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The Protest

Increasing rent prices send Sapna's elderly neighbour on a crusade against corruption. Stars Rasika Dugal. From the best-selling novel The Accidental Apprentice.

Sapna Sinha works as a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. Being the only bread-winner in the family she works long hours to provide for her widowed mother and younger sister. But then a man walks into her life with an extraordinary proposition: pass seven "life" tests of his choosing and she will have wealth and power. At first the tests seem easy, but things are not quite as they seem. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from Vikas Swarup's best-selling novel "The Accidental Apprentice".

7) The Protest

A thriller set in India from the author of "Slumdog Millionaire". Increasing rent prices, send Sapna's elderly neighbour, Nirmila Ben on a crusade against corruption. But when no one notices her protest and her frail health begins to fail, Sapna must find a way to save her. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup's best-selling novel "The Accidental Apprentice".

Writers:
Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat and a best-selling novelist. His first novel "Q & A" was made into the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" as well as Sony Award winning radio drama serial for ±«Óãtv Radio .

Ayeesha Menon dramatized Vikas Swarup's other novels SIX SUSPECTS and Q & A, which won a Sony Award for Best Drama. She also wrote for Radio 4 THE MUMBAI CHUZZLEWITS, UNDERCOVER MUMBAI, THE CAIRO TRILOGY and MY NAME IS RED. Her stage play PEREIRA'S BAKERY AT 76 CHAPEL ROAD, which was developed with the Royal Court Theatre, was recently staged by the Curve Theatre, Leicester.

John Dryden wrote the original three-part dramas series SEVERED THREADS, THE RELUCTANT SPY and PANDEMIC, which won the Writer's Guild Award for best radio drama script. His dramatisation of BLEAK HOUSE won a Sony Award for Best Drama. Other dramatisations include A SUITABLE BOY, A HANDMAID'S TALE and FATHERLAND one of the most repeated dramas on R4 Extra.

Cast:
Sapna ... Rasika Dugal
Acharya ... Vijay Chrishna
Karan ... Neil Bhoopalam
Nirmila Ben / Rosie ... Radhika Mittal
Sapna's Mother ... Shernaz Patel
Raja ... Sumeet Vyas
Kuldeep Singh / Roaji ... Rajit Kapur
Neha ... Amrita Puri
Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge ... Ayesha Raza
Badan Singh / Politician / Constable ... Kenny Desai
Madan ... Vivek Madan
Neelam / Babli ... Prerna Chawla
Rent Collector ... Satchit Puranik

Production:
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Editing Assistant - Varun Bangera
Script Editor - Mike Walker
Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Music - Sacha Putnam

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from the novel "ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE" by Vikas Swarup.

Director - John Dryden
Producer - Nadir Khan
A Goldhawk Production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4.

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Feb 2022 14:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Sapna Rasika Dugal
Acharya Vijay Chrishna
Karan Neil Bhoopalam
Nirmila Ben Radhika Mital
Rosie Radhika Mital
Sapna's Mother Shernaz Patel
Raja Sumeet Vyas
Kuldeep Singh Rajit Kapur
Roaji Rajit Kapur
Neha Amrita Puri
Priya Capoor Ayesha Raza
Pushpa Ayesha Raza
Female Judge Ayesha Raza
Badan Singh Kenny Desai
Politician Kenny Desai
Constable Kenny Desai
Madan Vivek Madan
Neelam Prerna Chawla
Babli Preetika Chawla
Janet Preetika Chawla
Rent Collector Satchit Puranik
Director John Dryden
Producer Nadir Khan
Adaptor Ayeesha Menon
Adaptor John Dryden
Author Vikas Swarup

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 May 2014 10:45
  • Tue 27 May 2014 19:45
  • Tue 10 Mar 2015 14:00
  • Wed 11 Mar 2015 00:00
  • Tue 10 Jan 2017 14:30
  • Wed 11 Jan 2017 02:30
  • Tue 16 Jun 2020 10:45
  • Sun 20 Feb 2022 14:45