Saigon

One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart… Saigon is an epic saga of love, blood and revolution starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. An eight-part audio drama for iHeart adapted from the best-selling novel by Anthony Grey, it is a story of political intrigue and romance in a time of war, across four tumultuous decades of Vietnamese history. Narrated by Trinh, the granddaughter of two central characters, the series begins in 1936 French-colonial Saigon, where an American journalist, Joseph, reunites with his childhood friend Paul, now a French policeman, and encounters Lan, the woman who will shape his destiny. Against a backdrop of tennis courts, luxury hotels, and colonial privilege, simmering tensions erupt as Lan’s brother Kim rejects his wealthy family’s collaboration with the French to join Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary cause, setting off an assassination that changes everything. As love, betrayal, and shifting allegiances entangle Joseph, Lan, Paul, and Kim, the drama follows them through World War II, Japanese occupation, the rise of Vietnamese nationalism, and America’s war in Vietnam, tracing how personal passions and family loyalties are swept into the tides of history.

  1. EPISODE 8

    Chapter 8 – The Fall

    As Saigon collapses and the last helicopters lift off, Joseph risks everything to save his grand-daughter, Trinh. In a city on the edge, chaos erupts — and a family’s story reaches its final reckoning. * SAIGON is a production of Thoroughbred Studios, Goldhawk Productions and iHeart Podcasts starring Kelly Marie Tran & Rob Benedict Based on the best-selling novel Saigon by Anthony Grey Created for audio by: Greg Haddrick & Jeremy Fox Written by: Greg Haddrick Series Producer: Emma Hearn Original music by: Sacha Puttnam Directed by: John Scott Dryden   Cast: Trinh (Narrator) - Kelly Marie Tran Joseph Sherman - Rob Benedict Lan - Léna Laprés Kim - Lam Vissay Paul Devraux - Philip Arditti Jacques Devraux -  Anton Lesser Monsieur Hieu - Aaron Teoh Madame Hieu - Tuyen Do Tuyet - Karen Barredo Child Tuyet - Vy Nguyen Naomi - Kirsty Bushell Gary Sherman - Christopher Ragland Michael Tench - Ian Porter Ho Chi Mien - Kwong Loke Todd - Richard Southgate Henderson - Kerry Shale Phillipe - Philip Desmeules French Pilot - Walles Hamonde Supporting Cast: Ho Quang Man, Si Rawlinson, Sotty Pong Dang, Antoine Herbez, Tony-Yen Huynh, Minh Quoc, Anthony Hoang, Pham Hoang Mien, Dinh Lan Anh, Phan A Dong & Doan Bao Thien Phuc Production: Script Consultants: Lucy Grey & Clarrisa Grey Script Editor: Mike Walker Script Supervision: Flynn Hallman Editing & Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Additional Music: Ngo Minh Nghia & Le Thi Bich Trieu Studio Engineers are: Paul Clark (UK) Vi Tran (Vietnam), Hoa Vu Ca Ca (Vietnam), Juan Martin Del Campo (USA) & Greg Rubin (USA) Trailers: Jack Soper Producer in Vietnam: Pham Hoang Mien Executive Producers: Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick, John Scott Dryden, Howard Stringer & Jason English See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart… Saigon is an epic saga of love, blood and revolution starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. An eight-part audio drama for iHeart adapted from the best-selling novel by Anthony Grey, it is a story of political intrigue and romance in a time of war, across four tumultuous decades of Vietnamese history. Narrated by Trinh, the granddaughter of two central characters, the series begins in 1936 French-colonial Saigon, where an American journalist, Joseph, reunites with his childhood friend Paul, now a French policeman, and encounters Lan, the woman who will shape his destiny. Against a backdrop of tennis courts, luxury hotels, and colonial privilege, simmering tensions erupt as Lan’s brother Kim rejects his wealthy family’s collaboration with the French to join Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary cause, setting off an assassination that changes everything. As love, betrayal, and shifting allegiances entangle Joseph, Lan, Paul, and Kim, the drama follows them through World War II, Japanese occupation, the rise of Vietnamese nationalism, and America’s war in Vietnam, tracing how personal passions and family loyalties are swept into the tides of history.

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