5. Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve
Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: the best old ideas. Stars Siobhan Redmond.
A drama serial by Lavinia Greenlaw about one of the oldest of human diseases.
Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up One's Sleeve: the old ones are (still) sometimes the best.
Malaria has blighted human life in parts of the world for as long as humans have been humans. The mosquito, the parasite it carries, and the human bloodstream are evolving together. In many places the parasite still has the upper hand. Emergency Prescriptions Kept up One's Sleeve: the last of five dramas based on facts and taking in ancient historical itches and ideas about the disease and the latest scientific attempts to understand and outwit it.
The disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes came to humans probably from gorillas a long time ago. Through recorded history the fever-prompting disease has shadowed humans almost everywhere warm enough for mosquitoes to live between the Poles. We have evolved together. It is still the biggest killer of children in parts of the world.
Made in collaboration with Wellcome Trust.
Written by Lavinia Greenlaw.
Narrator: Siobhan Redmond.
Other parts played by:
Russell Boulter
Richard Bremmer
David Collins
Jasmine Hyde
John Mackay
Medical/science adviser: Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute.
Music and sound design: Jon Nicholls.
Producer: Tim Dee
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in March 2014.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Narrator | Siobhan Redmond |
Actor | Russell Boulter |
Actor | Richard Bremmer |
Actor | David Collins |
Actor | Jasmine Hyde |
Actor | John MacKay |
Producer | Tim Dee |
Writer | Lavinia Greenlaw |
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- Fri 28 Mar 2014 10:45大象传媒 Radio 4
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