25 September 2026

Available for over a year

A voice from the past returns. Can Charly trust what she hears?

In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.

In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?

CAST

Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones

Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams

Dev ..... Danny Ashok

Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim

Huxley ..... Ayrton English

Mei ..... India Moon

Other parts are played by Kerry Gooderson, Debbie Korley and David Holt.

Written by Chloë Myerson

Production Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands

Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt

Director: Anne Isger

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4