2. The Conversation

When a young British tennis champion, Joleen Kenzie, is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived.

Joleen learns how the world fell apart and must escape captivity with the help of a convict and a blind boat captain.

Written by Brett Neichin and John Scott Dryden, the creators of The Cipher and Passenger List, SteelHeads is a chilling medical thriller inspired by true events.

Joleen …. Jessica Barden

Remi …. Khalid Laith

Luther …. Bruce Lester Johnson

Padma …. Jennifer Armour

Earl …. Kerry Shale

Javier …. Jason Forbes

Richard …. Eric Meyers

All other parts played by Andrew Byron, Gianna Kiehl, Earl R Perkins, Laurel Lefkow and Christopher Ragland

Original Theme composed by Pascal Wyse.

Sound Design by Steve Bond.

Director: John Scott Dryden

A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2022.