Episodes
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| 01 | 20240707 | Starting with Mary Wollstonecraft's ground-breaking feminist text, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and moving into a radical re-imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), through to the contemporary world of Artificial Intelligence, Linda Marshall Griffiths' drama asks what would happen if a woman created a woman? In the first episode of this three part drama Lizzie walks through Mary Wollstonecraft's world at the end of the 18th Century and she has questions. Tracing Wollstonecraft's extraordinary life, she is challenged by her bravery, her incredible mind and her capacity to fall in love with the wrong men. But this is not time-travel, Lizzie is creating a Virtual Reality world at the centre of which is Mary Wollstonecraft. But as the ‘AI' Wollstonecraft comes to life, trapped in her virtual world, she begins to question exactly what has changed for women more than two hundred years after the publication of her manifesto - have women achieved equality and freedom? And Lizzie, pregnant and recently diagnosed with an aneurysm, must decide whether to allow her life to be constrained by her health, her lover Max, her impending motherhood or whether to complete her work, following Wollstonecraft's journey to Norway. Lizzie.....LYDIA WILSON Mary.....DAISY HEAD Max.....SACHA DHAWAN Joseph/Talleyrand-Perigord/ Father.....ANDONIS ANTHONY Eliza/ Jane Austen/ Mother......ERIN SHANAGER Fuseli.....HARRY TAURASI Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Sound design by Sharon Hughes Production co-ordinators Vicky Moseley and Lorna Newman Directed by Nadia Molinari A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4 Artwork by Lydia Wilson Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Lizzie is delving into the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft in order to discover the essence of female consciousness and asking- what makes a woman free? " Starting with Mary Wollstonecraft's ground-breaking feminist text, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and moving into a radical re-imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), through to the contemporary world of AI, Linda Marshall Griffiths' drama asks what would happen if a woman created a woman? In the first episode of this three part drama Lizzie walks through Mary Wollstonecraft's world at the end of the 18th Century and she has questions. Tracing Wollstonecraft's extraordinary life, she is challenged by her bravery, her incredible mind and her capacity to fall in love with the wrong men. But this is not time-travel, Lizzie is creating a Virtual Reality world at the centre of which is Mary Wollstonecraft. But as the ‘AI' Wollstonecraft comes to life, trapped in her virtual world, she begins to question exactly what has changed for women more than two hundred years after the publication of her manifesto - have women achieved equality and freedom? And Lizzie, pregnant and recently diagnosed with an aneurysm, must decide whether to allow her life to be constrained by her health, her lover Max, her impending motherhood or whether to complete her work, following Wollstonecraft's journey to Norway. Lizzie.....LYDIA WILSON Joseph/Talleyrand-Perigord/ Father.....ANDONIS ANTHONY Eliza/ Jane Austen/ Mother......ERIN SHANAGER Fuseli.....HARRY TAURASI Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Lizzie is delving into the life and works of Mary Wollstonecraft in order to discover the essence of female consciousness, and asking, what makes a woman free? |
| 02 | 20240714 | Following Mary Wollstonecraft's journey to Sweden then Norway, Lizzie meets Vic, a neuro-scientist working with Artificial Intelligence implant technology. Lizzie is torn by Wollstonecraft's caged consciousness: has she just made another world that has no place where women can be free? Vic wants to implant an AI into a human body - something never achieved before - a woman creating a woman. Can Vic offer a solution for the AI consciousness of Wollstonecraft to become a new genus and is she prepared for what this might unleash? Lizzie and The Creature.....LYDIA WILSON Mary.....DAISY HEAD Vic.....VINETTE ROBINSON Max.....SACHA DHAWAN Eli.....JOEL FRY Polly.....ANNEIKA ROSE Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Mary Wollstonecraft's 'Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Sound design by Sharon Hughes Production co-ordinators Vicky Moseley and Lorna Newman Directed by Nadia Molinari A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4. Artwork by Lydia Wilson. Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set in the future. Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In Sweden, Lizzie meets Vic, a neuroscientist who wants to implant an artificial intelligence into a human body. " In Sweden Lizzie meets Vic, a neuro-scientist working with Artificial Intelligence implant technology. Vic wants to implant an AI into a human body - something never achieved before - a woman creating a woman. Lizzie is torn by Wollstonecraft's caged consciousness, that she has made another world that has no place where women can be free. Vic persuades Lizzie to consent to donate her body in the event of her death, so that the AI consciousness of Wollstonecraft can become embodied and be freed. And so Lizzie becomes the ‘Creature' - an experiment of Vic - a new genus. But neither woman is prepared for what this will unleash. Lizzie and The Creature.....LYDIA WILSON Vic.....VINETTE ROBINSON Eli.....JOEL FRY Polly.....ANNEIKA ROSE Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Mary Wollstonecraft's 'Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set in the future. In Sweden Lizzie meets Vic, a neuro-scientist who wants to implant an Artificial Intelligence into a human body. |
| 03 | 20240721 | Vic successfully implants the AI consciousness into Lizzie's body but when 'the Creature' starts to access Lizzie's memories she remembers her daughter. Vic hadn't accounted for the Creature's capacity to love nor her ability to escape. As Lizzie's consciousness is re-awakened in the Creature she begins to reinvent the world and will stop at nothing to realise Wollstonecraft's visions and create a world fit for her daughter to live in. Creature.....LYDIA WILSON Vic.....VINETTE ROBINSON Max.....SACHA DHAWAN Eli.....JOEL FRY Polly.....ANNEIKA ROSE Mary.....DAISY HEAD A Vindication of Frankenstein's Monster written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sound design by Sharon Hughes Production co-ordinators Vicky Moseley and Lorna Newman Directed by Nadia Molinari A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4. Artwork by Lydia Wilson. Linda Marshall Griffiths' future-set reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What if, even after death, the body holds memories of the donor? As the AI is implanted into the body of the dead woman, the ‘Creature' begins to wake to Lizzie's memories. " Vic successfully implants the AI consciousness into Lizzie's body but when 'the Creature' starts to access Lizzie's memories she remembers her daughter. Vic hadn't accounted for the Creature's capacity to love nor her ability to escape. As Lizzie's consciousness is re-awakened in the Creature she begins to reinvent the world and will stop at nothing to realise Wollstonecraft's visions and create a world fit for her daughter to live in. Creature.....LYDIA WILSON Vic.....VINETTE ROBINSON Max.....SACHA DHAWAN Eli.....JOEL FRY Polly.....ANNEIKA ROSE Mary.....DAISY HEAD A Vindication of Frankenstein's Monster written by Linda Marshall Griffiths based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sound design by Sharon Hughes Production co-ordinators Vicky Moseley and Lorna Newman Directed by Nadia Molinari A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4. Artwork by Lydia Wilson. Linda Marshall Griffiths' future-set reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Linda Marshall Griffiths reimagines Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What if, even after death, the body holds memories of the donor? As the AI is implanted into the body of the dead woman, the ‘Creature' begins to wake to Lizzie's memories. Vic successfully implants the AI consciousness into Lizzie's body but when 'the Creature' starts to access Lizzie's memories she remembers her daughter. Vic hadn't accounted for the Creature's capacity to love. When the Creature escapes, Vic must track her down to contain her and she is forced to work with Max to do this. Linda Marshall Griffiths' future set re-imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. |