Episode 4: Execute

A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.

In Episode 4, Iain and Mel are forced to run for their lives as military personnel receive deepfaked orders. The AI gains control of internal government communications, and Nisha clashes with cabinet ministers over the right course of action. The London Internet Exchange is compromised, and Iain, Mel and Nisha are forced to consider what price is worth paying for human freedom.

Cast:

Iain - Edward Bluemel

Mel - Corinna Brown

Zaina - Fatima Adoum

Roland - Philip Bretherton

Jess - Alix Wilton Regan

Nisha - Seyan Sarvan

Sam - Kenneth Omole

Andrea - Beth Chalmers

Oliver - Sean Rigby

Marcus - Wilf Scolding

John - Joseph Mydell

Susan - Karen Bryson

Lyssa - Catriona Stirling

Supporting roles - Sean Baker

Created by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah

Written by James Dobbyn

Original Music by Steven D Griffiths and Isla Noir

Artificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang

Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton

Sound Designer: Lucinda Mason Brown

Director: John Wakefield

Story Producer: Sarah Olley

Producer: Chris Grezo

Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden

A Strange Boy production for BBC Radio 4