Afternoon Play – Occupied
Occupied brings to life recent protest actions in the UK, written by one of those involved.
Originally conceived as a drama about a young woman whose passion found expression in the protest movement, when the creators of the play were arrested whilst recording sound at a peaceful protest everything changed.
The production team decided to explore how and why some members of the middle class are becoming radicalised and wanted to make recordings during actual protests. On 26 March 2011, they entered an upmarket grocer to make recordings where members of UK Uncut were staging a sit-in. By the end of the evening they were in a police cell.
Life and art become properly intertwined in this drama as real recordings are mixed with drama recordings – and real characters are mixed with actors.
Co-written by Glen Neath and John Jordan, recording by Alisdair McGregor with James Lance as James, Simon Kane as Simon, Iain Robertson as Iain, Louise Ford as Emma and Neil Ashdown as George.
Occupied features in a collection of original British dramas across BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 this February.
Producer/Boz Temple-Morris for Holy Mountain
BBC Radio 4 Publicity
Friday 17 February
2.15-3.00pm
BBC RADIO 4
