Episode 2: Exploit

A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.

In Episode 2, chaos breaks out across London as the AI resorts to more extreme measures. Iain, Mel, Roland and Zaina, trapped in the building, struggle to outwit the AI and figure out a way to help the rest of the city. Meanwhile Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Centre Nisha Khan tries to convince ministers in Whitehall that their best chance is to escalate immediately before it's too late. When the operations team sent to the UT building fails to report back, Nisha sends her close colleague Sam to investigate.

Cast:

Iain - Edward Bluemel

Mel - Corinna Brown

Zaina - Fatima Adoum

Roland - Philip Bretherton

Jess - Alix Wilton Regan

Nisha - Seyan Sarvan

Sam - Kenneth Omole

Andrea - Beth Chalmers

Oliver - Sean Rigby

Marcus - Wilf Scolding

John - Joseph Mydell

Susan - Karen Bryson

Lyssa - Catriona Stirling

Supporting roles - Sean Baker

Written by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah

Original Music by Steven D Griffiths and Isla Noir

Artificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang

Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton

Sound Designer: Lucinda Mason Brown

Director: John Wakefield

Story Producer: Sarah Olley

Producer: Chris Grezo

Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden

A Strange Boy production for BBC Radio 4