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Scenes from a Crime

Crime thriller by John Dryden, set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai. A man with no memory teams up with a street child to piece together fragments of his life.

A man with no memory finds himself outside a flat in a tenement block in Mumbai. With no idea of who he is or how he got there he tries, with the help of a street-child, to piece together fragments of his life.

This thriller from writer/director John Dryden is set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai.

John Dryden's production of The Seventh Test, based on the novel The Accidental Apprentice, has been short-listed for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards 2015 in both the Best Adaptation and Best Serial categories. His other work includes the original three-part drama series Severed Threads, The Reluctant Spy, A Tokyo Murder and Pandemic, which won the Writer's Guild Award for best radio drama script. His dramatisation of Bleak House won a Sony Award for Best Drama. He recently won Best Drama Producer at the Radio Academy Production Awards 2014.

Producer: Preetika Chawla
Editor: Ayeesha Menon

Written, Recorded and Directed by John Dryden
A Goldhawk Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.

45 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Feb 2015 14:15

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Credits

Role Contributor
Man Vivek Madan
Child Faezeh Jalali
Couple (Man) Siddharth Menon
Couple (Woman) Shivani Tanksale
Neighbour Suhaas Ahuja
Nita Prerna Chawla
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½less Woman Ayeesha Menon
Buddy Namit Das
Producer Preetika Chawla
Director John Dryden
Writer John Dryden

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  • Thu 26 Feb 2015 14:15

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