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Ruby Lennox鈥檚 family is ostensibly ordinary. But behind the scenes, secrets, lies and inexplicable coincidences are waiting to be found.

In Kate Atkinson鈥檚 beguiling Behind The Scenes At The Museum, the effervescent Ruby pulls at threads at to unravel a tragi-comic story of family love, loss and heartbreak that spans a century. Starring Rosie Cavaliero, Kate O'Flynn and Samuel James.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread Best Book of the Year in 1995, and is now dramatised by one of our very best audio writers, Katie Hims, for 大象传媒 Radio 4. This is part one of three episodes.

In 1951 Ruby Lennox is grudgingly conceived to the chimes of midnight; chimes from the clock on the mantlepiece which once belonged to her great grandmother, Alice. The Lennox live above the shop in York, a city so steeped in history that real-life ghosts linger amongst the boxes of Trill and cat litter. We are flung back to 1919, and meet Ruby鈥檚 grandmother Nell, a young woman, falling in love at the brink of war.

CAST
Ruby ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Bunty ..... Kate O鈥橣lynn
George ..... Samuel James
Nell ..... Jessica Turner
Jack ..... Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Frank .....Paul Adeyefa
Albert ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr
Young Nell ..... Shreya Lallu
Young Lilian .... Andi Bickers
Alice/Babs ..... Ruth Everett
Jean-Paul ..... Charlie Anson
Young Patricia ..... Paige Brearley
Young Gillian ..... Olive Connolly

Dramatist ..... Katie Hims
Director ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jenny Mendez and Maggie Olgiati
Sound ..... Keith Graham, Ali Craig, Andy Garratt

A 大象传媒 Studios Audio Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

KATIE HIMS

Katie has written extensively in audio drama including multiple leading adaptations for 大象传媒 Radio 4: Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'ubervilles, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls and The Martin Beck Killings by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.

Katie was also lead writer on 大象传媒's Home Front and other radio work includes Black Eyed Girls (winner of the 大象传媒 Audio Drama Award for Best Original Drama), Lost Property (winner of the 大象传媒 Audio Drama Award for Best Original Drama), The Gunshot Wedding (winner of The Writer鈥檚 Guild Best Original Radio Drama) and The Earthquake Girl (winner of the Richard Imison Award).

In TV Katie is developing an original grounded sci-fi drama with Hooley Productions, and has episodic experience on 大象传媒's long running series Casualty. In theatre, Katie is currently on attachment at the National Theatre. Her recent stage work includes a contemporary retelling of Kafka's The Trial which ran at The Unicorn Theatre in 2023 and received 4 and 5 star reviews.

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