The Ex Who Fell to Earth
By Ed Sellek. Tech-bro billionaire Hennessy Peck has built a spaceship and left Earth for Mars. An intergalactic not-quite-romcom about second chances and fixing mistakes.
Hennessy Peck has reached space. But the Mars Mission is going sideways and the EXPRT NXUS shareholders are panicking. Meanwhile, the press are on Rona’s doorstep looking for a scoop on her space billionaire ex-husband.
Hennessy Peck is not a genius. He's not even much of a leader. And she just wants to get back to the very normal, very not-outer-space life she has, making artisanal ice-creams in Swansea. And Hennessy? He just wants to come home.
Starring Burn Gorman, this is one big intergalactic not-quite-romance about second chances and fixing mistakes.
The writer, Ed Sellek is a TV drama and radio writer. In 2024, his ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Limelight series Money Gone was nominated for two ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards and a Prix Europa. He lives with his dog Chief Brody in South London and keeps finding new ways to laugh at the dreadful state of everything.
HENNESSY……Burn Gorman
RONA……..Lisa Diveney
NXUS…….Graeme Hawley
EDWIN……Youssef Kerkour
ALYSSA……Lois Chimimba
CARRIE…..Erin Shanagher
JAMPAK…….Fejiro Emasiobi
Original Music by Tony Churnside
Written by Ed Sellek
Directed by Tony Churnside
Produced by Eloise Whitmore
Executive Producer - Melanie Harris
A Naked production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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- Thu 14 Aug 2025 14:15ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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