Episode 4

1965. Richard Helms is the obvious choice to lead the CIA. Experienced, respected and trusted inside the Agency, he appears to be next in line. LBJ has other ideas and instead appoints Admiral William “Red” Raborn — a fellow Texan with almost no intelligence experience.

On his first day, a coup erupts in the Dominican Republic, and Raborn is thrown into a crisis he barely understands. As LBJ demands answers and Washington rushes towards military intervention, Eloise Page watches the Agency struggle under a director out of his depth.

Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.

Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall

Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer

Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn

Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia

Admiral William ‘Red’ Raborn..........Roy McCrerey

Tracy Barnes..........Richard Southgate

Tap Bennett..........Tyreke Leslie

Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe

Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama

Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay

Julia Helms..........Julee Cerda

Helen Boatner..........Carlyss Peer

John McCone..........Tim Ahern

Spanish Guard ..........Walles Hamonde

Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering

All other parts played by the cast

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox

Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden

Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman

Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark

Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow

Director: John Scott Dryden

Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn

Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.

A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4