The Teachings of Smart Town
Inhabitants of an advanced 鈥渟mart town鈥� are forced to confront strange aberrations in the technology that runs their daily lives. But what is the algorithm trying to tell them?
By Marietta Kirkbride.
In today's 'zeit', the 'geist' is everywhere - environmental catastrophe, conspiracy theories, populism, fake news, the age of the algorithm, nationalism, racism,social exclusion. Not to mention pandemics.
As the world teeters on the edge of various self-made apocalypses, Angst! takes a satirical sideways look at our own naked fears. Five separate but connected half-hour 'what if?' stories all told under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Timor Greer.
The inhabitants of Britain鈥檚 most advanced 鈥渟mart town鈥� are forced to confront escalating aberrations in the technology that runs their daily lives. Washing machines in every home spin at once, phones and stereos belt out the same song at the same time. But what is the algorithm trying to tell them? And how can they atone, to be guided once again by its wisdom?
Cast:
Sian 鈥�.. Rose Wardlaw
Malcolm 鈥�.. David Carlyle
Interviewer 鈥�.. Will Howard
K 鈥�.. Sarah Keyworth
Willow 鈥�.. Jane Slavin
Timor Greer 鈥︹�yril Nri
Other voices are played by the cast
Sound design 鈥�.. Steve Bond and Adam Woodhams
Production manager 鈥�.. Anna de Wolff Evans
Executive producer 鈥�.. Sara Davies
Series creator 鈥�.. Martin Jameson
Produced and directed by Nicolas Jackson
An Afonica production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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- Tue 17 Aug 2021 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Tue 11 Apr 2023 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4