Episode 10
Sir Joseph finally clinches his deal in Russia but his wife's health remains in doubt. There is also doubt as to whether the drug at the centre of the deal is entirely safe.
It's now 2000 and Brian Oldman is still in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
He found a man in jail able to prove his innocence - but that man was soon found dead in his cell. He suspects that Joseph Oldman, now Sir Joseph Olinska MP, organised the killing.
GF Newman's The Corrupted weaves fiction with real characters from history, following the fortunes of the Oldman/Olinska family - from small-time business and opportunistic petty crime, through gang rivalries, to their entanglement in the highest echelons of society. It's a tale revealing a nexus of crime, business and politics that’s woven through the fabric of 20th century greed, as even those with hitherto good intentions are sucked into a web of corruption.
Joey Oldman, an uneducated Jewish child immigrant from Russia, has a natural instinct for business and a love of money - coupled with a knack for acquiring it. His wife Cath is as ruthless in both the pursuit of money and the protection of her son, Brian. Joey built his empire with the help of a corrupt bank manager in the 1950s, starting with small greengrocer shops before moving into tertiary banking and property development, dealing with many corrupt policemen on the way - and befriending both Lord Goodman and Margaret Thatcher. Now ennobled and on the board of Lehman Brothers, Joseph intends to extend his business interests into Russia.
The characters are based on GF Newman's novels.
CAST
Joseph Oldman Toby Jones
Brian Oldman Joe Armstrong
Tony Wednesday Alec Newman
Leah Cohen Jasmine Hyde
Detective Albright Nigel Pivarro
Inspector Vallins John Hastings
Julian Tyrwhitt Jonathan Tafler
Judge/Lord Carson Jamie Newall
Margaret Olinska Flora Montgomery
Tim Listfield/
Dietrich Heller/
Eddie Richardson Charles Davies
Catherine Isabella Urbanowicz
John Quayle Damian Lynch
Warder Thompson Christian Rodska
Kevin Wheeler Lucas Hare
Warder Peters Paul Kemp
Sir Ralph Courtney Nick Sampson
Dac Henderson Nicholas Murchie
John Redvers Tom York
Produced and directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4
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- Fri 1 May 2020 14:15±«Óãtv Radio 4
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