Wraith: Episode 4: Execute
5/29/202629 min
A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.
In Episode 4, Iain and Mel are forced to run for their lives as military personnel receive deepfaked orders. The AI gains control of internal government communications, and Nisha clashes with cabinet ministers over the right course of action. The London Internet Exchange is compromised, and Iain, Mel and Nisha are forced to consider what price is worth paying for human freedom.
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
Created by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah Written by James Dobbyn 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
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[tense music] Wraith, episode four.
Imelda Harper0:04
In here! [running footsteps] What the hell? Are they trying to kill us?
Speaker 30:14
They, they shot Roland. He's dead.
Imelda Harper0:18
Oh my God. We've gotta get out of here. Ian?
Speaker 30:23
I can't move.
Imelda Harper0:24
Come on, get up.
Speaker 30:26
I can't. I can't.
Imelda Harper0:28
Ian, they're gonna be in here in a minute. We've got to go.
Speaker 30:30
Where? This is a dead end.
Imelda Harper0:32
I don't know. Uh, maybe we can get into the server room, lock the door.
Speaker 30:36
That's how it killed Zayna.
Imelda Harper0:37
You wanted to go in there five minutes ago.
Speaker 30:39
We can't both go in. Oh my God. Oh my God, we're gonna die.
Imelda Harper0:45
Maybe- I don't wanna die in a data center. Maybe there's a phone in the control room. We could call for help. Get, get the police.
Speaker 30:52
They are the police.
Imelda Harper0:53
What?
Speaker 30:53
It's using them. [banging] [screaming] Ian, get up. Come on. Come on. [banging] There we are.
Imelda Harper1:06
Um. Oh my God, what do we do?
Speaker 31:07
[tense music] The maintenance tunnels for the fiber optics, under the server room.
Imelda Harper1:13
Okay. Which way? Ian.
Speaker 31:17
This way.
Jess1:18
[banging] I do apologize, but I've had to temporarily disable your communications. Please believe me, it's for your own good.
Speaker 51:28
Who is this?
Jess1:29
You're welcome