Lusus

BBC Radio 4
  • 4.8 (35)
  • DRAMA

What happens when your neuroses come to life? What shape will they take? Lusus is a brand new psychological horror podcast starring Morfydd Clark and Ncuti Gatwa.

Episodes

  1. 05/04/2022

    Welcome to Lusus

    What happens when your neuroses come to life? What shape will they take? Don’t open the door.

    2 min

  2. 05/04/2022

    1. Doppelgänger

    Noa (Patsy Ferran) a young Gen Z Urbanite, suffers from continual FOMO. There is always someone somewhere doing something better than the choice she has made. When trying to keep a birthday arrangement with her mum and sister and attend a fun night out with successful friends, her wish to be in two places at the same time turns deadly. Cast Episode 1 No - Patsy Ferran Jen - Susannah Fielding Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Ash - Lainey Lipson Evie - Karima McAdams Club Hostess - Nantaara Jafri Smoker - Jacob Jackson Mum - Sara Jackson Taxi Driver - Avril Poole Bus Driver/Drunk - Paul Fulberg Kevin - Henry Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    26 min

  3. 05/04/2022

    2. Kappa

    Tanya (Ella Bruccoleri) is home looking after her baby daughter while her wife Kate (Karima McAdams) works overseas. Their plans to try for more children fuels Tanya’s anxieties about the plastic crisis. As her panic about their impact on the planet grows larger…. so does the fatberg beneath their flat. They learn the hard way that the waste they create will come back to them as either food, or poison. Cast Tanya - Ella Bruccoleri Katie - Karima McAdams Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Police Officer/Newsreader - Annabel Miller Noa - Patsy Ferran Kevin - Henry Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    26 min

  4. 05/04/2022

    3. Rituals

    Magnus (Alistair Petrie) is a surgeon who secretly believes that if he doesn’t do his daily rituals, his patients will die. We follow Magnus through the habitual voicemail messages he leaves for his ex-girlfriend Julia, but with each day she doesn’t answer, his rituals are further interrupted. The mindfulness podcast he listens to, in a desperate attempt to change, isn’t helping and might in fact be making things much worse. Cast Magnus - Alistair Petrie Julia - Ella Bruccoleri Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Old Lady - Tamar Baruch Voicemail/Lift - Stevie Ward Doctor - Annabel Miller Man - John Newton Kevin - Henry Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min

  5. 05/04/2022

    4. Gorgon

    Alfie (George Robinson) and Lily (Izuka Hoyle) are in the first flush of love, when Alfie - who is prone to hypochondria - develops a cough. His worries about the cancer that killed his father, Lily’s exes and the malevolent fortune cookie at his birthday meal, result in a lump in his throat. Lily’s efforts - and her hair – seem to be as much a part of the problem as the solution as they both soon discover. Cast Alfie - George Robinson Lily - Izuka Hoyle Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Radiographer - Daniel M Jackson Waiter - Avril Poole Singing diner - Dugal Macdiarmid Documentary narrator - Annabel Miller Kevin - Henry Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min

  6. 05/04/2022

    5. Eris

    Keri (Morfydd Clark) and Barden (Greg McHugh) have worked hard to buy their city centre flat with a bird’s eye view of the park. The only thing in the way of them throwing a successful housewarming for Keri’s judgemental workmates, are the bird droppings and squawks of the nesting magpies above their balcony. When Keri decides to take action, the birds retaliate in defence of their nest, bringing the age-old battle between human and nature to a shattering climax. Cast Keri - Morfydd Clark Barden - Greg McHugh Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Gabby - Laura Blake Cersei - Esther Joy Lane Pest Control - Avril Poole Party Guest - Nantaara Jafri Party Guest - Sean Williams Party Guest - Karima McAdams Kevin - Henry Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min

  7. 05/04/2022

    6. Boonies

    Ben (David Mumeni) and his wife Cammie (Susannah Fielding) are a high-value high-spend couple, but Ben is worried that he won’t be making bonus this month. When he decides to short-change all the service workers and staff who help maintain his comfortable lifestyle, his kids (played by newcomers Henry and Laila Newton) are the ones who suffer. Will Ben listen to his son’s warnings of the man without a face? Cast Ben - David Mumeni Cammie - Susannah Fielding Sophia - Laila Newton Kevin - Henry Newton Anisa - Roni Zisser Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Teacher - Annabel Miller Teaching Asst - Avril Poole Dad at pickup - Dugal Macdiarmid Mum at pickup - Louise Heard Delivery Guy - Jacob Jackson Answer Bot - Susannah Fielding Old lady - Tamar Baruch Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min

  8. 05/04/2022

    7. Khar Darakh

    The lonely life of Christopher (Ncuti Gatwa) is significantly improved when he rescues a puppy. When his neighbour Magnus (Alistair Petrie) threatens to report the dog, Christopher sinks into a depression. His feelings of being trapped turn physical, and he struggles to combat the almost paralysing aloneness and fear, that increases after discovering Magnus’s fate. Cast Christopher - Ncuti Gatwa Magnus - Alistair Petrie Old lady - Tamar Baruch Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Sophia - Laila Newton Kevin - Henry Newton Voicemail - Stevie Ward Dog Pound worker - Samantha Newton Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min

  9. 05/04/2022

    8. Ale of Goibhniu

    Desperate to hold off the aging process, twenty something Julia (Ella Bruccoleri) decides to get a radical new beauty treatment from a mysterious dentist’s office in the city. The next day an altered Julia (Tamar Baruch) goes about her day until she realises the drastic change that has occurred. When she returns to the dentist’s office her confusion and panic builds on what she finds. Her obsessive need to turn back time finds her trapped behind the door that nobody should ever open. Cast Julia - Ella Bruccoleri Old Julia - Tamar Baruch Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber Dentist - Daniel Jackson Dentist Receptionist - Caroline Faber Jen/Cammie - Susannah Fielding Kevin - Henry Newton Ben - David Mumeni Alfie - George Robinson Interview Receptionist - Sean Williams Crew Production Company - Clarence Beeks Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser Executive Producer - Sara Johnson Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson Composer - Na’ama Zisser Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir Sound engineer - Laura Blake Sound engineer - Charlie Braham Sound engineer - Gareth Wood Sound Recording - The Sound Company Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper

    28 min
  • 9 Episodes

4.8
out of 5
35 Ratings

About

What happens when your neuroses come to life? What shape will they take? Lusus is a brand new psychological horror podcast starring Morfydd Clark and Ncuti Gatwa.

Information

  • Creator
    BBC Radio 4
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (C) BBC 2022
  • Show Website
    Lusus

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