected drugs gang. A terrified teenager agrees to carry a wire when he goes to collect a package – Jess and Maya have to try to work out how to trap the drug runner, using sound cues from the route he takes.

    Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”

    The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

    Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks Killian ….. Benjamin Cawley DS Gray ….. Clare Perkins Luke Watson ….. Malcolm Ridley Lara ….. Jessica Taylor Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

    A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

    14 February 2025, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 43 seconds
    Exemplar - Episode 2

    When a never before heard track by iconic 90s band The Daisy Chains is discovered, a bitter argument over ownership between the lead singer’s widow and the bandleader ensues. Jess and Maya are brought in to work out who really wrote the song, with just an old school tape recording of the original track as a clue.

    Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”

    The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

    Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks Seb ….. Afnan Iftikhar Lucia ….. Tracey Wilkinson Clare ….. Amy McAllister

    Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

    A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

    7 February 2025, 7:00 am
  • 28 minutes 44 seconds
    Exemplar - Episode 1

    A successful television actor hires Jess and Maya to analyse a voicemail, leaked to the press, that suggests he supplied the drugs that killed his younger co-star. The suspicion is that the recording has been doctored.

    As they disentangle the truth behind the missing 29 seconds in the voicemail, pushy Detective Sergeant Serena Gray hires Veritas to help with a phone-hacking investigation.

    Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”

    The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

    Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks DS Serena Gray….. Clare Perkins Adam ….. Afnan Iftikhar Jason ….. Benjamin Cawley Chris ….. Malcolm Ridley

    Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

    A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

    31 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 2 minutes 30 seconds
    Introducing... Exemplar - Series 2

    The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

    Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards.

    Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks DS Serena Gray….. Clare Perkins Adam ….. Afnan Iftikhar Jason ….. Benjamin Cawley Chris ….. Malcolm Ridley

    Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

    A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

    29 January 2025, 11:15 am
  • 28 minutes 24 seconds
    Don't Listen to This: Episode 5

    By Anthony Del Col

    Gripping psychological thriller set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).

    Cressida is shocked to discover the truth about Soji Sanada but together they must race to stop the killer and delete the remaining lethal cutscenes.

    Cressida Yang ..... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Soji Sanada.....Togo Igawa Officer Patel ....... Jaz Singh Deol Beckett Knox ....... Samuel James Teammate ...... Dan Foxdrop Wyatt Warstrm ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

    Production co-ordinator - Pippa Day Assistant Technical Producer - Mike Etherden Technical Producer and Sound Designer - Sharon Hughes Director-Nadia Molinari Co-Producers- Nadia Molinari, Jessica Mitic, Lorna Newman

    Thanks to Nimitt Mankad, Anthony Wastella and Geoff Moore.

    A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.

    24 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 28 minutes 22 seconds
    Don't Listen to This: Episode 4

    By Anthony Del Col

    Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).

    Cressida Yang is forced into hiding when she is blamed for a string of murders which has sent shockwaves through the esports community. Determined to locate the Poka Yoke server and shut down the killer cutscene forever, Cressida embarks on a dangerous journey. But help comes just in time from an unexpected source.

    Cressida Yang ..... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Soji Sanada.....Togo Igawa Gerald Lee ...... David K. S. Tse Beckett Knox ....... Samuel James Warstrm ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

    Production co-ordinator- Pippa Day Assistant Technical Producer- Mike Etherden Technical Producer and Sound Designer- Sharon Hughes Director- Nadia Molinari Co-Producers- Nadia Molinari, Jessica Mitic, Lorna Newman Writer - Anthony Del Col

    Thanks to Nimitt Mankad, Anthony Wastella and Geoff Moore.

    A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.

    17 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 28 minutes 41 seconds
    Don't Listen to This: Episode 3

    By Anthony Del Col

    Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).

    Cressida Yang, along with her former nemesis, Blu_Devil are trying to find out what happened to two esports players who died in mysterious circumstances. After attending the funeral of Lars Persson, they follow the scent of another lead. Which leads Blu_Devil to a place where she has to confront her difficult past.

    Cressida Yang ..... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Gerald Lee ...... David K. S. Tse Officer Patel ....... Jaz Singh Deol Beckett Knox ....... Samuel James Teammate ...... Dan Foxdrop Wyatt Warstrm ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

    Production co-ordinator- Pippa Day Assistant Technical Producer- Mike Etherden Technical Producer and Sound Designer- Sharon Hughes Director- Lorna Newman Co-Producers- Nadia Molinari, Jessica Mitic, Lorna Newman

    Thanks to Nimitt Mankad, Anthony Wastella and Geoff Moore.

    A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

    10 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 28 minutes 51 seconds
    Don't Listen To This: Episode 2

    By Anthony Del Col

    Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).

    Esports psychologist, Cressida Yang is pulled back into the competitive gaming world. In the last couple of days, two esports players made contact with her just before they died. Cressida is unnerved and sets out to reveal the truth about what really happened. Taking matters into her own hands she visits the hotel where Khaan, one of the deceased players was staying. Can she uncover what is really going on here?

    Cressida Yang...... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Oliver/Officer Patel ..... Jaz Singh Deol Beckett Knox/Lars Persson ...... Samuel James Ziggy..... Andi Bickers Teammate ..... Dan 'Foxdrop' Wyatt Warstrm ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

    Production co-ordinator- Pippa Day Assistant Technical Producer- Mike Etherden Technical Producer and Sound Designer- Sharon Hughes Director- Jessica Mitic Co-Producers- Nadia Molinari, Jessica Mitic, Lorna Newman

    With thanks to Nimitt Mankad, Anthony Wastella and Geoff Moore.

    A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4.

    3 January 2025, 6:00 am
  • 28 minutes 40 seconds
    Don't Listen to This: Episode 1

    By Anthony Del Col

    Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).

    Cressida Yang was once a top esports psychologist, until she was scapegoated for the burn out of one of her clients. When her former colleague, Park, ropes her back in to do one last session to help out an underperforming player from his new team Klub Kinetic, Cressida is thrust back into dangerous a world she thought she had left behind.

    Cressida Yang...... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Oliver/Officer Patel ..... Jaz Singh Deol Khaaan/Gonzalez ..... Nuhazet Diaz Cano Teenager ..... Andi Bickers Teammate ..... Dan 'Foxdrop' Wyatt Warstrm ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

    Production co-ordinator- Pippa Day Assistant Technical Producer- Mike Etherden Technical Producer and Sound Designer- Sharon Hughes Director- Nadia Molinari Co-Producers- Nadia Molinari, Jessica Mitic, Lorna Newman

    With thanks to Nimitt Mankad, Anthony Wastella and Geoff Moore.

    A BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

    27 December 2024, 6:00 am
  • 3 minutes 17 seconds
    Introducing... Don't Listen to This

    Cressida Yang, once a top gaming team pyschologist, thought she had left the esports world behind until the mysterious death of a former client thrusts her back into the spotlight.

    Created by Pulitzer Prize winner, Anthony Del Col this is a nail-biting dive into the complex world of competitive gaming.

    23 December 2024, 6:00 am
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