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The Price of Oil

7 BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas

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The Price of Oil

By: Jonathan Meyerson, Nigel Williams, Rex Obano, Joy Wilkinson, Tamsin Oglesby
Narrated by: Anna Maxwell-Martin, Raad Rawi, Nicholas Le Provost, Nadine Marshall, Alun Armstrong, Faye Marsay, Jemma Redgrave, full cast
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A collection of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we pay for it.

Ever since it was first drilled over 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth, provided an efficient energy source, fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from postwar Iran to futuristic Lancashire, examine the role oil has played in shaping our world: recounting incredible stories of wealth, power, politics and corruption.

Stand Firm, You Cads! by Jonathan Myerson tells the colourful tale of how Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh took back the nation's oil from the British and the chaos and conflict that followed. In Looking for Billy by Nigel Williams, a private detective investigates protests against an Alaskan pipeline - and finds out what oil did to the indigenous Inupiat people. The Weapon, by Jonathan Myerson, is a tense, thrilling dramatisation of the 1973 OPEC siege, while Baby Oil, also written by Myerson, is based on real events in the propaganda campaign at the outbreak of the First Gulf War.

In Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria by Rex Obano, a local businesswoman is caught up in the violent consequences of the Ogoni people's campaign against the oil industry. No Two Days by Joy Wilkinson is a mesmerising maze of stories about risk, passion and deep-sea oil, centred around an ambitious journalist's attempts to investigate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. And in Tamsin Ogleby's future oil comedy Blood from Stone, a father-and-son energy company struggles with the new economics of the oil market. Is Ralph right about getting out for good? Is his dad Charlie more addict than businessman? And will we ever be able to give up oil?

Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi, Jemma Redgrave, Paul Ritter, Nicholas Le Prevost , James McArdle, Nadine Marshall, Faye Marsay,Obi Abili, David Ajala, Jude Akuwudike and Alun Armstrong are among the casts in these enthralling dramas. Also included are two short clips in which Nicolas Kent discusses the difference between directing for radio and stage, and explains his inspiration for The Price of Oil.

Production credits:

Devised by Nicolas Kent, with Jack Bradley and Jonathan Myerson.

Produced by Jonquil Panting.

Listening Order:

Stand Firm, You Cads!

Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Nicolas Kent. Pianist: Laurie O'Brien. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26th September 2015.

Looking for Billy

Written by Nigel Williams. Directed by Nicolas Kent. Inupiat translations provided by Chelsey Zibell .First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28th September 2015.

The Weapon

Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Jonquil Panting. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29th September 2015.

Baby Oil

Written by Jonathan Myerson. Directed by Nicolas Kent. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30th September 2015.

Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria

Written by Rex Obano. Directed by Jonquil Panting. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1st October 2015.

No Two Days

Written by Joy Wilkinson. Directed by Nicolas Kent. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2nd October 2015.

Blood from Stone

Written by Tamsin Oglesby. Directed by Jonquil Panting. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3rd October 2015.

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