You can be sure of FIREWORKS when you tune in TOMORROW at 3pm on BBC RADIO 4 ... 'BARRED' is a
contemporary thriller about a young black barrister trying to establish her
career.
TAMIKA (played
by the wonderful KERRI MCLEAN) starts at Tudor Chambers full of hope and idealism - only to
be confronted by some harsh truths about the broken criminal justice system and
the integrity of some of her colleagues.
Rather surprisingly to me - I play a police officer for the very first time, I was almost certain that I had been an 'officer of the law' previously but no!!
The large cast includes; KERRI MCLEAN ('Line of Duty', 'Poldark'), SUSANNAH HARKER (perhaps best known playing Jane
Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’), ANDREW LANCEL ('Cardiac Arrest', 'Coronation Street'), ALI BASTIAN ('Hollyoaks', 'The Bill, 'Doctors') and ANDREW WINCOTT (Adam Macy in 'The Archers') who I had previously worked alongside on some video game but more recently (but still nearly a decade ago on 'The Archers') where I (as KEITH HORROBIN) was involved
with the gang who hospitalised his character ADAM! There is of course a supremely talented supporting cast too ...
It's a cracking HOUR LONG DRAMA and I am privileged to be a part of it. After its first transmission TOMORROW it'll be available ON DEMAND on the BBC iPlayer here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011bg6
It was also extra special as we recorded it back in an actual radio drama studio ...
The drama was written
by THANDI LUBIMBI and RICHARD KURTI and was directed by ANDREW MARK SEWELL.
'BARRED' is a B7 MEDIA production for BBC RADIO 4.
Acting website at www.seanconnolly.co.uk
Voice website at www.seanconnollyvoices.com
