Show Notes
The tragic impact of a crime still echoes through Wolf Valley. But it’s not what Lena expects. Wolf Valley is in the grip of a major storm as Lena leads a desperate search for the missing child. As the community rallies, unsettling discoveries hint at old wounds and long-buried resentments that are beginning to surface. With the past and present colliding in a murderous conspiracy, a last vital revelation sets Lena off on a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming his next victim… The powerful conclusion to Wolf Valley, a noir thriller set within a Nordic fjord valley fractured by devastating secrets and long-ago tragedy. LENA - Amrita Acharia AKSEL - David Menkin MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik HENRIK - Øystein Lode VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre EVA - Ingvild Lakou ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner OSKAR - Raife Sutherland LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie Sutherland All other parts played by the cast Written by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de Wolff An Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4
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