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The Unforgiven
- The BBC Radio 4 Prequel to Waking the Dead
- Narrated by: full cast, Sue Johnston
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
A gripping five-part crime thriller set 15 years before Waking the Dead.
Set in 1984 – a world without DNA, CCTV, mobiles, or the internet – The Unforgiven reveals how the iconic Waking the Dead team got together, before they became an official cold case unit.
Trouble erupts as a serial killer launches a huge legal appeal against his conviction, claiming police corruption and pointing the finger directly at young DC Peter Boyd – and implicating forensic scientist, Frankie Wharton. With Boyd forced to disappear, criminal profiler Grace Foley and cops Spencer Jordan and Mel Silver join Frankie to clear their names and save Boyd from disgrace and possible prison. Told over five days, with each character taking turns to tell their story, this heart-stopping case sees them racing to beat the clock as the unthinkable unfolds.
Written by Barbara Machin, who created Waking the Dead for BBC1, this electrifying drama stars the original cast of the Emmy-winning hit TV series – Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose and Wil Johnson.
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- Jojo
- 20-05-20
brilliant
This production is amazing and I couldn't wait to finish it!! The best thing about it is the tension it builds throughout, right until the very end.
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- Martine Heal
- 08-05-21
Great prequel to Waking the Dead
Sterling performances of an excellent story by a familiar cast, this dramatisation has the perfect blend of psycho serial killer horror mingled with the back stories of the team up against him. Thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend.
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- Mrs Lois Talling
- 08-04-21
Excellent adaptation
I was really impressed how this worked as radio drama rather than TV. Great cast.
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- Gem Elizabeth
- 04-03-22
Wonderful to revisit an old favourite
I ended up binging all 5 episodes together, it was so wonderful to be back in a world with Grace, Frankie, Mel, Spence and Boyd. It really worked so well as a audio drama too. Would love some more trips back to Waking The Dead now.
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- RS
- 07-04-24
Wish there were so many more!
This is brilliant, capturing everything about the original series that was so good and adding so much more! The chemistry between the team is so strong and I really wish that there were more of these to really dig into the history of the team. Brilliantly suspenseful story too.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-04-20
Very good story
A tense story performed by an excellent cast ,keeps you hooked to the end,thoroughly recommended.
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- Gary Pearce
- 23-07-23
Wonderful
This was extremely enjoyable. The plot was good and kept tou gripped until the end. Subtle ruse to lead us in to the series of waking the dead we are enjoyed. Great book
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- Ms. Moira L. Walton
- 04-06-20
a great listen, superbly constructed
gripping, excellent writing, superbly acted with plot twists and turns. listened again to catch the clues and detail missed first time around
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- supramaniac121
- 20-06-20
Wonderful
Prequel to Waking the Dead set in the eighties. Superb cast and a wonderful atmosphere that really sucks you in and never lets go. Sublime
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- user-MLPC431
- 15-11-20
bloody amazing
absolutely bloody amazing. It was brilliantly written and the cast fantastic. kept me glued to it to the end. would recommend this to any one especially those who enjoy a thrilling crime
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