Show Notes
A British passenger jet has crashed into the North Sea with 350 on board. GCHQ monitoring and Royal Navy vessels establish GPS interference from a hostile power brought it down. With an election just weeks away Prime Minister Alex Kernoway's options are limited, Washington is insisting on restraint in an effort to preserve peace talks in Ukraine. 15 years earlier Tom "Duffy" MacDuff was in the heat of battle in Helmand province.
Strong language, violence.
Listener discretion is advised.
Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway
Naomi Miller as Mel Murray
Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore
Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff
Freddie Trenholme as Shaun Wade
Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson
Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann
Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek
Scott Tunnix as Sam Kernoway
Karim Kronfli as Peter Kernoway
Romy Emery as Grace Kernoway
Muhammad Luqman as Mohammed "Ram" Ramdani
Lance Fuller as US President
Denis Michallet as President Tousart
Nicolas Sayce as Anthony Harcourt
Dan Rhun as Phil
Joel Emery as Ben
Harry Frost as Air Investigation Technician
Trev Fleming as Show Voice
Additional voices
Adam Jarrell
Darcey Ferguson
Joel Emery
Rahmat Dewan
Lucy Carpenter
Edited by: Joel Emery
Technical Producer: David Allen
Written by: Joel Emery
Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery
Producer: Neil Fearn
Executive Producer: Tony Pastor
Music provided by Audionetwork
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