Episode 6

Richard Helms has finally reached the top of the CIA. Now he has to prove the Agency

deserves to be heard. In Vietnam, the Pentagon insists America is winning. The CIA’s own intelligence tells a darker story: the enemy is larger, stronger and more resilient than Washington wants to believe. LBJ demands evidence, and Helms must stand behind an estimate that challenges

everything the military is telling him. But Vietnam is not the only crisis. In the Middle East, tensions between Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan are moving towards a confrontation that could pull in the superpowers. As Helms begins his tenure as CIA Director, he faces the hardest task in Washington: telling a President the truth before events outrun him.

Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.

Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall

Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer

Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn

Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia

Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict

Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay

John McCone..........Tim Ahern

Helen Boatner..........Carlyss Peer

Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama

Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe

Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering

Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow

Sailor..........Clay Zackery

All other parts played by the cast

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Production:

Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox

Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden

Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman

Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark

Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow

Director: John Scott Dryden

Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn

Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.

A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4