Afternoon Play - Number 10 - A Failed State

Series of plays by Jonathan Myerson depicting life inside Downing Street. The coalition is unravelling and, as his team scramble for votes to keep the government in place, the PM goes to his constituency and becomes embroiled in a housing issue involving a Somalian single mother. Is it deliberate politics or the last act of a collapsing prime minister? Adam ...... Antony Sher Monica ...... Sasha Behar Polly ...... Penny Downie Bill ...... Bill Paterson Steve ...... Stephen Mangan Gwen Donoghue ...... Denise Black Biyot Abdulle, constituent ...... Nicola Gardner Hannah Armstrong ...... Kelly Hunter Terry Gruber, union leader ...... Nicholas Murchie Copple, housing manager ...... Michael Eaves Trevithick ...... Karl Theobald Simon Laity ...... Damian Lewis Directed by Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.