Episode 4: Coast
Alex Jennings continues Cynan Jones' electrifying series set in the very near future. Today: out on the east coast, an elderly couple stand fast in the face of rising sea levels...
Alex Jennings continues Cynan Jones' electrifying short story series set in the very near future.
Water is commodified and the Water Train that feeds the city is increasingly at risk of sabotage. And now ice bergs are being towed to a huge ice dock outside the capital city - a huge megalopolis that is draining the country of its resources.
Meanwhile, out on the east coast, life is harsh. An elderly couple struggle to live out their final years in their beloved home, in the face of rising sea levels...
Reader: Alex Jennings is an acclaimed stage and screen actor, and 3-time Olivier Award-winner, known most recently for his roles in A Very English Scandal, and the Crown.
Writer: Cynan Jones
Producer: Justine Willett
Music: Original music by Kirsten Morrison
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Cynan Jones' electrifying series set in a future a little, but not quite, like our own.