BBC Radio 4 drama, commissioned to celebrate 100 years of BBC Radio drama broadcast 23 September 2023 and on BBC Sounds here
Written by client Tina Pepler
In 2023, sound designer Iris is inspired by one of the pioneers of broadcasting and aviation. With David Haig as Lance Sieveking and Scarlett Brookes as Iris.
In 1928, radio pioneer and First World War pilot Lance Sieveking’s Kaleidoscope told the story of ‘the life of a man from the cradle to the grave’. Writing about the experience of using the Dramatic Control Panel/ the sound mixing panel for the first time, he said “I felt exactly as I felt on that cold bright morning when I had been told to take the aeroplane into the air alone for the first time. Exactly.”
A hundred years later, sound designer Iris finds herself following Sieveking’s path in the air, and on the air waves.
Cast:
Iris .…. Scarlett Brookes
Lance Sieveking .…. David Haig
Tom ….. David Kirkbride
David ….. Sam Troughton
Selin ….. Elif Knight
Cassie ….. Lucy Reynolds
Sound design by Alisdair McGregor and Calum Perrin
Production Assistant Annie Keates Thorpe
Directed and produced by Jeremy Mortimer
Executive Producer: Joby Waldman
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4.
