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The Wire - The Meek

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Crime novelist and Hellblazer comic contributor Denise Mina's dark and surreal drama about a mother coming to terms with her child's disability. Newborn Simone has Down's syndrome but her mother is convinced she has extraordinary powers. Is this complete fantasy or is Simone really in a world where superheroes exist and are being hunted down? Mum ...... Meg Fraser Simone ...... Sarah Gordy Social Worker ...... Lucy Paterson Doctor/Telekenetic Boy's Mum ...... Louise Ludgate Telekenetic Boy ...... Robert Softley Francis/Soldier 1 ...... Ben Lewis Receptionist/Soldier 2 ...... Nick Underwood Sound design: Paul Wilson and Dan Lyth.