Scorched by Nicola Jones

Nicola Jones's tense, fast-moving thriller follows a man trying to re-interpret his memories of the long hot summer of 1976. Who is to blame for his sister's disappearance, and what really happened to her?

In 1976, Mike's sixteen-year-old sister, Evie, walked out of the house and never came back. There didn't seem to be any explanation, but Mike was thirteen at the time and didn't want to upset his Mum by asking too many questions. Now Mike is in his forties, his Mum is dead and a rare visit to his hometown provides him with an opportunity to investigate the events of that scorching summer and reinterpret them from an adult perspective.

A meeting with an old school friend forces Mike to question his father more closely. Is he guarding a dark family secret? Is he telling the whole truth?

Written by Nicola Jones.

Mike …. Tom Roberts
Bern …. Kim Wall
Young Mike …. Gabriel Towell
Evie …. Chandeep Uppal
Sylvia …. Bharti Patel
Jason …. Robert Wilkinson
Taxi driver …. Sean Connolly

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010.