Episode 3
Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working. Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme.
Part 3. Scientists in Germany think they've found an antibiotic that's effective against Zips. Human trials have been accelerated.The horror is out there and growing. The countryside has become a smoking pyre. Government ministers sit in a crisis meeting and they simply don't know what to do.
News reports start to break up and then disappear. Aasmah in her lab talks about the grim prospects with a colleague. It's clear that some countries have collapsed completely. Civil society is starting to break down. There have been food riots in some cities. The dead are beginning to back up in the streets. Other diseases are flaring up because of the decay and decomposition.
Written by Val McDermid
Directed in Salford by Susan Roberts
Programme consultant - Christopher Dowson Professor of Microbiology, University of Warwick and Trustee for Antibiotic Research UK
Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental stories scheme.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Zoe | Gina McKee |
Sam | Nitin Kundra |
Dr Aasmah | Chetna Pandya |
Cheryl | Emily Pithon |
Receptionist | Emily Pithon |
Home Secretary | Conrad Nelson |
Health Minister | Jonathan Keeble |
Editor | Jonathan Keeble |
PM | Malcolm Raeburn |
Andreas | Malcolm Raeburn |
Director | Susan Roberts |
Writer | Val McDermid |
Broadcasts
- Fri 17 Mar 2017 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Thu 30 Aug 2018 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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