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Jul 2023
27m 17s

Bitter Pill: 4. Trust Issues

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

An audio drama series about memory and trauma.

After a traumatic car crash, Mary joins a clinical drug trial that promises a cure for PTSD. The medication triggers intense flashbacks of the accident that left her fiancée comatose. But is Mary simply remembering the event, or reliving it? And if she is actually returning to the past, does that mean she can change her future?

Cast: Mary ….. Séainín Brennan Jackie ….. Charlotte McCurry Carl ……. Shaun Blaney Eoin ….. Seamus O’Hara Warren ….. Martin McCann All other roles were played by the cast and crew.

Writers ….. Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney Producer ….. Michael Shannon Executive Editor ….. Andy Martin

Music composed by Denis Clohessy. Sound Design by Bill Maul.

A BBC Northern Ireland production.

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