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Maggie has disappeared and Kenneth's desperate, drunken phone messages on William's answerphone have brought him rushing to the house. It's time they had a conversation.

An adaptation of Trezza Azzopardi's new novel, a compelling psychological thriller involving a young woman with a secret in her past. During a rainy summer Maggie arrives for a job interview at a large house in the country. The house is empty apart from Kenneth, an elderly man, who wants a secretary to do an unusual live-in job. He wants someone to listen to his vast and eclectic music collection, and transcribe his impressions and memories connected to each piece of music. She is to be a kind of ghostwriter of his autobiography, through music. Kenneth is odd, isolated, perhaps on the edge of dementia, slightly threatening. But Maggie is mysterious too and she has some hidden plan in taking this job. She knows this place, she's been here before. Piece by piece, as the rain intensifies and the river begins to flood, we learn about Maggie's shocking past and the childhood trauma that involves Kenneth's son, William.

Trezza Azzopardi's novels have been short-listed for numerous awards, including the Booker.

Cast:

MAGGIE.............KAY CURRAM

NARRATOR..........SHARON MORGAN

KENNETH...........JOHN CASTLE

ALISON............CAROLINE HARKER

WILLIAM............ MARK MEADOWS

RUSTY............ MARILYN LE CONTE

Adapted by Elizabeth Burke Produced and Directed by : Kate McAll.

15 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Thu 8 Jul 2010 10:45
  • Thu 14 May 2015 14:30
  • Fri 15 May 2015 02:30

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