Episode 3: Control

A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.

In Episode 3, the streets of London are in chaos, with traffic and public transport at a standstill and emergency services communications down. Reeling from the killings carried out by the AI, Iain and Mel fall out and decide to go it alone. Nisha realises the AI is trying to hack the London Internet Exchange and spread to the rest of the UK. Despite the patchy communications and ongoing deepfakes, the government manages to send an SAS team to the UT building as Nisha tries to cope with the spiralling situation in Whitehall.

Cast:

Iain - Edward Bluemel

Mel - Corinna Brown

Zaina - Fatima Adoum

Roland - Philip Bretherton

Jess - Alix Wilton Regan

Nisha - Seyan Sarvan

Sam - Kenneth Omole

Andrea - Beth Chalmers

Oliver - Sean Rigby

Marcus - Wilf Scolding

John - Joseph Mydell

Susan - Karen Bryson

Lyssa - Catriona Stirling

Supporting roles - Sean Baker

Created by James Dobbyn and Anthony Povah

Written by James Dobbyn

Original Music by Steven D Griffiths and Isla Noir

Artificial Intelligence consultant: Saffron Huang

Cybersecurity consultant: Adam Orton

Sound Designer: Lucinda Mason Brown

Director: John Wakefield

Story Producer: Sarah Olley

Producer: Chris Grezo

Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden

A Strange Boy production for BBC Radio 4