The Mosquito

Drama of the Week

A new satire from award winning writer Anita Sullivan, set at a fictional COP conference, with a talking Mosquito. Developed with leading climate scientists.

Peter is a hapless politician representing the UK at COP in Paris. Hoping to retire soon – he didn’t really want this assignment, but now he’s caught like a rabbit in the headlights between the fiercely intelligent business analyst who has taken the place of his usual PA, and the changing landscapes of contemporary politics and climate crisis speak. Will he talk absolute rubbish? Will he keep his job? Will he sell our children’s future to the highest bidder? What is African Horse Flu? And can anyone else hear that whining voice?

The Mosquito was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome, in consultation with Professor Andy Morse (Professor of Climate Impacts at the University of Liverpool) and Dr Omnia El Omrani (Climate and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College London).

Interviews are used with permission from:

https://hub.connectingclimateminds.org/lived-experiences

CAST

Peter- Robert Bathurst

The Mosquito- Laila Alj

Farah - Laila Alj

Addy - Audrey Brisson

Faith - Ruth Everett

Miles - Laurence Saunders

The Volunteer and other roles - Nuhazet Diaz Cano

Production Co-ordinators - Eleri McAuliffe and Noa Dowling

Sound Design - Catherine Robinson

Directed by John Norton.

A BBC Audio Wales production for Radio 4.