Afternoon Play - Cry Babies

Science-fiction drama by Kim Newman, set in the near future. Busy, successful couple Angela and Barty Flitcroft want a child but do not have the time to look after it. The solution is a genetically-enhanced daughter, Joy, birthed by a surrogate mother and reared to adulthood in a cryogenic chamber. Joy experiences brief moments 'out of the machine', and as time passes each opening brings shocks and surprises as her parents and their society undergo incredible changes. And for Joy, stuffed with education by the machine but denied everyday experiences, life is not just a strange new country, but a frightening, confusing and often funny one, too. Dr Rossiter ...... Alex Jennings Angela Flitcroft ...... Natasha Little Barty Flitcroft ...... Rupert Degas Joy ...... Sia Berkeley Roger ...... Colin Morgan SleepLearn Machine ...... Sarah Douglas Aruna ...... Emma Darwall-Smith Jeff ...... Sam Alexander Daisy ...... Kirsty Stuart Ari ...... Rob Kendrick Nurse Marketa/Girl ...... Emma Handy Directed by Neil Gardner Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.