A new satire from award winning writer Anita Sullivan, set at a fictional COP conference, with a talking Mosquito. Developed with leading climate scientists.
Peter is a hapless politician representing the UK at COP in Paris. Hoping to retire soon – he didn’t really want this assignment, but now he’s caught like a rabbit in the headlights between the fiercely intelligent business analyst who has taken the place of his usual PA, and the changing landscapes of contemporary politics and climate crisis speak. Will he talk absolute rubbish? Will he keep his job? Will he sell our children’s future to the highest bidder? What is African Horse Flu? And can anyone else hear that whining voice?
The Mosquito was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome, in consultation with Professor Andy Morse (Professor of Climate Impacts at the University of Liverpool) and Dr Omnia El Omrani (Climate and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College London).
Interviews are used with permission from:
https://hub.connectingclimateminds.org/lived-experiences
CAST
Peter- Robert Bathurst
The Mosquito- Laila Alj
Farah - Laila Alj
Addy - Audrey Brisson
Faith - Ruth Everett
Miles - Laurence Saunders
The Volunteer and other roles - Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Production Co-ordinators - Eleri McAuliffe and Noa Dowling
Sound Design - Catherine Robinson
Directed by John Norton.
A BBC Audio Wales production for Radio 4.