Episode 5

Soviet nuclear power is growing, and LBJ wants answers. Inside the CIA, Eloise Page and Richard Helms are trying to bring the Agency into a new age of intelligence: satellites, signals, analysis and serious tradecraft. But Admiral Raborn needs a triumph of his own — something bold enough to impress the President and prove he belongs in the job. His solution is one of the strangest operations in CIA history: a plan to turn a cat into a listening device. As the CIA reaches for the future with satellites and signals intelligence, Raborn searches for a quick success much closer to the ground — with unpredictable results.

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

Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling

Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict

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

Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer

Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage MacKay

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

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

Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer

Semichastny..........Philipe Bosher

Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow

All other parts played by the cast

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Production:

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