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International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this grittily satirical fable about shady dealing and thorny moral dilemmas.

Pretty Vacant BBC Radio 4

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International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this grittily satirical fable about shady dealing and thorny moral dilemmas.

    5. The Laundromat

    5. The Laundromat

    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.
    But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.
    Cast
    Nora: Jane Slavin
    Frankie: Tim McInnerny
    Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt
    Phil: John Hopkins
    Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi
    Kev: Will Howard
    Written by Hugh Costello
    Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
    A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4

    • 20 min.
    4. Transparency

    4. Transparency

    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.
    But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.
    Cast
    Nora: Jane Slavin
    Frankie: Tim McInnerny
    Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt
    Phil: John Hopkins
    Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi
    Kev: Will Howard
    Written by Hugh Costello
    Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
    A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4

    • 16 min.
    3. The Conversion

    3. The Conversion

    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.
    But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.
    Cast
    Nora: Jane Slavin
    Frankie: Tim McInnerny
    Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt
    Phil: John Hopkins
    Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi
    Kev: Will Howard
    Written by Hugh Costello
    Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
    A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4

    • 18 min.
    2. The Hold Out

    2. The Hold Out

    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.
    But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.
    Cast
    Nora: Jane Slavin
    Frankie: Tim McInnerny
    Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt
    Phil: John Hopkins
    Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi
    Kev: Will Howard
    Written by Hugh Costello
    Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
    A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4

    • 19 min.
    1. Manchester - Buy To Leave

    1. Manchester - Buy To Leave

    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.
    But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.
    Cast
    Nora: Jane Slavin
    Frankie: Tim McInnerny
    Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt
    Phil: John Hopkins
    Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi
    Kev: Will Howard
    Written by Hugh Costello
    Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
    A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4

    • 18 min.
    Welcome to Pretty Vacant

    Welcome to Pretty Vacant

    When a major financial donor approaches HEARTH a housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live. But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring. Could money launderers really be so low as to exploit the needs of the desperate and homeless?

    • 2 min.

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